Better design decisions ᕙ(*◕‿◕*)ᕤ
Served as the lead visual designer at Amazon for Kindle E-readers, Cloud Cam, Ring and Blink.
Career highlights
Achieved a UX Master's Certification from Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g) with specialty recognition in Interaction Design, UX Management, and UX Research. Credential ID: 1045632
2020
Completed a 10-week UX design course at General Assembly. Received a recommendation on LinkedIn from the lead instructor, Austin Keeble.
2019
Transitioned successfully to UX design as a Senior Product Designer at Asurion.
2017
Launched a completely redesigned product detail page for Kindle Oasis, which pioneered the use of a cinemagraph in marketing Amazon devices. Reduced page latency, increased dwell time, saved money and raised the creative bar overall.
2014–2018
Designed visuals for Amazon devices implemented across sites that drove traffic to product detail pages and generated millions of unique visits.
2014
Initiated design solutions and concepts to accommodate new technical specifications for Amazon’s updated home page and highly-visible gateway hero placement. Quickly created a new ad for Kindle with limited assets by compositing, retouching and stitching images together—a technique still being used today.
2011
Led the design of print and digital collateral for the fundraising luncheon of Go Red for Women (Chicago chapter), which raised in excess of $900K.
Vending machine life
Singapore #LightAndNight
Move to the groove
Local bread
Identical illusion
www.creativestoned.com
Light, space, and time have their own moods, their own rhythms.
The ride under
Pandesal
Path to serenity #KyotoJapan
Tokyo Tower
Fast and furious
I'm currently open to full-time and contract opportunities for onsite and hybrid work.
Experiences
2019–2022
Sr. Product Designer
Asurion
2014-2018
Visual Designer
Amazon
2010–2013
Sr. Graphic Designer
AffinityX
Education
2021
UX Master Certified
Nielsen Norman Group
2002-2005
BA, Major in Multimedia Arts