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Cleveland, OH, United States
Toptal member since November 18, 2021
Bio
During the last 10+ years as a design professional, Brett worked with dozens of companies from various industries, helping them build new interactive experiences and improve existing ones. As a senior product designer with Sherwin WIlliams, he leads initiatives from discovery through user testing, analysis, and handoff as a member of a cross-functional scrum team practicing in a fast-paced Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Senior User Experience Designer
2023 - 2024
Sherwin-Williams
- Served as a designer at Sherwin Williams and spearheaded service design initiatives aimed at enhancing productivity and optimizing customer service within Sherwin Williams stores.
- Conducted research with district managers, store managers, representatives, and sales teams, enabling a holistic understanding of operational challenges and customer needs.
- Leveraged research findings to extract actionable insights that informed the development of internal tools, including the POS system and order management system.
Technologies: Figma, iOS UI Design, iOS UX Design
Senior Product Designer
2022 - 2023
CVS Health
- Acted as a lead designer for eCommerce shopping list design for iOS and aOS. Designed and produced high-fidelity annotated files for handoff to engineering.
- Produced consumable high-fidelity files in Figma for CVS eCommerce teams. Employed an advanced Figma atomic component structure supporting cascading edits for all elements, including text.
- Transitioned from contract to permanent placement as a CVS Health employee within the first six months of employment.
Technologies: Figma, Rally, Adobe CC, Remote User Testing, Dovetail, Mobile App Design, Agile, Design Guidelines, Android, iOS, User-centered Design (UCD), Design Leadership, iOS UI Design, iOS UX Design
Senior Product Design
2022 - 2022
Everest
- Created the appropriate atoms allowing for global changes.
- Created master components as nested atomic instances.
- Maintained linkages with masters for all component variants.
- Arranged atoms masters and variants for ease of use from Figma's assets and component panels.
Technologies: Figma, Mobile App Design, Agile, Design Guidelines, Android, iOS, User-centered Design (UCD), iOS UX Design
Product Designer
2021 - 2022
Nimbl Digital
- Hired into a fintech product team mid-sprint and quickly got up to speed with team tools and practices with Sketch, Craft, InVision, Freehand, and Zeroheight.
- Produced user flows and wireframes for assigned dashboards and workspaces with the help of existing personas and product requirements.
- Used the Sketch cloud to maintain version control across the existing symbol library to produce pixel-perfect UI design solutions for handoff to developers and export into InVision through craft.
- Managed responsibilities for tickets assigned in sprints through a set calendar of team meetings with requirements writers and project owners.
Technologies: Sketch, InVision, Miro, Slack, Webflow CMS, Web Design, UX Design, Branding, eCommerce Web Design, Figma, HTML5, CSS, Optimal Workshop, User Research, Information Architecture (IA), Usability Testing, Interaction Design (IxD), Typography, Screen Design, Visual Design Language, Critical Analysis, Research & Critical Thinking, Communication Design, Prototyping, Task Analysis, User Interviews, User Interface (UI), Remote User Testing, Complex Problem Solving, User Testing, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Business Model Analysis, UI Prototyping, Usability Heuristics, Dashboard Design, SaaS, Web UI, Web UX, Websites, Product Design, Design Systems, Landing Page Design, Graphic Design, User Flows, Website Redesign, High-fidelity Mockups, Low-fidelity Mockups, Wireframing, Web App Design, Mobile Design, Mobile UI, UI Animation, Agile, Design Guidelines, User-centered Design (UCD)
Digital Designer | Developer
2021 - 2021
Grey Panthers
- Transitioned a nonprofit from WordPress to Webflow CMS and trained staff for ownership of future content management and online publishing.
- Implemented Mailchimp and PayPal solutions for nonprofit management of volunteers, memberships, and donations.
- Designed and produced custom, fully responsive, accessible, and GDPR compliant Webflow CMS.
Technologies: Webflow, Mailchimp, Web Design, UX Design, Branding, eCommerce Web Design, Figma, HTML5, CSS, User Research, Information Architecture (IA), Interaction Design (IxD), Typography, Screen Design, Visual Design Language, Critical Analysis, Communication Design, Prototyping, Sketch, Slack, User Interface (UI), Responsive Web Design (RWD), Business Model Analysis, Usability Heuristics, Web UI, Web UX, Websites, Landing Page Design, Graphic Design, User Flows, Website Redesign, High-fidelity Mockups, Low-fidelity Mockups, Wireframing, Web App Design, Mobile Design, Mobile UI
Graduate Student | Designer
2018 - 2020
Kent State University Masters User Experience Design
- Completed the master's curriculum with a 3.83 GPA covering in-depth academic and practical concepts for planning and leading user experience design initiatives.
- Produced a set of six UX initiatives with working prototypes demonstrating the concepts covered in the graduate curriculum.
- Participated in the UXD community as the conference presentation candidate.
Technologies: Webflow, Adobe CC, Optimal Workshop, Web Design, UX Design, Branding, eCommerce Web Design, Figma, HTML5, CSS, User Research, Information Architecture (IA), Usability Testing, Interaction Design (IxD), Typography, Screen Design, Visual Design Language, Critical Analysis, Research & Critical Thinking, Analysis, Culture, Technical Writing, Prototyping, Task Analysis, User Interviews, InVision, Miro, Slack, User Interface (UI), Remote User Testing, Value Innovation, Complex Problem Solving, User Testing, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Travel, UX Branding, Business Model Analysis, UI Prototyping, Usability Heuristics, WordPress, SaaS, Web UI, Web UX, Websites, Product Design, Landing Page Design, Graphic Design, User Flows, Website Redesign, High-fidelity Mockups, Low-fidelity Mockups, Wireframing, Web App Design, Mobile Design, Mobile UI, UI Animation
Interactive Designer
2006 - 2017
Usable
- Managed all aspects of digital design practice providing services for clients on a contract basis.
- Conducted business model, brand analysis, and taxonomy testing for digital property development and redesign.
- Produced custom content management systems and connected email marketing solutions to meet clients' marketing and internal workflow needs.
Technologies: Adobe CC, Sketch, Webflow CMS, Brand Design, Web Design, UX Design, Branding, eCommerce Web Design, Figma, HTML5, CSS, Optimal Workshop, User Research, Information Architecture (IA), Usability Testing, Interaction Design (IxD), Typography, Screen Design, Visual Design Language, Critical Analysis, Research & Critical Thinking, Culture, Analysis, Technical Writing, Communication Design, eCommerce, Prototyping, Task Analysis, User Interviews, InVision, Miro, Slack, Mailchimp, User Interface (UI), Remote User Testing, Value Innovation, Complex Problem Solving, User Testing, Responsive Web Design (RWD), UX Branding, Business Model Analysis, UI Prototyping, Usability Heuristics, Webflow, WordPress, SaaS, Web UI, Web UX, Websites, Product Design, Design Systems, Landing Page Design, Graphic Design, User Flows, Website Redesign, High-fidelity Mockups, Low-fidelity Mockups, Wireframing, Web App Design, Mobile Design, Mobile UI, UI Animation, Mobile App Design, Agile, User-centered Design (UCD), iOS UI Design, iOS UX Design
Education
2018 - 2020
Master of Science Degree in Experience Design
Kent State University - Kent, USA
2002 - 2004
Master of Fine Arts Degree in VIsual Communication Design
California College of the Arts - San Francisco, USA
1999 - 2002
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy
San Francisco State University - San Francisco, USA
1991 - 1994
Bachelor's Degree (Coursework) in Visual Communication Design
Kent State University - Kent, USA
Skills
Tools
Adobe CC, Sketch, InVision, Miro, Slack, Mailchimp, Figma, Usertesting.com, Rally
Languages
Visual Design Language, HTML5, CSS
Platforms
Webflow CMS, Webflow, WordPress, Android, iOS, Dovetail
Other
Information Architecture (IA), UI Design, Typography, Critical Analysis, Research & Critical Thinking, Communication Design, Prototyping, User Interface (UI), Complex Problem Solving, UI Prototyping, Visual Design, UX Design, Web Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web UI, Web UX, Websites, Product Design, Design Systems, Landing Page Design, Graphic Design, User Flows, Website Redesign, High-fidelity Mockups, Low-fidelity Mockups, Wireframing, Mobile Design, Mobile UI, Design Thinking, Mobile App Design, Design Guidelines, User-centered Design (UCD), Agile, Optimal Workshop, User Research, Usability Testing, Screen Design, Usability Heuristics, Brand Design, Dashboard Design, SaaS, Web App Design, UI Animation, Design Leadership, iOS UI Design, iOS UX Design, Interaction Design (IxD), Culture, Technical Writing, eCommerce, Task Analysis, User Interviews, Remote User Testing, Value Innovation, User Testing, Business Model Analysis, UX Branding, Travel, eCommerce Web Design, Branding, Analysis
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