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Designer
Location
Huntington Beach, CA, United States
Toptal Member Since
November 25, 2020
Kevin is a professional product designer with over ten years of experience working for startups, small businesses, and worldwide corporations. His solid background in design and communication allows him to independently identify opportunities to improve the user experience and serve business needs. As a lead UX designer, Kevin owns the end-to-end experience—from concept to iteration to usability testing to the finished product.
Work Experience
Senior UX Designer
2023 - 2024
Midea - Midea America Group
- Redesigned the Eureka eCommerce experience to allow users to view products and add them to their cart quickly.
- Designed a new "My Account" experience and "After Sales/Support" experience to help customers who seek assistance with their products.
- Collaborated with other designer and development teams to build the best possible customer experience.
Technologies: UX Design, eCommerce, Shopify, eCommerce UX, Mobile, Web, Web Design, UI Design, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Design Leadership, Responsive Web Design (RWD)
Enterprise Product Designer
2022 - 2023
PepsiCo
- Designed a new platform that connected with multiple big brands, such as Kroger and Albertsons, to improve their stock availability and scheduling.
- Collaborated with UX researchers and PMs to conduct user research and user testing to ensure the product met requirements.
- Learned about complex problems from data science and designed and solved them through engagements across team members.
Technologies: Figma, Product Design, Web App Design, UX Design, UI Design, User Flows, Wireframing, User Testing, User Validation, High-fidelity Prototypes, Enterprise, Web App UX, Web App UI, Web Applications, B2B, Enterprise SaaS, User Research, SAP Warehouse Management System (WMS), Dashboard Design, Dashboards, Lean UX, Web UI Design, Web UX Design, Design Production, Interaction Design (IxD), Pixel Perfect, Data Visualization, UI Audits, Business Requirements, UX Documentation, UX Wireframes, Design Workshops, Web UX, Web UI, Responsive UI, Workshops, User Workshops, User Personas, Ideation Workshops, Collaboration, User Stories, Research
UX Lead
2020 - 2022
VistaPrint
- Helped transfer the design system UI kit from an outside agency to Vistaprint. Supported early design systems meetings where I shared my perspective and work examples and helped give context to tracks of work in progress.
- Demonstrated enthusiasm for participating and learning new methods and ways of working and being open to receiving feedback, with a friendly and approachable working style, and I am always upbeat about the work.
- Developed a productive working relationship with my engineering partners, allowing me to engage quickly when needed to provide necessary design changes to support and keep the implementation moving forward.
- Supported the order management design sprint and was an active contributor to the sprint. Helped to explore different design directions the team came up with and created prototypes for user testing.
- Supported the development team as they worked through this redesign work. Participated in stand-ups and helped provide direction or clarification to the team when needed.
- Worked through the updates and quickly turned around the changes needed due to changes in requirements and feedback from marketing and legal so we could work towards the final sign-off.
Technologies: Figma, User Flows, Remote User Testing, Product Design, UX Design, UI Design, SaaS Design, SaaS, eCommerce, eCommerce Design, eCommerce UX, Web App Design, Prototyping, User Research, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web Design, User Interviews, Mobile UX Design, Mobile UI Design, User Journeys, UX Research, UX Strategy, Mobile UI, iOS, Information Architecture (IA), Visual Design, Mockups, Wireframing, Interactive Prototypes, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Lean UX, Websites, Web UI Design, Web UX Design, eCommerce UI, Style Guides, UI Components, Email Design, Optimization, B2C, Digital Product Design, Conversion Rate, Layout Design, Consumer-facing Product Design, Business to Business (B2B), Design Production, Interaction Design (IxD), Pixel Perfect, Mood Boards, B2B2C, Business to Business to Consumer (B2B2C), Data Visualization, UI Audits, B2B, UX Audits, UI Prototyping, Business Requirements, UX Documentation, Stakeholder Interviews, UX Wireframes, Design Workshops, Rapid Prototyping, Web UX, Web UI, Responsive UI, Retail, Workshops, User Workshops, UX Workshops, User Personas, Ideation Workshops, Collaboration, User Stories, Design Leadership, System Design, Research
UX Designer
2018 - 2020
Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI)
- Redesigned the company's mobile app that served thousands of professional scuba divers around the world. Improved the usability and app ranking in the App Store and gave back the joy of scuba diving to users.
- Designed a brand new logbook for scuba divers to log their dives on any device and have offline accessibility. Greatly enhanced the experience while having fun logging the dives.
- Redesigned one of the most important courses that transformed recreational scuba divers into professional instructors.
- Brought UX design expertise to a collaboration with product managers, scrum masters, engineers, stakeholders, and other team members to develop and execute a product design plan.
- Collaborated with other designers to develop the design system, keeping the entire design process consistent.
Technologies: Optimal Workshop, Usertesting.com, Adobe CC, Figma, SaaS, Mobile App UI, Mobile App Design, Mobile Design, Prototyping, Mobile UX Design, Mobile UI Design, User Journeys, UX Research, UX Strategy, Visual Design, Mockups, Wireframing, Educational Platform Design, Lean UX, Competitive Analysis, Web UX Design, Style Guides, UI Components, B2C, Conversion Rate, Layout Design, Consumer-facing Product Design, Business to Business (B2B), Design Production, Interaction Design (IxD), Pixel Perfect, Business to Business to Consumer (B2B2C), B2B2C, Native Mobile Apps, iOS App Design, iOS Animations, App Design, Animated Interactions, UI Audits, B2B, UX Audits, UI Prototyping, Business Requirements, UX Documentation, Stakeholder Interviews, UX Wireframes, Design Workshops, Rapid Prototyping, Web UX, Web UI, Responsive UI, eCommerce, Workshops, User Workshops, UX Workshops, User Personas, Ideation Workshops, Collaboration, User Stories, Design Leadership, System Design, UI Animation, Research
Designer and Front-end Developer
2016 - 2020
Freelance
- Designed and built an eCommerce website from scratch using the Shopify platform. The unique design brought out the branding, enhanced the businesses' image, and allowed customers to shop with ease.
- Created an agency website that allowed customers to subscribe to a service online. Designed the assets with a brand identity guide (including color, typography, and logo) and other assets to be used for marketing purposes.
- Designed and built a restaurant website with an online menu and online ordering. Allowing customers to make a purchase or reservation online reduced the number of incoming calls and improved productivity.
- Collaborated with business owners to brainstorm ideas, explore technical feasibilities, identify unique business goals, and develop executable plans.
- Provided technical support through the monthly maintenance plan.
Technologies: Shopify, Webflow CMS, InVision App, Sketch, Prototyping, Figma, Adobe Suite, Webflow, Branding, InVision, Adobe Illustrator, Visual Design, Mockups, Wireframing, Websites, Web UI Design, Logo Design, Landing Page Design, Email Marketing, Email Design, Layout Design, Pixel Perfect, Content Management Systems (CMS), Website Builders, WYSIWYG Web Builders, Web UI, Responsive UI
Lead UX Designer
2017 - 2017
GoLEAGUE
- Designed a mobile app that allowed recreational basketball fans to follow their favorite teams and players and see live scores.
- Designed a tablet app to work seamlessly with the mobile app, allowing basketball league owners to input scores, schedule games, and more, which they previously did manually.
- Created a test plan for allowing users to experience both apps in real time while observing the games.
- Collaborated remotely with the CEO and engineers to build the product from scratch.
- Worked with recreational basketball league owners to come up with the features and functionalities that solved their problems.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Principle, InVision App, Sketch, Prototyping, Android, Dashboard Design, Messaging, Research, Sports
UX Lead
2016 - 2017
Cocoweb
- Redesigned and enhanced the mobile experience for the eCommerce website.
- Tested and improved the website's speed, significantly reducing the load time.
- Redesigned the best-sellers product page to improve sales during the holiday season.
- Collaborated with engineers to ensure that the development fit with the design solutions.
- Mentored interns to help them gain more real-world experience.
Technologies: BigCommerce, Sketch
Web Designer | Social Media Supervisor
2011 - 2016
Local Lighthouse
- Supervised a team of five to handle over 150 client support calls per day.
- Designed multiple websites to meet the requirements of business clients.
- Researched and identified keywords that uniquely matched with each client's business to use in creating content and improving SEO rankings.
- Managed clients' websites and social media accounts to increase their online exposure.
- Collaborated with sales and engineering teams to develop plans for business growth.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Adobe CC, WordPress
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