A Refreshing Peek into iOS Product Design & Development
Refresh delivers an instant dossier about the people you know, the people you meet and even chance encounters so you can get the most out of every conversation. I worked with the Mountain View-based company for a total of 6 weeks to help bring their app to the next level. Read more...
User Research • Usability Testing • Product Design • User Interface • User Interaction • Heuristic Analysis of Competitive Landscape • Content Analysis • Cross-Functional Teamwork • Personas • User Stories • Copywriting & Branding
Support Local Commerce with SixDoors
SixDoors is an e-commerce app for shopping from local, independent stores in San Francisco with same-day delivery. I joined SixDoors in 2013, five months prior to our official launch, and was excited to take part in a product that gives small retailers a fighting chance against big box stores. Read more...
User Research • Usability Testing • User Interface • User Interaction • Cross-Functional Teamwork • Copywriting & Branding • Quality Assurance • HTML/ CSS
Reshaping the Eventbrite Android Experience
I'm a heavy user of the Eventbrite Android app, and while RSVPing to a few events recently, I made some hypotheses about how I could improve the experience. Guided by my findings from user research and usability testing, I wireframed a new UI. Here's a look into my validation, research findings, and design suggestions. Read more...
User Research • Contextual Inquiry • Usability Testing • User Empathy Overview • User Flow • User Interface
Let's Help Yelp's Website
Yelp's homepage is trying to do a lot of things all at once and lacks a visual hierarchy. My goal in the Yelp Usability and Redesign study was to observe users interact with the web version of Yelp when given four specific tasks to complete. I evaluated the responses and determined that a redesign was much needed. Read more...
User Research • Usability Testing • User Interface
Improve your Interpersonal Communication with TouchyFeely for Android
My first journey into product design. Succeeding in any career requires more than technical skill alone. Interpersonal communication and emotional intelligence are just as important, if not more so. I hope to make the lessons from TouchyFeely accessible to all someday. Read more...
User Research • Usability Testing • Persona • 6ups • Bucketing • Dot Voting • Product Design • MVP • User Stories • Task Flows • Scenarios • User Interace
Service Design Jam
100 locations with over 2000 Jammers on 6 continents. A Service Jam is a cooperative gathering of people interested in a design-based approach to creativity and problem solving. It is there to encourage experimentation and innovation.
The goal of my team, Team Nomad, was to take the inconvenience out of packing and traveling for a vacation while simultaneously enabling travelers to live in a stranger's shoes... literally. Read more...
User Research - remote • Dump & Sort • Service Design • Journey Mapping • User Flow • Bodystorming • Storyboarding • Sketching • Business Model Canvas• Affinity Diagramming • Presentation & Public Speaking • Paper Prototyping • Material Prototyping
Design Challenges & Visual Design
Browse various design challenges and visual design projects I've done on freelance assignments. Includes print, web, and mobile design. Read more...
Photoshop • Illustrator • InDesign