Alisha Bube

User Experience Designer + Photographer

Knoxville, TN, USA

Work Experience

Discovery Inc (formerly Scripps Networks Interactive)

Interaction + Product Designer

• Collaborate with editorial teams from HGTV, Food Network, and Travel Channel to create efficiencies in their workflows by building new tools or improving their existing content management systems
• Facilitate opportunity assessment workshops (Google’s Discovery Sprint format)
• Create wireframes and interactive prototypes
• Work with product managers, front-end developers, and back-end engineers in an Agile workflow to bring ideas to life
• Consistently improving site interactions and formatting based on user engagement analytics and evolving industry standards
February 2016 - Present Tennessee, United States

Travel Channel

Freelance Photographer + Writer

• Use personal travel experiences and photography to curate photo galleries that inspire others to explore the globe
March 2017 - Present Tennessee, United States

Discover Corps

Freelance Designer

• Designed publications and marketing materials for a global travel company focused on developing intercultural connections
November 2016 - September 2017 California, United States

National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)

User Experience + Graphic Designer

• Spearheaded a full re-brand of the company by conducting competitive analysis research and doing an internal audit of the organization and its stakeholders in collaboration with another designer, the creative director, and the marketing director
• Ran user testing sessions and helped design new interfaces and workflows for the online course finder, application process, student dashboard, blog and online shop
• Did layout design, photo editing, graphics creation, and managed printing and press checks for publications including catalogs, newsletters, annual reports and marketing materials
• Designed, sourced materials, and oversaw installment of environmental graphic design projects (e.g. museum and lobby displays, gallery, building signage)
• Helped manage and select candidates for the design intern program
• Managed art direction and photography for marketing photoshoots
• Maintained the company’s photo database
January 2013 - February 2016 Wyoming, United States

Patagon Journal

Graphic Design Intern

• Designed bi-lingual advertisements and marketing materials for the magazine and website
March 2012 - September 2012 Chile

Education

University Of Wisconsin-Stout

BFA in Graphic Design

September 2008 - December 2012 Wisconsin, United States

Nielsen Norman Group

User Experience Certificate

March 2014 - April 2015

Skills

Adobe After Effects, Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InCopy, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, Balsamiq, Basecamp, Brand Identity, Google Docs, Hubspot , Illustration, InVision, Jira , Magento, Marvel, Microsoft Office, Photography, Prototyping, Sketch, Squarespace, User Testing, WordPress,