Jarret Blaze, Designer in San Diego, CA, United States
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Jarret Blaze

Verified Expert  in Design

Designer

Location
San Diego, CA, United States
Toptal Member Since
September 12, 2017

Jarret is an accomplished UX designer with proven expertise in increasing user acquisition, conversion, revenue, and retention by successfully implementing high-impact user experiences. Over the past five years he has worked with companies of all sizes from fast paced startups to $1B+ companies.

Information Architecture (IA)eCommerceUser Experience (UX)User Interface (UI)PrototypingUsability TestingiOS UI DesignAdobe PhotoshopSketchRapid PrototypingProduct DesignUX AuditsUser FlowsWireframingUX Research

Portfolio

Work Experience

Founder

2012 - PRESENT
The Clear Winner
  • Collaborated and consulting with clients 1:1 to launch exciting new products and platforms.
  • Launched significant ventures across a dozen different industries.
  • Developed web apps, iOS, and Android applications.
  • Focused on increasing conversions and company revenues.
Technologies: Adobe Suite, G Suite, InVision, Sketch

eCommerce Strategist

2017 - 2019
Brand Value Accelerator
  • Led my team to achieve exponential growth for many of the world’s top ecommerce brands.
  • Applied strategic thinking to deliver innovative end-to-end user experiences that balanced user needs and business goals across web and mobile.
  • Effectively increased conversion rates, customer lifetime value, and loyalty.
  • Identified opportunities and strategized high impact roadmaps for our clients to improve their conversion rate. Achieving, on average, 200-300% increase.
  • Gathered requirements and complete customer research (user tests, quantitative and qualitative analytics, surveys, and market research).
Technologies: Sketch, InVision, Shopify

Lead UX Desginer

2015 - 2017
Pathway Genomics
  • Contributed to the growth of a fast-paced biotech company; achieved greater product-market fit and profitability with product innovation and conversion optimization.
  • Redesigned physician portal that achieved a $1+ million reduction in operating costs.
  • Optimized internal tools that improved speed and efficiency by 600%.
  • Strategized and created an innovative eCommerce flow that drastically increased revenue (and came in significantly under budget).
  • Rebranded products, managed CRO on sales funnel, and ran marketing initiatives.
Technologies: Adobe Suite, Marvel, InVision, Sketch

Director of User Experience

2015 - 2016
Wolfhound Interactive
  • Increased client conversion rates, turning visitors into customers, by up to 60%.
  • Improved clients' aesthetics to build more trust and brand loyalty, including redesigns to increase conversion rates and organic SEO.
  • Optimized messaging to communicate with visitors in terms of clear, benefit-driven copy.
  • Implemented UI best practices to provide intuitive navigation and compelling user experiences.
  • Developed context to better serve visitors' mental models. This is accomplished by creating personas and user scenarios to ensure we are meeting the needs of visitors.
Technologies: Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite, InVision, Balsamiq, Sketch

Lead UX Designer

2014 - 2015
SherpaShare
  • Improved a small company to become the #1 support platform for OnDemand workers by implementing a winning user experience and influencing feature prioritization.
  • Created product strategy and full UX design (personas, use cases, user flows, wireframes, interaction design, visual design) for iOS and web app.
  • Collaborated closely with executives and dev team to ensure successful product launch.
  • Won top rated iOS app with 5 stars in the app store.
  • Increased user base and revenue.
Technologies: Adobe Suite, InVision, Sketch
2014 - 2014

Certificate in Human-Computer Interaction Design

University of California - San Diego, California

2008 - 2012

Bachelor's Degree in Cognitive Psychology

Naropa University - Boulder, Colorado

OCTOBER 2017 - OCTOBER 2019

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