Elroy Mihailov, Designer in Nashville, TN, United States
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Elroy Mihailov

Verified Expert  in Design

Bio

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.

Portfolio

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

Skills

Tools

InVision, Photoshop CC, Sketch 4, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop 2015, InVision App, Adobe Experience Design (XD)

Languages

Less, HTML, CSS

Platforms

MacOS, Figma

Other

Task Flows, Sass, UX Workshops, Wireframing, User Flows, Prototyping, iOS UX Design, UI Design, UX Design, User Testing, Digital Experience Design, User Research, Remote Usability Testing, Design Ops, Lean UX, Usability Testing, UX Wireframes

Experience

  • UI Design - 10 years
  • Prototyping - 6 years
  • User Flows - 4 years
  • UX Design - 4 years
  • Sass - 3 years
  • Figma - 3 years
  • Task Flows - 2 years
  • Less - 1 year
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