Louisa Armbrust

Designer in New York, NY, United States

Member since July 26, 2018

Louisa is an experienced UX designer and researcher in product and service design for health, education, business intelligence, and other industries. She is skilled in user research, UX concepts and strategy, information architecture, UX design, UX audits, and usability testing. Louisa cares about why people do things, how they can do those things better, and what we can all do to care for each other, have more fun, and get more out of life.

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Digital Design

BigBrain Cannabis: Connecting Patients with Science-backed Product Matches
- Adobe Experience Design (XD)
- UX Research
- UX Strategy
- UX Design
- UX Audits
- User Research
- User Interviews
- Art Direction
- Communication
- Cannabis
- Medical Cannabis
- Algorithms
- Machine Learning
- Information Architecture (IA)
- Responsive UX Design
Coachella Coins: Currency and Engagement for a Festival
- UX Strategy
- UX Design
- User Research
- Blockchain
- Customer Journeys
- Music Industry
- Music Platforms
- Wireframing
- Lean Startups
- Lean UX
- Mobile
- Apps
- User Validation Testing
- MVP Design
- Service Journey Maps
- Prototyping
- Mobile UX
- User Experience (UX)
- UX
- UX Analysis
- Validated User Research
- Interviewing
- User Interviews
Make Music Alliance: Platform for Musicians and Venues
- UX Flows
- UX Design
- Wireframing
- Personas
- User Roles
- UX Strategy
- Music Platforms
- Music Industry
- Nonprofits
- Usability Testing
- Event Calendars
- Customer Journeys
- Service Journey Maps
- User Flows
- User Experience (UX)
- Annotated Wireframes
- UX
- UX Analysis
- Validated User Research
- Interviewing
- User Interviews
- UX Audits
Mobile App for a Cannabis Lab
- Cannabis
- Patient Services
- User Research
- Usability Testing
- UX Strategy
- MVP Design
- Wireframing
- Competitor Analysis & Profiling
- Healthcare
- Mobile
- Medical Cannabis
- Task Flows
- Web App Design
- UI Design
- Paper Prototyping
- User Validation Testing
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
- Rapid Prototyping
- Personas
- Prototyping
- Mobile UX
- User Experience (UX)
- Annotated Wireframes
- UX
- UX Analysis
- Validated User Research
- Interviewing
- User Interviews
Ethics and Compliance Training Tools
- Learning Management Systems (LMS)
- Enterprise SaaS
- Internationalization
- UX Research
- Education Management Systems
- UX Leadership
- Design Leadership
- UX Strategy
- Wireframing
- Paper Prototyping
- Remote User Testing
- Responsive UX Design
- Mobile-first Design
- Responsive Web Apps
- Qualitative Research
- User-centered Design (UCD)
- Mobile UI Design
- Web App Design
- Personas
- User Roles
- Heuristic Evaluation
- User Research
- Mobile UX Design
- User Flows
- Prototyping
- Education
- SaaS Design
- User Experience (UX)
- Annotated Wireframes
- UX
- UX Analysis
- Validated User Research
- Interviewing
- User Interviews
- UX Audits
MCR Labs: Improving the Customer Experience for Cannabis Testing
- Cannabis
- UX Strategy
- User Flows
- Task Flows
- UX Audits
- UX Design
- Web UX Design
- Mobile UX
- Responsive Layout
- Adobe Experience Design (XD)
- Balsamiq
- OmniGraffle
Live Chat with Beauty Experts for Fortune 500 Beauty Brand
- Live Chat
- Competitor Analysis & Profiling
- UX Strategy
- Presentations
- Wireframing
- Luxury Industry
- Mobile UX
- eCommerce
- Customer Support
- Qualitative Research
- User-centered Design (UCD)
- Heuristic Evaluation
- User Research
- User Experience (UX)
- UX
- UX Analysis
- Validated User Research
- UX Audits
Business Intelligence Web Application for Industry
- Business Intelligence Architecture
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- CRM Design
- Benchmark Analysis
- Database Design
- Qualitative Research
- User-centered Design (UCD)
- UX Strategy
- Wireframing
- User Testing
- Remote User Testing
- Visual Design
- Task Flows
- User Journey Maps
- Responsive UX Design
- Concept Modeling
- Heuristic Evaluation
- User Roles
- Personas
- Enterprise SaaS
- Web App Design
- User Research
- UX Design
- SaaS Design
- User Experience (UX)
- Annotated Wireframes
- UX
- UX Analysis
- Validated User Research
- Interviewing
- User Interviews
- UX Audits
- Agile
Education Web Application for a Non-profit
- Qualitative Research
- User-centered Design (UCD)
- UXPin
- Design Leadership
- Wireframing
- UI Design
- Visual Design
- Paper Prototyping
- Remote User Testing
- Task Flows
- User Journey Maps
- Responsive UX Design
- Web App Design
- Heuristic Evaluation
- User Roles
- Personas
- K-12 Education
- Learning Management Systems (LMS)
- Gamification
- User Research
- UX Design
- User Flows
- Prototyping
- Branding
- Education
- User Experience (UX)
- Annotated Wireframes
- UX
- UX Analysis
- Validated User Research
- Interviewing
- User Interviews
- UX Audits
- Agile

Employment

Principal User Experience Designer and Researcher
2015 - PRESENT
L3A UX Studio
- Co-founded L3A UX Studio with one other designer.
- Led UX research, strategy, and design for an AI-based website that connects the latest medical cannabis research with analysis of currently available cannabis products, allowing health-seekers to identify the best products for their health conditions.
- Provided research, strategy, and design to a wide range of clients, including a patient data-collection app for a cannabis testing laboratory and enterprise and SaaS products for an ethics and compliance training company.
Technologies: User Experience (UX), Mobile UX, SaaS Design, User Flows, JavaScript, Jira, CSS, HTML, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Zeplin, Sketch, InVision, OmniGraffle, Balsamiq, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Annotated Wireframes, UX, UX Analysis, Validated User Research, Interviewing, User Interviews, UX Audits, Agile, Accessibility, Figma
Information Architect and User Experience Designer Consultant
2009 - 2015
Armbrust Design
- Worked for various clients, including rock bands, a social network-based education company, a pharmaceutical ad agency, and nonprofit arts groups.
- Created websites, tablet-based digital sales applications, and web applications.
- Designed banners, HTML emails, and other digital assets for ad campaigns.
- Produced designs and oversaw the production of t-shirts, novelty items, and other merchandise for various campaigns, from band concert tours and album releases to corporate conference booths.
Technologies: User Experience (UX), Mobile UX, SaaS Design, User Flows, JavaScript, Principle, Jira, CSS, HTML, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Zeplin, Sketch, InVision, OmniGraffle, Balsamiq, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Annotated Wireframes, UX, UX Analysis, Validated User Research, Interviewing, User Interviews, UX Audits
Lead User Experience Designer
2012 - 2013
CFY
- Served as the Information Architect, User Experience Designer and Graphic Designer covering all of the design needs relating to the free online education platform powermylearning.org.
- Promoted to Lead User Experience Designer and Art Director in 2013, responsible for creating and leading a design team in the complete overhaul of the web application.
Technologies: User Experience (UX), User Flows, Jira, Adobe Suite, OmniGraffle, Balsamiq, Annotated Wireframes, UX, UX Analysis, Validated User Research, Interviewing, User Interviews, UX Audits, Agile
Web Designer and Art Director
2010 - 2012
Paracadute
- Created websites, banners and ad campaigns for the record label’s bands including OK Go, Lavender Diamond, Pyramids, and Infinity Shred.
Technologies: User Experience (UX), Balsamiq, OmniGraffle, Basecamp, Adobe Suite, Annotated Wireframes, UX
Art Director
2008 - 2009
Scholastic
- Contributed to an initiative between Scholastic and the U.S. Census 2010 to create classroom materials in both English and Spanish targeted to meet national education standards.
Technologies: Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Suite

Education

Master's Degree in Fine Art
2000 - 2001
Goldsmiths College - London, United Kingdom
Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art
1999 - 2000
Goldsmiths College - London, United Kingdom
Bachelor's Degree in Studio Art & French
1990 - 1994
Colorado College - Colorado

Experience

User Flows15 years
UI Design15 years
UX Design15 years
UX Strategy10 years
User Research9 years
Web App Design8 years
Qualitative Research8 years
Mobile UX8 years

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Designer in New York, NY, United States

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Principal User Experience Designer and Researcher

Information Architect and User Experience Designer Consultant

Lead User Experience Designer

Web Designer and Art Director

Art Director

Education

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