Education:
Purdue University
B.S. in UX Design
08/2017 – 05/2021
BS in UX Design
Minor in Communications
Minor is Psychology
Entrepreneurship Certificate
UX Career:
NetEase Games
Games User Researcher
6/2022 – 10/2023
Full time employee
Remote
Working remotely full-time as a games user researcher for NetEase Games.
Completed 15+ studies, in-person & remote. Consistently recognized for my pro-active attitude, excellent communication skills & easy going nature.
Lead the design, solo execution, & reporting of an entire project. Worked with global stakeholders to define objectives, designed the protocol & guides, executed 4 group sessions & delivered final conclusions.
Developed player guides for OBS & other playtest tools that reduced prep time & streamlined execution.
Evaluated the UX and UI of several in-development video games.
Analyzed qualitative and quantitive research to create corresponding research reports that were handed off to supervisors.
Research insights and reports influenced the development of major PC and mobile game titles.
EyeSquare Gmbh
UX and Market Researcher
11/2021 – 6/2022
Freelance
Remote
Worked as a remote US contractor for EyeSquare, performing UX Research and Analysis.
Analyzed research data, compiling analysis into documentation, and handing off to supervisor.
Facilitated several days of remote usability testing of virtual storefront using Zoom.
Preformed field research using eye-tracking technology on 20+ participants.
Lead research focus groups with 15+ participants.
Research impacted a variety of products from mobile games to soft drink marketing.
PEAKmind LLC
UX Consultant
08/2021 – 10/2021
Freelance
Remote
Designed new MVP for the PEAKmind platform using Figma.
Used UX Writing principals to modify platform language.
Used Organization skills to set up Asana tasks and create invoice for supervisor.
Analyzed past MVP and brought concerns with its design to business owner, leading to development of new platform architecture.
Purdue University / National Science Foundation
UX Researcher
09/2020 – 11/2020
Contract
Remote
Designed & facilitated a 2 day remote research workshop in Miro, where 50+ CS professionals participated.
Created tutorial and onboarding materials for participants.
Gathered and documented a collection of 200+ pieces of qualitative data.
Data gathered affected nationwide CS Curriculum
Willeder
UX Consultant
09/2019 – 05/2020
Freelance
Remote
Led redesign of existing desktop site & creation of mobile application using Figma.
Used AGILE to preform several sprints of research, prototyping, and testing.
Interviewed 5+ members of target user group.
Preformed testing of several prototypes.
Translated desktop version of redesign into a mobile platform using sketching and Figma.
Led members of team through multiple meetings and UX Design activities.
Drafted documentation of research data, testing data, and ideation to hand off to supervisor.
Other Experience:
Team Lead
UX Studio
01/2019 – 05/2021
Student
Purdue University
Led teams of 6 – 8 fellow students working with real companies on 5 company projects, compiling 50+ pages of documentation per project.
Apparel Director
Pi Lambda Phi
08/2017 – 05/2019
Purdue University
Planned, designed, and ordered 4 unique packages of custom t-shirts, hats, and other clothing for a socially progressive fraternity.
Delivery Cyclist
Jimmy John’s
05/2019 – 05/2022
West Lafayette, IN
Sales Associate
Ace Hardware
06/2020 – 01/2021
West Lafayette, IN
Freelance Artist
02/2017 – 10/2019
West Lafayette, IN
Sales Associate
Performance Bicycle
05/2018 – 01/2019
Indianapolis, IN
Service Employee
Dairy Queen
06/2015 – 01/2018
Westfield, IN
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