Resume

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    Freelance Designer

    2011 - Present

    I specialize in empowering small businesses and startups through comprehensive design solutions. I can cover logo design, website design, app design, UX guidance, and more.

    With a diverse portfolio spanning graphic design, instructional design, and UX design, rest assured that I’m the woman with the plan.

  • A person's hands working on a cluttered wooden desk filled with sketches, highlighters, pens, an iPhone, and a computer monitor, suggesting a brainstorming or planning session.

    Synchrony

    2013 - Present

    At Synchrony, I’ve handled everything from Customer Service, various banking core processes, and Instructional Design, to my most recent position in Process Design.

    I currently work as a Senior Specialist in our Disputes department, where I write and edit standard operating procedures and help design processes from the ground up.

    I also recently worked in Instructional Design, where I handled writing storyboards and then turning them into fantastic finalized training designs. I handled writing relatable and interesting stories, making sure to include technical and informational elements. I also covered image selection, design, and dynamic instructional elements. I created these designs with the design programs Vyond, Adobe Captivate, and Articulate Storyline 360.

Education

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    • 2011 - Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design

    • 3.9 GPA

    • Graduated Magna Cum Laude

    • Courses focused on graphic design, web design, working with clients, and mentorship in the design field.

    • 2024 - UX Design Certificate

    • Design programs used: Figma, Sketch

    • Skills learned: Storyboarding, design reviews, design thinking, information architecture, presentations, responsive web design, user experience (persona), UI/UX research

    • Follow the design process: empathize with users, define pain points, ideate solutions, create wireframes and prototypes, test and iterate on designs

    • Understand the basics of UX research, like planning research studies, conducting interviews and usability studies, and synthesizing research results

    • Apply foundational UX concepts, like user-centered design, accessibility, and equity-focused design

    • Create a professional UX portfolio, including end-to-end projects, so that you're ready to apply for jobs

    • 2024 - Various UX and UI Design courses - See Uxcel Site

  • • 2024 - Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Curriculum (Commonwealth Education Trust)

    • This course helps develop and strengthen your skills in teaching, professionalism, assessment, and more.

    • Curriculum is a framework for guiding teaching and learning. This course provides an opportunity for you to consider the relationship between the teacher, the learner and the curriculum.

    • 2024 - Instructional Design Foundations and Applications (University of Illinois)

    • This course, Instructional Design Foundations, introduces learners to the conceptual and theoretical foundations of instructional design as well as the analysis aspect of instructional systems design in order to create an innovative instructional solution to performance problems in organizations.

    • Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

    • Describe the major concepts of instructional systems design

    • Describe the major learning and instructional theories

    • Describe the process of instructional design and instructional design models

    • Describe various analysis activities for instructional design

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