Sarah Yeager

Senior UX Designer

Stow, OH, USA
10 Years of Experience Working in Web | CliftonStrengths: Positivity, Futuristic, Activator, Ideation, Strategic

Work Experience

Wellness Coach

Senior UX Designer

Within 6 months, a team of two designers and I designed and launched an HR Dashboard, a responsive website redesign, a programs feature, live classes feature redesign, a personal coaching feature overhaul, a pending re-architecture to accommodate two high-yielding features, and a complete overhaul of our design system in Figma.
December 2021 - Ohio, United States

AiR Everywhere

Design Director

The Design Director role was a continuation of my User Experience Designer role. I directed the creative vision across all touch points from product to marketing. I dreamt up augmented reality experiences and concepts, maintained a design system across Adobe XD and Unity components, and managed the design workload through Jira.
June 2021 - Ohio, United States

AiR Everywhere

User Experience Designer

As employee three, and the sole designer, I established the product design and brand identity. I designed the product in Adobe XD and learned Unity to build components and a design system for the augmented reality app. I designed brand materials for print and translated our brand to social media. I mapped user journeys, created screen flows, and conducted market research for our personas. I write and conducted moderated user tests. I built and managed the company website in Wordpress.
May 2018 - June 2021 Ohio, United States

ProForma

Digital Graphic Designer Specialist

I designed, hand-coded, and scheduled internal and external company emails. I designed print marketing assets and collaborated with the team to create promotional product marketing campaigns. I wrote monthly blog posts for our franchise owners to share. I designed and edited marketing videos through Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects.
June 2017 - April 2018 Ohio, United States

216digital

Lead Web Graphic Designer

I designed tens of large and small responsive eCommerce websites. I designed and managed Wordpress websites for affiliate marketing and eCommerce clients. I created social media ads, PPC ads, and affiliate
marketing ads. I brainstormed topics and headlines for SEO content writers. I performed outreach for SEO blog articles. I managed the social media strategy and paid advertising for one of our largest clients. I built email templates in Mailchimp and scheduled campaigns. I shot and edited product photography for eCommerce clients.
August 2015 - June 2017 Ohio, United States

Kent State University

Web & Creative Assistant

I participated in Kent State University’s website redesign where I engaged in hands-on research, observed high school focus groups, performed usability tests and helped migrate all of the content over to the new content management system. I designed custom infographic icons that appeared throughout the website. I resized hundreds of images to make them web-friendly.
July 2013 - May 2015 Ohio, United States

Textbookly

Co-Owner & Designer

I redesigned the website’s brand identity, creating a clear voice for brand and marketing efforts. I designed in mind for fast load times, keeping graphics simple, yet sharp. I designed and illustrated online
ads and print ads to hang throughout campus.
June 2012 - May 2017 Ohio, United States

Kent State University

Computer Technician

Diagnose computer problems along with installing, updating, and delivering computers with top tier customer service to KSU staff and employees across several multiple sectors on campus.
June 2012 - June 2013 Kent, Ohio, United States

Education

Interaction Design Foundation

Certifications

Courses Completed:
- Get Your Product Used: Adoption and Appropriation
- How to Design for Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
- User Research - Methods and Best Practices
2019 - 2020

Kent State University

Bachelor of Arts

August 2011 - May 2015 Kent, Ohio, United States

Languages

English (Native),
French (Conversational),

Awards

Kent State University Fashion School

“Most Aesthetically Pleasing Design” and “Most Market Ready Product” for the security wearable, EmpoweRing

2015

TNW Hack Battle

Zeef API Award

2015

48 Hour Film

Audience Choice Award

2013

Skills

Adobe Aftereffects, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Premiere, Augmented Reality , Avada Theme, Blogging, Branding, Comedy Writing, Commonspot, Content Writing, CSS, Digital Marketing, Drupal, Ecommerce, Email Marketing, Facebook Advertising, Figma, Fine Arts, HTML, Illustration, Illustrator, IMovie, Indesign, Instagram, Mailchimp, Miva, Mockups, Moz, Photo Editing, Photography, Photography, Photoshop, Responsive Web Design, SEO, Storytelling, Strategy, UI Animations, Unity User Interface, User Experience Design, User Interface Design, Video Editing, Videography, Wireframes,

Speaker at Weapons Mass Creation Festival 2017

I spoke at Weapons of Mass Creation Festival in Cleveland, Ohio the weekend of August 18-20th 2017. https://wmcfest.com/