Resume

General Assembly UX Design Fellowship
Feb., 2022 - May, 2022

Buyer Folio’s Entrance to the Mobile Real Estate Market 

• Conducted analytics of the market to inform design thinking over a 3 week sprint.

• Created sketches for wireframing and synthesized data by affinity mapping.

• Facilitated design systems for the Buyer Folio’s brand.

• Designed and tested 2, mid-fi mobile app prototypes with 5 users.

• Designed and tested 1, hi-fi mobile app prototypes with 5 users.

 

LinkedIn’s Improved Job Tracker 

• Conducted analytics of the market to inform design thinking over a 2 week sprint.

• Created sketches and synthesized data by affinity mapping.

• Designed and tested a mid-fi and a hi-fi mobile app prototype with 5 users.

 

PayPal’s Split the Bill 

• Conducted analytics of the market to inform design thinking over a 2 week sprint.

• Created sketches and synthesized data by affinity mapping.

• Designed and tested hi-fi mobile app prototypes with 5 users.

Baylor College of Medicine - Design Technician
Jan., 2021 - July, 2021

 

• Designed newsletters, brochures, signs, banners, posters, flyers and plaques.

• Designed and managed 15 to 20 orders weekly from beginning to completion for departments.

• Provided design thinking processes, consultation and project management that helped clients achieve their desired look and feel for each project.

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Designs By Deepe, LLC. - Owner/Freelance Designer
Nov., 2018 - Dec., 2020

 

• Client company list included: Praxent and Southwest Gas which I designed original artwork such as: ads, logos, banners, web graphics and sales sheets by way of design thinking, concepting, and sketching.

• I provided quotes and bids for each project at Southwest Gas ranging from $250 all the way up to $10,000. A final bill was submitted and each project was managed by me until final artwork was delivered to the inhouse graphic designer. 

• Praxent. I attended weekly staff meetings for design and product planning. At a $55 hourly charge I provided design thinking, concepting ,design planning and artwork for weekly blog graphics deployed to the company website.

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First Data - Graphic Designer
Jan., 2014 - March, 2018

 

• Designed gift card artwork for Walmart, Bed Bath & Beyond, Gyft and Amazon that were selected for national distribution following design systems’ style guides and brand standards.

• Created $125,000 of revenue project managing small quantity speciality card orders of 100,000 or less for companies that desired something a little extra such as glitter, lenticular or foils over a normal CR80 gift card.

• Provided in-depth assistance and consultant on press-checks with vendors to ensure quality and compliance with design systems and brand standards were met for gift card orders.

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Summit Business Media - Graphic Designer
Feb., 2008 - March, 2013

 

• Designed, managed and produced ads, advertorials, roundtable features and special sections for Benefits Selling (BS) and Senior Market Advisor (SMA) monthly magazine issues.

• Designed the layout for Benefits Selling’s Buyers Guide issues from 2011 to 2012 that showcased each companies’ policy offerings for advisors to make new business contacts.

• Uploaded Benefits Selling and Senior Market Advisor magazines via Sharepoint for online viewing to their websites.

• Designed sales sheets for BS and SMA, magazine branding collateral, web banners for magazine issues and other promotional and marketing monthly material as needed.

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PG Exhibits - Graphic Designer
June, 2006 - Aug., 2007

 

• Designed graphics for exhibits and trade show booths; preflight provided art files as needed, and color management of all art files.

• Printed and laminated large format graphics for exhibits and trade shows using plotters. 

• Cut and applied vinyl logos, lettering and other graphics to exhibits and trade shows.

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Inter Global Exhibits - Graphic Designer
Jan., 2005 - May, 2006

 

• Designed graphics for exhibits and trade show booths; preflight provided art files as needed, color management of all art files and printed and laminated large format graphics for exhibits.