Matt Souza
Product Designer
I am a mobile first, minimalist design enthusiast currently making the digital world a be er place one pixel at a me over at JCPenney. I have 4+ years experience crea ng user centric design solu ons for both small and large companies from a wide range of fields. When not working, or designing, you can nd me either traveling the world, ea ng (9 times out of 10 at Chipotle) or working out.
Work Experience
Interaction Designer
August 2017
- Present
Mountain View, California, United States
Jcpenney
Mobile UX Lead
- Contributed to a conversion increase of over 40% YoY with mobile orders over 100% increase YoY and mobile only comp sales at 115%
- Contributed to an 11% increase of Rewards enrollment (~13K enrollments per week) and a 15.84% increase in linking of accounts
- Led a team of 7 designers with the sponsorship from senior leaders for a $2.4M mobile apps redesign for both iOS and Android
- Contributed to an 11% increase of Rewards enrollment (~13K enrollments per week) and a 15.84% increase in linking of accounts
- Led a team of 7 designers with the sponsorship from senior leaders for a $2.4M mobile apps redesign for both iOS and Android
May 2015
- April 2017
Texas, United States
Southwest Airlines
Visual Designer
- Provided creative UX design solutions for new and existing web pages on Southwest.com
- Contributed layouts for essential scheduled and unscheduled Customer marketing e-mails
- Responsible for creating, editing, and enhancing online forms, landing pages on Southwest.com
- Contributed layouts for essential scheduled and unscheduled Customer marketing e-mails
- Responsible for creating, editing, and enhancing online forms, landing pages on Southwest.com
December 2014
- May 2015
Texas, United States
AdvoCare
UX Designer
- UI Design Lead in major corporate website redesign which lead in a significant increase of user session times and customer satisfaction
- UI Design Lead for mobile apps refresh which lead to an increase in the total number of downloads
- UI Design Lead for mobile apps refresh which lead to an increase in the total number of downloads
November 2013
- November 2014
Texas, United States
Education
University Of Texas At Dallas
Bachelor of Arts in Arts and Technology
- Graduated with honors cum laude
- Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society club
- Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society club
Dallas, Texas, United States
Languages
Portuguese (Native),
Spanish (Fluent),
French (Beginner),
Italian (Beginner),
Skills
Agile Teams,
HTML/CSS,
HTML/CSS,
Indesign,
Indesign,
Indesign,
Interac On Design,
InVision/Marvel,
InVision/Marvel,
InVision/Marvel,
Keynote ,
Keynote ,
Keynote ,
Mobile-first,
Photoshop Illustrator,
Powerpoint,
Powerpoint,
Principle For Mac,
Prototype,
Sketch,
Visual Design,
Wireframing,