Leah Shea

Designer in Portland, OR, United States

Member since September 7, 2019

Leah has over 15 years of professional design experience, producing digital products in healthcare, sports, entertainment, fintech, and distributed technologies. She has worked for companies such as Google, American Express, Comcast, Bloomberg, ESPN, NBC Universal, and HBO. Leah specializes in user research, product strategy, UX and UI design, prototyping, testing, brand experience, and team facilitation.

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Digital Design

Art Sharing Social Network
- Mobile Apps
- Art
- Social Networking
- Shopify
- HTML
- CSS
- Branding
- Graphic Design
- Prototyping
- Design Systems
- Startups
- WordPress
- iOS
- Responsive Design
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Brand Guidelines
- User Research
- A/B Testing
- Workshop Facilitation
Short-form Video Streaming Platform
- TV UI
- iOS
- Android
- Video Streaming
- Responsive Web Apps
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Concept Testing
- User Personas
- Branding
- Concept Development
Decentralized Network Branding
- Decentralized Applications
- Cryptocurrency
- Startups
- Branding
- Web Design
- Photography
- Logo Design
- Investor Presentations
- Responsive Web Design (RWD)
Wearable Running Application
- Wearables
- Sports
- Android
- Running
- Fitness Trackers
- Exercise & Fitness
- Android Wear
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- User Interviews
- User Flows
- UI Animation
UI Brand Refresh
- Reading Interfaces
- iOS
- Android
- Mobile Web
- Tablet UI
- Branding
- Brand Guidelines
- User Interface (UI)
- Design Leadership
- Workshop Facilitation
- Books
Digital Payments Platform
- Mobile Payments
- P2P
- iOS
- Android
- Responsive Web Apps
- Design Tools
- User Personas
- User Flows
- Style Guides
- Personas
- UI Style Guides

Employment

Digital Product Designer
2018 - PRESENT
Self Employed
- Led research, UX, and visual design for client onboarding and online account experience for private wealth management investment platform.
- Conceptualized directions, produced decks, and facilitated design workshops for tech-enhanced clinical trials company.
- Facilitated conceptual design workshop sessions for a global sports company.
- Headed research, strategy, and branding for a decentralized network startup.
- Facilitated user and concept workshops, and designed and prototyped UX concepts for fashion/clothing startup.
Technologies: Abstracts, Slack, Notion, CSS, HTML, Microsoft Office, Zeplin, InVision, Framer, Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite
Head of Design
2017 - 2018
Sktchy
- Collaborated with three remote team members to establish sustainable revenue models for an art sharing platform through research, testing, and iteration.
- Worked with the developer to produce UX and UI design for app and web enhancements.
- Created designs for app featured by Apple on the App Store.
- Facilitated evolution of brand experience development.
- Worked with the community manager to produce marketing assets.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Marvel, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite
Design Director
2016 - 2017
Uncorked Studios
- Worked directly with a tech company to design and produce Innovation Lab products.
- Managed and worked with the internal design team and client team for lifestyle sports brand mobile app.
- Worked directly with fashion/clothing startup to design and produce investor decks.
- Aided in business development of company.
- Evolved design practices and company culture.
- Managed direct reports and their goal development.
Technologies: Marvel, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite
Senior Product Designer
2013 - 2015
Ustwo
- Collaborated with clients and teams to create for both new and existing digital products and services.
- Facilitated workshops with key stakeholders to define product vision and success metrics.
- Researched, concept-tested, and designed UX and UI for mobile, web, and TV short-form video applications.
- Facilitated brand workshops and evolved UI design alongside the client design team for media publications brand.
- Researched and designed for Android Wear products.
- Designed and tested online payment experience for a financial services company.
- Worked with energy consumption startup to design dashboard UI.
- Conducted interviews and part of the recruitment team, helping to define and refine interview processes.
- Served as part of the team to create initiatives promoting diversity and gender equality in our workplace.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Framer, Pixate, Marvel, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite
Senior Visual UX Designer
2009 - 2013
Moment
- Collaborated directly with clients and teams to discover and understand through research, develop strategic steps, and design experiences and systems for desktop, tablet, and mobile interfaces.
- Researched, designed, and tested for financial services platform.
- Researched and designed for the first FDA-approved mobile diabetes application.
- Designed iOS and Android client services mobile apps for a major investment company.
- Designed and conducted user testing for a private wealth management platform.
- Designed high school athletes' mobile web experience for the sports network.
- Designed and user-tested for an electronic health record iPad application.
- Designed a mobile radio application for publications company.
- Helped to lead the visual design practice by defining and refining processes.
- Mentored junior designers on client projects.
- Performed interviews and was part of visual design recruitment team.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Adobe Creative Suite
Contract Visual Designer
2008 - 2009
R/GA
- Created website designs for Nokia NSeries (Global).
- Produced concepts and designs for HBO.com.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite
Graphic Designer
2007 - 2008
IQ Interactive
- Collaborated with the creative director to produce concepts for pitches.
- Created animations for UPS website.
- Created animations for IBM website.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite
Graphic Designer
2007 - 2007
Armchair Media
- Created website designs for educational platform.
- Worked with the creative director to produce branding and print collateral for architecture and design conference.
- Produced branding concepts and designs for music and media startup.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite
Web and Print Designer
2003 - 2006
LeMans Corporation
- Worked with brand owners to design websites for consumer-facing brands and product retailer use within the Power Sports industry.
- Collaborated with the development team to maintain and grow company intranet and warehouse applications.
- Created concepts and production for trade show graphics.
- Worked with the creative director to produce product and location photography.
- Designed print collateral and worked directly with print shops to produce pamphlets and business cards.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Adobe Creative Suite
Web Designer
2001 - 2002
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Learning Technology Department
- Worked alongside developers to create digital course materials and multiple standards complaint sites for the university.
- Designed web designs using Adobe Suite, Dreamweaver, HTML, and CSS.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Adobe Suite

Education

Certification in Design and Media Architecture
2006 - 2008
Portfolio Center - Atlanta, Georgia
Bachelor of Arts degree in Graphic Design, Advertising
1998 - 2002
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater - Whitewater, WI

Experience

Graphic Design17 years
Web Design16 years
Mobile Apps10 years
Digital Product Design10 years
User Interface (UI)10 years
Wireframing8 years
User Experience (UX)8 years
Sketch5 years

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