My experience
Magnite, Broomfield, Colorado, Senior Product Designer
2022 - present
Pearson, Centennial, Colorado, Senior Product Designer
2017 - 2022
- Work closely with product managers, web developers and marketing partners to craft user flows, wireframes, prototypes and high fidelity mockups.
- Create user-focused experiences for Pearson MyLab platform.
- Improve user onboarding experience to Pearson’s higher education learning platform.
- Perform user research and testing to ensure product usability.
- Help drive and define motion guidelines for a design system.
EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, Colorado, UX Designer
2010 - 2017
- Design user-focused visual experiences for TV and mobile platforms.
- Identify opportunities through research and influence the creative process by advocating for the end user.
- Help define and deliver exciting features by transforming concepts into dynamic prototypes providing the best user experience.
- Collaborated with other designers, working effectively across various teams including stakeholders and software development to execute the ideal experience.
- Design led an array of successful applications on the DISH Hopper Whole home system.
Google Inc., San Francisco, California, Rich Media Production Specialist
2007 – 2010
- Flash programmer implementing DoubleClick advertising campaigns.
- Strategically worked on campaigns for high profile brand advertisers like General Motors, Disney, Sony, Honda, Subaru, Electronic Arts(EA), Oakley, and T-Mobile generating millions in revenue.
- Implemented YouTube video API and DoubleClick Rich Media tracking in a YouTube Masthead unit for Adidas generating $400k in revenue.
- Acquire strong knowledge of DoubleClick's products including Motif Ad Kit, Studio, and DFA.
- Engage with campaign managers, database administrators, creative designers, and QA to execute highly complex ad banners.
- Incorporate advanced features such as tracking, video and audio into client advertisement.
- Analyze and revise client’s ActionScript code.
- Encode client’s .mov video files into Flash .flv files using Sorenson Squeeze software.
- QA and perform creative testing in DFA and in a live environment across all browsers and multiple operating systems.
- Create test pages with HTML/CSS for live DoubleClick ad tags.
- QA and perform creative testing in DFA and in a live environment across all browsers and multiple operating systems.
- Maintain client expectations by meeting specified deadlines and provide DoubleClick product support.
- Consult with clients regarding technical Flash questions that pertain to DoubleClick ad campaigns.
DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, Colorado, Analyst Developer
2006 – 2007
- Design, develop, and implement the department's custom swf player and custom learning interactions using Macromedia Flash/Actionscript.
- Modify and implement existing Adobe InDesign javascripts to function properly.
- Provide a variety of services ranging from day-to-day support, maintenance, design, development and trouble-shooting to improve, advance, and simplify team's processes.
Design/Technical
- Figma, Sketch, Invision, Webflow, SVGator, Axure, Photoshop, Illustrator, AfterEffects, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Education
- University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
B.S., Computer Science and Engineering