Hello, I'm Alycia, a UX Product Design Leader.
I help bring ideas to life, provide UX and creative direction and process optimization with cross-functional collaboration, leadership and design thinking experience.
01 PROFESSIONAL
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
FIGMA
85%
ADOBE CC SUITE
90%
DESIGN SYSTEMS
90%
HTML & CSS
75%
JIRA & CONFULENCE
85%
UX DESIGN & RESEARCH
95%
DESIGN ACCESSIBILITY
85%
DESIGN THINKING
80%
AGILE PROCESSES
80%
LEADERSHIP & MENTORING
85%
I am an accomplished Product Design leader with demonstrated success designing, implementing, and maintaining innovative solutions for both startup organizations and global corporations – leveraging my design and technical experience encompassing product leadership, user-centered design, and product lifecycle management. You'll find that I am a collaborative leader adept at working across multifunctional teams to leverage strengths, negotiate deliverables, and align objectives to deliver scaled agile projects on time and within budget.
02 PORTFOLIO
MY LATEST WORK.
03 Experience
2022-PRESENT
SPLINTERLANDS
Product & UX Design
Led a high-performing collaborative core design and development team providing exceptional user experiences and driving innovation with a data-driven approach to decision-making at a pioneering global Web3 blockchain crypto gaming platform startup
2019-2022
VANGUARD
UX/Product Designer
Crafted intuitive experiences through UX and UI design, ensuring that experiences consistently surpassed user expectations through rapid iteration based on research, data, customer feedback, and foundational framework for site search
Design Strategist
Design Strategist for an audience product team marketing to large (500M+ AUM) organizations – developing digital lead generation and nourishing campaigns
Transitioned Marketing to Agile Scrum processes, serving as a steward
of change management through
training initiatives
2010-2019
NEXXT
Creative Director / Product Design Lead
Lead product UX / UI of SaaS product and website through research, wireframes, user flows, and project briefs, while working cross-functionally with development team from initial project scope to final testing
Managed project timelines of UX / UI deliverables to engineer team through to final product launch
Collaborated with Product Managers, Engineers, and Copywriters to execute campaign solutions through site design, usability / testing, and product development to bring leaderships’ visions to life
Partnered closely with Marketing on advertising campaigns geared towards recruiters and ad agencies and built new products for job seekers and hiring managers with a mobile-first approach
Created brand appropriate graphics across all mediums, including print materials for sell sheets, trade show materials, and direct mail and maintained logo design, corporate sales presentations, and digital product style guidelines
2005-2010
M&M Associates
Art Director
Established the boutique marketing agency as a creative, knowledgeable, and industry thought leader for numerous clients and marketing campaigns, serving as the liaison between leadership and designers to ensure that company vision was executed.
2003-2006
M&M Associates
Assistant Art Director
Quickly promoted from Designer to Assistant Art Director to provide creative direction and lead visual concepts / solutions for new projects. Enhanced job flow processes and quality control to create a more efficient design team to meet client needs.