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Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Location
Nashville, TN, United States
Toptal Member Since
November 2, 2017
For over a decade, Elroy has been designing and building digital experiences. He has designed sites and landing pages for business-to-business and business-to-consumer products. In his career, he has also designed and contributed code for front-end and responsive Sass applications. Elroy has also worked with marketing, development, and product teams and can facilitate design conversations between multiple disciplines and stakeholders.
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Work Experience
AVP Senior User Experience Designer
2021 - PRESENT
AllianceBernstein
- Collaborated directly with leadership, stakeholders, and the development team to translate business goals into user flows, visual designs, and clickable prototypes on multiple products.
- Led the redesign of a large-scale financial forecasting application.
- Conducted user research interviews and usability studies on various projects.
- Led the workshop to align with the team and stakeholders on project direction.
- Co-led a multi-team effort to start a material-based design system.
Technologies: Adobe Experience Design (XD), Figma, User Research, UX Workshops, UX Wireframes, Prototyping, UI Design, UX Design
Product Designer
2018 - 2021
HealthStream
- Translated business requirements into user flows, visual designs, and clickable prototypes on multiple products. Collaborated with product managers, business analysts, and Solution Lane leads.
- Led the visual redesign of two application rewrites.
- Conducted usability testing to validate design choices.
- Created clickable prototypes to validate business use cases and design decisions.
- Collaborated with other designers to lay the groundwork for a design system.
- Created interactive prototypes in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to serve as the first-level front-end development for application development teams.
Technologies: Sketch, InVision App, Figma, User Flows, Prototyping, Usability Testing, UX Wireframes, UX Design, UI Design
User Experience Designer
2018 - 2018
Kroll
- Partnered with product managers and business analysts to translate business requirements into user flows, visual designs, and clickable prototypes on multiple products across four Scrum teams.
- Led the design of a new customer-facing web portal product.
- Conducted user flow gap analysis and documented new user flows and solutions to complete the user experience.
- Led the design of a new web-based internal CRM application.
- Oversaw user testing designs to validate design and UX assumptions.
- Established a new UI pattern library and style guide to achieve consistency across all Kroll applications.
Technologies: InVision App, Sketch, Wireframing, Prototyping, Usability Testing, User Flows, UX Design, UI Design
Software Application Designer
2013 - 2017
2020 Research
- Led the redesign and reskin of the company's flagship web and mobile application product.
- Managed the ground-up redesign of a large-scale, responsive web application.
- Conducted user research and interviews to identify and document user goals guiding design solutions.
- Produced personas, user flows, task flows, and diagrams to map the user experience.
- Worked closely with the CEO, stakeholders, and developers to ensure designs achieved business goals while being technically feasible.
- Led face-to-face user testing sessions to validate designs before implementation.
- Oversaw various deliverables, including wireframes, medium- and high-fidelity mockups and prototypes, and working HTML and CSS prototypes.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, InVision, Sketch, UX Design, UI Design
UI Designer and Developer
2006 - 2013
Valuec Card Solutions
- Conducted corporate website reviews and made usability and standards recommendations.
- Planned, created, and implemented content, interfaces, and company website redesigns.
- Designed, created, and developed custom email HTML marketing designs, content, and supporting landing pages.
- Managed the content, creation, and execution of quarterly e-newsletters to an existing customer base.
- Designed new product including gift cards, loyalty cards, and merchandising materials.
- Supported the sales team and outside product resellers with custom sell sheets, proposal graphics, custom card comps, and marketing collateral to close new accounts.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Adobe Photoshop
Education
1990 - 1994
Bachelor of Science Degree in Music
Greenville University - Greenville, IL, USA
Certifications
OCTOBER 2022 - PRESENT
UX Certified
Nielson Norman Group
JULY 2018 - PRESENT
Human Computer Interaction
Interaction Design Foundation
JUNE 2017 - PRESENT
Conducting Usability Testing
Interaction Design Foundation
JUNE 2017 - PRESENT
Gestalt Psychology and Web Design
Interaction Design Foundation
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