
Danielle Riley
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Duarte, CA, United States
Toptal member since July 19, 2018
Danielle is a seasoned designer with over 15 years of experience. She builds intuitive and visually compelling digital products from conception to shipped product. Danielle brings empathy for the user to all stages of product development, balancing the trade-offs between design, product strategy, technical considerations, and business goals.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Product Designer
Hustle
- Conducted user interviews with the product director to inform a new dialer product. Synthesized user learnings, competitive analysis, and team industry knowledge to design a product that combines calling with our messaging product.
- Established a design system to standardize Hustle's design tokens and component library across the platform. Worked directly with engineering to implement designs on an ongoing basis.
- Managed all UX/UI responsibilities for all products and features across the platform as the sole product designer, creating high-fidelity prototypes in a lean/agile development environment.
- Worked directly with the director of product and CPTO to analyze product considerations, flush out requirements, and review designs. Facilitate team brainstorming sessions, as needed, with product, engineering, and support teams.
Designer
Tech For Campaigns
- Designed the Polaris app, a call-time fundraising app for political campaigns. My work included initial discovery meetings, wireframe design, visual design, interactive prototypes, and stakeholder reviews. I also designed new features on an ongoing basis.
- Acted as the in-house designer, working on any and all internal design needs. Projects ranged from product UX research to marketing materials and social media visual design.
- Redesigned the company website as it was migrated from Drupal to Webflow.
Visual Designer
Sterling - Verified Volunteers
- Redesigned the user online sign-up flow. Performed a comprehensive site audit to understand the existing experience, designed interactive wireframes, and conducted user tests to test assumptions.
- Designed a mobile ID verification app for potential volunteers to submit their government-issued IDs.
- Designed an entirely new concept for one of the main user dashboards at the director's request. Performed a comprehensive audit of the existing dashboard, developed a new sitemap, and designed interactive wireframes.
Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism
California State University, Fullerton - Fullerton, CA, USA
Skills
Tools
Adobe Photoshop, Slack, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Apple Keynote, Sketch, InVision, Camtasia, Axure RP Pro, Adobe CC, InVision Studio, Adobe Premiere Pro, InVision App
Platforms
OS X, MacOS, Axure, WordPress, Figma
Languages
CSS, HTML
Industry Expertise
Telecommunications, Entertainment & Leisure, Marketing, Advertising
Other
UX Design, UI Design, Visual Design, Prototyping, Web Design, Art Direction, Creative Direction, HubSpot, Web App UX, Web Applications, Web App UI, Product Design, User Research, App Design, Concepting, Websites, Home Entertainment, Adaptive Design, Videos, Sitemaps, User Flows, Wireframing, Branding, Logo Design, Collateral Design, Agency Websites, Inbound Marketing, Microinteractions, Interactive UX, Senior Users, Interactive Web Design, Customer Portals, Dashboard Design, Customer Experience, Mobile UI, Mobile Web Services, Responsive Web Apps, Web App Design, eCommerce, eCommerce UI, Checkout, Shopping Carts, UI Guidelines, Art, Website Redesign, Utilities, Performance Optimization, Web Animation, Video Editing, Customer.io, Chameleon, Editorial Design, Linear
Experience
- Visual Design - 16 years
- Adobe Photoshop - 16 years
- UI Design - 6 years
- UX Design - 4 years
- Creative Direction - 4 years
- InVision - 4 years
- Axure RP Pro - 4 years
- Sketch - 2 years
Tools
- Adobe Photoshop
- Sketch
- InVision
- Axure RP Pro
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