Sean Schraeder

Designer in Chicago, IL, United States

Member since July 19, 2018

With over 10 years of professional experience designing solutions for people and industries including healthcare, finance, eCommerce, B2B, non-profit, and education, Sean empathizes with both the end user and other members of a project including stakeholders and developers. His approach includes implementing lean design systems and processes that promote best practices in an efficient, data-informed manner.

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Portfolio

Digital Design

Mobile Food Ordering for Apple Watch
- Wearables
- Food Ordering Platforms
- WatchKit
- Mobile Payments
- Mobile eCommerce
- Fortune Global 500
Online Talent Platform
Mobile eCommerce for CPG
- eCommerce
- User Experience (UX)
- Wireframing
- Mobile Apps
- Responsive
- Checkout
Financial Planning App
- Tablet UI
- Tablet UX
- Banking & Finance
- User Experience (UX)
- App UX
- Mobile App UX
- Wireframing
- Prototyping
- Visual Design
- Branding
Home Improvement Marketplace
- Finance
- Marketplaces
- Responsive
- Web App UX
- User Research
- Quantitative User Research
- Analytics
- Strategy
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Marketing
Web Portal for E-learning and Account Management
- Educational Portals
- Portal Websites
- Enterprise
- Intranets
- Responsive
- User Experience (UX)
- Sitemaps
- User Flows
- User Stories
- Agile

Employment

Designer
2012 - PRESENT
Freelance
- Designed solutions for global brands such as McDonalds, United Airlines, Microsoft, and Loreal.
- Facilitated design workshops, stakeholder interviews, and user and market research.
- Took projects from early conceptual phases all the way through to design, concept validation, development, and market launch.
- Created deliverables such as wireframes, sitemaps, user flows, service blueprints, interactive prototypes, reports, and presentations.
- Helped define strategic approach and objectives of projects including budget and scope, KPIs, and other success indicators.
Technologies: Google Analytics, Hotjar, Abstracts, User Testing, Adobe Photoshop, Axure, Sketch, Figma
Lead UX Designer
2018 - 2019
Elevate Digital Commerce
- Worked with clients such as Loreal on several of their brands to better represent inclusive design and roll out their next-generation design system.
- Led UX design practice, responsible for all user research and deliverables.
- Worked closely with clients to identify business opportunities and goals.
- Prepared and presented insight-driven strategic direction based on user research, analytics, and industry trends.
- Researched and implemented solutions in emerging technologies such as augmented reality and conversational UI.
Technologies: Google Analytics, Hotjar, Abstracts, Sketch, Shopify
UX Manager
2016 - 2017
PwC
- Led a team of nine designers to create PwC's first ever talent recruitment platform.
- Participated in launch strategy development and execution.
- Aligned strategy and process across internal teams, offshore resources, and external vendors located around the world (Chicago, Seattle, Shanghai, Bangalore).
- Provided hands-on design creating wireframes, prototypes, and final visual comps for new feature development.
- Conducted fidelity reviews of the team's work to ensure the design system was properly implemented in final designs.
Technologies: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Axure, OmniGraffle, Adobe Photoshop
User Experience Architect
2014 - 2015
American Medical Association
- Led efforts on AMA's first design system based on atomic design principles and modular components.
- Created new landing pages and microsites for AMA's strategic focus area campaigns,.
- Conducted research and worked on search engine result enhancements.
- Worked on AMA's enterprise digital strategy that involved numerous departments and external vendors.
- Participated in executive strategy sessions and agile delivery process.
Technologies: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Axure, OmniGraffle, Adobe Photoshop
Freelance UXA
2013 - 2013
United Airlines
- Redesigned United's employee intranet, Flying Together.
- Produced wireframes, art boards, and content strategy recommendations.
- Conducted interviews and meetings with key stakeholders to identify objectives and requirements of several departments.
- Redesigned an internal software portal used by United airplane mechanics.
- Created a style guide to unify the design of several United apps across both desktop and mobile.
Technologies: Microsoft Word, Apple Keynote, Adobe Photoshop, OmniGraffle
UX Designer
2011 - 2012
Dynamite Data, LLC
- Designed the third generation of Channel Monitor, a business intelligence web app.
- Conducted user research including observation, interviews, surveys, and persona creation.
- Owned all wireframes, mockups, visual design, and interface development (ExtJS, HTML/CSS, Git, Agile).
- Conceptualized features like Dashboard and Product Explorer, which achieved functional requirements in innovative ways.
- Created data visualization style guides and themes for charts and reports.
Technologies: Sencha UI, Adobe Photoshop, JavaScript
Founder, Lead Web Designer
2006 - 2010
Refined Pixel, Inc.
- Started a web development studio that catering to local businesses and startups.
- Handled marketing, design, development, talent sourcing, and client relations.
- Worked closely with clients to identify business requirements and come up with a successful digital strategy.
- Created a service offering including intuitive design, rich interaction, content management systems, eCommerce, SEO, PPC, traffic analysis, conversion optimization, and more.
- Kept current on web trends and technology to ensure our clients had cutting-edge solutions that set them apart in the market.
Technologies: Google AdWords, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Mailchimp, Analytics, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Adobe Photoshop, WordPress

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing and Logistics
2001 - 2006
The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH

Certifications

Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
APRIL 2020 - PRESENT
IBM

Experience

Heuristic Evaluation10 years
Agile10 years
Information Architecture (IA)10 years
Wireframing10 years
Interactive Prototypes10 years
Usability Testing10 years
User Research10 years
User Experience (UX)10 years

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