User-centered design creates
a well-loved product

Research + workflows + visuals + testing

The value I bring to your software team

  • 20+ years experience

    I’ve done all things design for 20+ years. My UX work is driven by an eye for clean visual design and a dedication to streamlined workflows.

  • Devotion to learning

    This makes quite a difference. My passion for learning – from our users, development and other teams – leads to valuable insights for software design.

  • Focus on collaboration

    Smart teamwork builds trust and ensures access to key input. It’s honestly exhilarating to create an effective product together!

  • Value for business

    User adoption and retention are directly affected by a good experience with a product. UX research and UX design work hand-in-hand to grow ROI.

Precepts of my UX design

  • Product definition

    • Discuss the value propositions and initial requirements and concepts of the tool, its purpose and its users
    • Interview the stakeholders
    • Review the existing product, if any

  • Research

    • User surveys and interviews to understand their current experience and their needs
    • Competitive research to see industry standards and to identify opportunities

  • Analysis

    • Distill research and note key insights to define the product vision
    • Develop user personas for primary user segments
    • Write user stories and map user journey to document their motivations and actions

  • Design

    • Design the current and ideal workflows
    • Draft wireframes to determine user flow and content placement
    • Create high-resolution prototypes for review and user testing

  • Validation

    • Full user testing to refine the experience
    • Mini-session testing to resolve design questions
    • Quantitative analytics to prove ROI

  • Dev collaboration

    • Regular meetings with the dev team to review screens and discuss best build solutions
    • Availability to answer questions and to help resolve issues as they arise

 

“Design has to work.” – Donald Judd