Product Designer
Emily Backes
Sunday, 21 April 2024
I have 10 years of professional experience in project management, technical recruiting, design, and a BA in Sociology from the University of Colorado. I’m interested in Product Design, UX/UI Research, or Freelance product design positions.
Experience
product Designer / sortly / 2024
Role & Responsibilities
Create innovative user experiences for new products and features. Develop and communicate designs through mockups, storyboards, and documentation. Craft intuitive solutions that respond to user behavior.
product Designer / bowtie / 2024
Role & Responsibilities
Design and build complex user-centered interfaces, including wire-frames, mockups, and prototypes.
Case Study Highlight
Grant funded application (Under NDA): Performed the discovery & design of a HIPPA protected application for doctors. This application will ease the on-boarding process for their customer care advocates and new patients. It will also track and manage the insurance billing and claims process.
ux strategy lead / tech fleet / 2022 - 2023
Role & Responsibilities
Led the overall UX strategy and decision-making regarding product direction. Provided mentorship and guidance to younger product designers.
Case Study Highlight
Insurance Application (Under NDA): Managed the research and design completion of a new user flow that produced 80 new frames. Conducted user testing yielding a 70% improvement of UX success rates. Additionally, I also mentored 4 product strategy apprentices.
product designer / ronin & co / 2021-2023
Role & Responsibilities
Worked cross-functionally with product management, engineering, design, and research. Created, collaborated, and iterated on UI design, flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals.
Case Study Highlight
Snowstainability: Researched and calculated carbon footprint data of winter sport users to pinpoint underutilized transportation methods
Sprocket App: Delivered a platform empowering people with a fighting chance of recovering their stolen bicycles through a mobile device right at their fingertips. Sprocket provides a social platform to mitigate bike theft before it happens.
User experience design (student) / general assembly / 2022
UX course merging research, strategy, and design to create seamless experiences between users and products/services. The GA course focused on achieving both user goals and business objectives.
Past Experience
SR tech RECRUITER/ Designer / Pyramid Consulting / 2021-2023
Technical RECRUITER / Manpower Group EXperis / 2018-2021
human interest Manager / Inflow NS / 2015-2018
PRoject manager / A-T Solutions PAE / 2011-2015
