Hi. My name is Lauren. I
user experience design.
Résumé
Education
- Currently attending Bentley University persuing a Masters in Human Factors and Information Design
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems
- Graduate Cum Laude - Advertising and Graphic Design Major
- 2 years
Software & Languages
Areas in which I am currently practicing:
HTML
Areas in which I have knowledge or past experience:
Professional Networks
- Founder and Organizer of the South Florida User Experience Meetup Group
- Member of the Usability Professionals' Association
- Member of the Association for Computing Machinery Special Intrest Group Computer-Human Interaction
- Member of the Interaction Design Association
Current Employment: Ultimate Software
User Experience Analyst at Ultimate Software, one of the leading HRMS providers. Focused on integrating user experience components into the agile development sprints while using research and user input to evaluate the system from a holistic approach.
- Integration of user experience into the development environment including raising awareness of user experience within the company as well as implementing interface best practices and standards
- User research including personas, surveys, on-location conference interviews, and support call monitoring.
- Creation of documentation libraries, including pattern libraries, holistic sitemaps, and deliverable standards.
- Work with teams and project owners to produce wireframes of various fidelities, design critiques and interaction specifications.
- Continual monitoring of the competition as well as the progress the application usability through heuristic reviews and interface bug lists.
- Working with various teams to integrate usability acceptance metrics and goals into project completion requirements
Lead the User Experience (UX) team in managing project resources and documentation deliverables surrounding usability, interaction design and the information architecture of internal and external systems. Primary direction and goals surround advocating the importance of an intuitive user experience by creating obvious, useable web sites and applications that are well organized and expandable for growth.
- Coordinate with team employees to ensure they are up to speed on current deliverables while managing large-scale UI projects and analyzing requirements for new potential projects.
- Collaborate closely with the business stakeholders as well as business analysts throughout the project lifecycle to provide user experience guidance for creating effective well organized interface solutions that support the user's mental model and task flows.
- Lead interface development on projects ranging from simple interaction modifications to large scale site renovations using knowledge of the internal business environment as well as UX industry standards and best practices.
- Develop documents to aid in research and analysis of the user experience, including interactive prototypes, low and high fidelity wireframes, process flows, interaction specifications, sitemaps, content and heuristic evaluations, strategy reports, personas, card sorting, surveys, end user testing, contextual inquiries and analysis of site analytics.
- Define, interpret and analyze research data into documented recommendations and action points for use with new applications as well as redesigns and current system modifications.
- Continually expand personal knowledge in the field of UX through research and training to ensure that system outcomes are intuitive and user-centered as well as meeting the needs of the business.
- Manage and implement bi-weekly interface code reviews and standards training for the HTML/CSS/DHTML group that focuses on changes in technology and how those changes can be utilized to benefit usability and interaction design in applications
- Dictate and establish guidelines within the team surrounding appropriate UI documentation deliverables and lifecycles based on project type, scope and timelines.
- Collaborate closely with the Design/HTML team to create interface standards regarding application visual design and layout which includes assisting in the creation and enforcement of style guidelines.