Hi, I’m Emily.


My Work

How do I explain what I do at a party? The short version is that I humanize technology.

– Fred Beecher, Director of UX, The Nerdery

Welcome to my portfolio!

As a user experience designer, I’m often asked what exactly I do, the simplest way I can explain it is with this quote from Fred Beecher.

UX is a field that requires you to be more than just a designer. Every day is different. Somedays, I’m a researcher or teacher, others an advocate or even a pseudo therapist for my users. Simply put, I humanize technology, and I love what I do .

Education

Maryland Institute College of Art
User Experience Design
May 2020 – August 2021

Ohio University
Visual Communications
August 2014 – May 2018

Experience

Northwestern Mutual
Aug. 2021 – Present

Senior User Experience Designer
July. 2022 - Present (Full-time)
Jan. 2022 - July 2022 (Contract)

Work with researchers, content strategists, and stakeholders to uncover insights for Northwestern Mutual’s employee intranet portal, that then influences the user interface and experience.

Responsible for collaborating with research to create prototypes for usability testing, running accessibility audits according W3C guidelines, coordinating design thinking workshops, mapping user journeys and flows, design system management, and initiating design hand-offs to business analysts and developers for implementation.

Visual Designer
Aug. 2021 - Dec. 2021 (Contract)

Responsible for designing mockups, prototypes, and components for Northwestern Mutual’s Digital Commons that translate business needs and user research into user-centric designs while contributing cohesively to the brand’s design system.

Bully Pulpit Interactive
August 2020– Present

Freelance Designer

Correspond cross-functionally with clients teams and art directors to create digital display, print, and social media advertisements as needed for clients such as the Biden Harris Campaign, the ACLU, the Human Rights Campaign, and AT&T.

General Electric
May 2019 – July 2020

Digital Communications Specialist

Designed and prototyped customer-facing product pages for GE Aviation’s website. Developed internal and external omni-channel marketing campaigns.

Frontgate
May 2018 – May. 2019

Associate Designer

Responsible for designing responsive emails and art directing campaigns for the company’s website and social platforms. Designed various homepages, blogs, and product pages for the website.

Skills

  • Human-centered design

  • Interactive prototyping

  • Responsive design

  • User research

  • UI design and animations

  • Figma

  • Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects, Premiere Pro)

  • Branding and identity

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