• Designing digital experiences for enterprise level clients—Citi, IAS
• Focusing on user centered design with attention to usability and accessibility
• Exploring existing research to lead execution of product and experience solutions
• Constructing user flows, wireframes, prototypes within Sketch, InVision, and Adobe XD

• Determining best UX approach for solving problems—persona development, user/stakeholder interviews, empathy mapping, card sorting, heuristic evaluation, and/or competitive audit
• Designing UI/UX + development— Michaelfinneganart.com, Alltana.io, DrillingInfo.com
• Developing wireframes and UI/UX prototyping within Adobe XD/Sketch for various product apps
• Designing branding + strategy—Treehouse Coworking, Deleigh Hermes, Killer Smoked BBQ
• Conceptualizing + designing visual content—OutboundEngine, Shepherd-A Fixer Co., CareerPlug
• Invoicing, project managing, self-organizing, self marketing, and dedicated customer service

• Spearhead user research via in-person observation, GoToMeeting screen share, and surveys
• Analyzed user needs through affinity mapping and wire framed new software concepts
• Tested designs with development team for feasibility and users to confirm assumptions
• Developed high fidelity comps and prototype in Adobe XD
• Pitched ideas to stakeholders, met with positive feedback
• Handed off UI style guides and exported CSS/HTML to kickoff development

• Analyzing UX flow for website application
• Developing wire frames, UI's and prototyping within Adobe XD
• Collaborating across teams—operations, sales, and development
• Designing digital assets outbound marketing—email campaigns, newsletters, and social

• Conducted user research, developed user personas, and scoped product priorities
• Developed wire frames, hi-fi comps, and UI style guides for a website app utilizing Adobe XD
• Designed a company logo and branded assets
• Achieved product excellence through daily stand-ups, client review, and streamlining workflow all in an agile environment

• Conceptualizing and executing website design and clean user interface for effective visual storytelling—Michaelfinneganart.com
• Designing visual assets and sweepstakes skin for digital campaign
• Editing creative video content in After Effect

• Lead creative vision, global brand, & marketing strategy (5 product verticals + 7 global offices)
• Design, development, launch of ActGlobal.com—solidifies brand, voice, market strategy
• Design UI/UX, IA, responsive, Word Press, e-commerce
• Code HTML5, Javascript, CSS
• Create digital campaigns—brand awareness, increasing databases, and lead conversion
• Art direct international videographers, editors, and animators with tight deadlines
• Design international tradeshow booths—structure, visuals, video, lighting, social engagement
• Customizing visual content for various audiences—digital, web, print, sales decks, packaging
• Roll out new program obligations in support of FIFA, World Rugby, and FIH certified memberships
• Manage junior designers, virtual assistants, and outsourced talent
Preferred Producers in the world for football turf
• Design all marketing collateral for international offices
• Campaign design, motion graphics, trade show exhibitor design, product packaging, banner design, copyrighting

• Art direction + publication design—Country Lifestyle Magazine, Texas Hills Magazine
• Designed layout—Novel Stairway to Heaven by Mary Jane Ross
• Managed production + design—Boerne Area, and New Braunfels Real Estate Guide
• Directed photo shoot—Home of Mr. & Mrs. Becker of Becker Vineyards for lifestyle focus
• Edited, wrote cover cut lines, selected pull quotes, photos, and typography for magazine layouts
• Promoted company and product at art galleries, industry conventions, and company events

• Designed advertisements with effective storytelling and edited existing layouts
• Sold advertisements to local companies while providing excellent customer service
• Typeset articles, formatted weekly publication to meet deadlines, prepared files for final output

- Explored the field of UX and how it relates to other disciplines
- Learned about user-centered design principles and incorporated them into the design process
- Gained first-hand knowledge about various UX deliverables and how best to implement them
- Sketched and built a low-fidelity prototype with InVision

- Brands + Marketing
- Design
- Development + Code
- Tech Industry

Completed classes in the Design Track Completed Design Track/ Advertising to include lectures by art directors from Billboard, Harpers, Pink, and Domino.