I work closely with the CEO and Lead Developer to strategically guide short and long term planning for the product. With a focus on creating a delightful experiences for our customers, I utilize the expertise of every department at Permission Click and regularly connect with user touch point—including feedback, metrics and user journey mapping—to continually improve user experience.

I also support Permission Clicks sales and marketing departments with go-to-market strategies, product positioning, and key benefits. I also help them craft messages, launch campaigns, gather feedback, and analyze results.

Kindoma creates video calling mobile Apps for young children and their loved ones. As the Product Design Lead of a small 3 person startup, I work closely with the CTO on UX research and design and with the CEO to manage our visual communications. We work together to form decisions on the direction of the company based on growth goals and available resources.

At Kindoma I design app assets, prototypes, logos, marketing materials, pitch decks and merchandise, as well as custom illustrations and occasionally video editing and animation. Did I mention we're a startup?

For 3 years I owned and operated a successful design consultancy providing clients with UX design, visual communications and brand identity design. My primary focus was business development while acting as Creative Director on most projects managing a small network of contract designers and developers.

I worked for retainers and success-based contracts. Sometimes I offered to offset a portion of my fees for equity in the form of convertible debt or common seed terms.

While working as a ux designer at Manlab I was also able to develop many project management skills required to be a design team leader. I frequently lead creative research and rapid idea generation sessions with production teams and key stakeholders—helping define realistic goals and milestones based on budgets and available resources.

Design production using Abobe CS software in a Mac- based environment. Provided quality control and supervision of junior and intermediate designers’ work.

Participated in brainstorming meetings with the Senior Designer, Creative Director and team. Provided technical support and IT recommendations for web projects, print production pre-press and general office technology requirements.

Client liaison, design pitching and effectively communicating rationales.
Design execution in related Adobe CS tools and web-based front end production using XHTML, and CSS2.

Learned to use movable type and simple bookbinding techniques to create relief prints and books using vintage letterpress equipment.

Learned to design basic Javascript applications for websites that control data types, and variables; functions and methods; decisions, loops and functions; function scripts; components; and forms.

A privately run design and production training school.