currently
Product Designer
Bedrock, contracted via Upperstudy
education
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Bachelor of Science, Graphic Communication
Concentration in UX/UI Design
Interdisciplinary minor in Ethics, Public Policy, Science, and Technology
December 2021
experience
Motion Designer
Circle K International, Cal-Nev-Ha District
Motion design for conference.
Remote & Running Springs, CA ※ May 2021 – November 2021
UX Design Intern
Dwolla
Designed a new interaction pattern that resulted in 50% reduction of client onboarding time. Collaborated cross-functionally to discover problem spaces and ideate solutions.
Designed a new interaction pattern that resulted in 50% reduction of client onboarding time, conforming to legal requirements while balancing user needs.
Created UI + UX of a testing environment that educates + demonstrates the product (an API) to end users (developers). Collaborated with developer advocates.
Audited accessibility of components in the core design system. Specified + advocated for improvements.
Remote ※ April 2021 – September 2021
UI/UX Designer
Circle K International, Cal-Nev-Ha District
Founded UX design position, advocated for the member experience, designed three products for different touchpoints.
User researched and product designed a new chapter data reporting portal to be used by > 70 chapters.
Collaborated with developers to design UI + UX of a new app for the Cal-Nev-Ha convention with > 700 attendees.
Consulted on member (customer) experience for organizing events, submitting paperwork, and workflows.
Remote ※ May 2018 – April 2020
Intern
Cal Poly, University Graphic Systems
Inventory management system and equipment research.
Designed paper inventory management solution with user feedback to optimize for usability and speed.
Researched printing equipment and evaluated repairability.
San Luis Obispo, CA ※ Fall 2019
Editorial Designer
Circle K International, Cal-Nev-Ha District
Editorial design for a conference program.
Remote & Sonora, CA ※ May 2019 – November 2019
Graphic Designer
Circle K International, Central Coast Division
Graphic design for ads and apparel.
Remote & San Luis Obispo, CA ※ May 2018 – March 2019
Boba-rista
Labobatory
Customer experience and food preparation at a boba shop.
Customer experience (customer service, taking orders, point of sales).
Food preparation (making tea drinks, basic cleaning, preparing ingredients).
San Gabriel, CA ※ June 2018 – August 2018
Ice Cream Swirler
The Pond
Customer experience and food preparation at an ice cream parlor.
Customer experience (customer service, taking orders, point of sales).
Food preparation (making ice cream mix, basic cleaning, preparing ingredients).
Arcadia, CA ※ January 2018 – August 2018
Communications and Marketing Lead
Circle K International, Pasadena City College Chapter
Graphic design, branding, and marketing.
Created graphics system for ads, email campaigns, and presentation decks.
Designed event ads weekly.
Increased attendance of a large-scale event by 10% with effective marketing and branded promotional material (website, social media ads).
Pasadena, CA ※ April 2017 – March 2018
President
Circle K International, Pasadena City College Chapter
Lead a community service club of > 50 members.
Oversaw an executive council of five, collaboratively leading a community service-oriented club of over 50 members.
Empathized with members to create an ideal club experience.
Increased membership retention by 50% year-over-year.
Earned the Distinguished President Award.
Pasadena, CA ※ April 2017 – March 2018
Committee Member
Pasadena City College, Associated Students, Public Relations Committee
Graphic design for ads.
Pasadena, CA ※ October 2016 – June 2017
UI Design Intern
iDigBrand
UI for hotel booking system and accompanying promotional graphics.
Designed multilingual website UI and print + web banner advertisements for the launch campaign of an American hotel company’s booking system for Chinese audiences on WeChat, iterating on feedback from stakeholders.
Diamond Bar, CA ※ Summer 2016
Graphic Designer, Video Editor
Apache News
Branding, graphics, journalism, video editing.
Established an unprecedented unifying brand and collateral (lower-thirds, advertisements, and graphics).
Produced, edited, anchored, or reported for seven episodes of a weekly video news show broadcast to the entire campus of over 4000 students and published online.
Arcadia, CA ※ August 2015 – June 2016
Committee Member
Key Club International, Cal-Nev-Ha District, Graphics Committee
Graphic design for ads.
Remote ※ July 2015 – March 2016
Publicity Commissioner
Key Club International, Arcadia High School Chapter
Graphic design for ads, editorial design for a monthly newsletter and weekly meeting agendas.
Arcadia, CA ※ April 2015 – March 2016
product thinking
UX design
usability testing
user research
UI design
Figma
Sketch
Adobe Creative Cloud
(Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro, XD, Acrobat)
HTML, CSS
Webflow, website builders