Elisabeth Riteau, Designer in New York City, United States
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Elisabeth Riteau

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Designer

Location
New York City, United States
Toptal Member Since
April 20, 2020

Elisa has been helping companies improve the usability of their products and services for the past 15 years. While her focus is UX, UI is also a part of her work. Business-focused, data and cognition-driven, she brings a specialty to the table that encompasses a mix of human-centered design (HCD) and agile UX and UI approaches that enhance usability as much as business objectives. Her unique skills have led her to work in media, education, tech, and healthcare in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

Portfolio

Work Experience

UX Director

2004 - PRESENT
Revsquare | Pentalog
  • Delivered the information architecture to ensure a good user experience, focusing on the target audience and business goals: site maps, user journeys, wireframes, and interactive prototypes.
  • Provided the UX and visual designs: mockups, prototyping, branding elements, visual language, and user interface layout.
  • Led cross-functional teams through agile and design thinking processes and the sense and respond approach: two-way conversations, focus on outcomes, accepting continuous change, collaboration, and constant learning.
  • Handled communication with clients: weekly calls, design reviews, and UX demos.
  • Delivered the UX strategy to maintain the product and language-market fits of the business based on the user behavior and needs—personas, experience brief, UX requirements, behavior goals, journey maps, UX backlog, best practices, and document record.
  • Put in motion a UX governance to raise awareness through the design strategy, data-driven implementation, and design thinking process.
Technologies: Lucidchart, Apple Keynote, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Experience Design (XD), User Journey Maps, Wireframing, Miro, Figma, InDesign CC, Zeplin, Hotjar, Confluence, Jira

Editor in Chief for Informational Graphics

2001 - 2004
Play Bac Presse
  • Researched, wrote, and organized daily informational graphics for kids. Ensured that the language and the level of difficulty were appropriate for different age groups.
  • Led an international team of 10 infographists in three languages (English, French, and Spanish). In charge of scheduling and keeping projects on target.
  • Charged with special media projects related to kids and educational products, that Play Bac developed for other media companies.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign

Project Manager and Design Director

1996 - 1999
Formules Presse
  • Spearheaded the kids' educational projects. Oversaw seven weekly and monthly magazines.
  • Co-directed the newsroom meeting with the editor during which I was responsible for bringing visual ideas, and organizing the workflow of the publications.
  • Managed a team of 15 graphic artists, designers, illustrators, and photo agencies in three languages (English, French, and Spanish).
  • Researched and worked on sketches with infographists.
  • Developed illustration ideas with illustrators and produced photoshoots with photo agencies.
  • Managed each magazine’s budget.
  • Handled scheduling and keeping projects on target.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXpress

Design Director and Deputy Editor

1990 - 1996
PC Magazine
  • Tasked with the legibility of the final product in terms of design and content.
  • Supported the editor with planning, page allocation, organizing workflows, quality check of the information, rewriting, and editing.
  • Edited graphics for infographics.
  • Cooperated with the advertising department for the ads’ dispatching.
  • Managed a team of 10 journalists, an art director, and designers.
Technologies: QuarkXpress
1989 - 1991

Bachelor's Degree in Visual Journalism and Design | Writing and Copy Editing

CFPJ (Journalism School) - Paris, France

1986 - 1988

Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Psychology

ECOSUP - Paris, France

AUGUST 2011 - PRESENT

Certified Usability Analyst (CUA)

Human Factor International

APRIL 2001 - PRESENT

Credits for "Color in Graphic Design"

School of Visual Arts

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