Portfolio
Digital Design
Designer in Chicago, IL, United States
Member since March 30, 2017
Yvette "Yves" has years of experience in design—ranging from print, web, and the in-between (branding, UX, architecture). Currently, she works full-time designing smart design solutions for her clients. She has a minimal and clean design aesthetic while pushing the boundaries of creativity and innovation. A trained developer, Yves' current languages are HTML and CSS so she can bring her designs to life.
Yvette is now available for hire
Employment
UI/UX Designer
2017 - PRESENTImpact Datasource- Redesigned the current website.
- Implemented experience optimization.
- Designed a wizard tool.
- Built a multitier categorization module for payment purposes.
Technologies: InVision, SketchLead Designer
2017 - PRESENTOmega Grid- Worked on concept discovery.
- Designed the dashboard.
- Implemented experience optimization.
Technologies: InVision, SketchWebsite Designer | HTML/CSS Developer
2017 - 2017Gallery KBNY- Redesigned the website.
- Customized the HTML/CSS on Squarespace.
Technologies: SquarespaceApp Designer
2017 - 2017Blikkee- Redesigned the current app.
- Created the business card design.
- Implemented experience optimization.
- Handled the rebranding.
Technologies: InVision, SketchUI/UX Designer | HTML/CSS Developer
2017 - 2017CFX Trading- Redesigned the current website—managing the HTML/CSS.
- Designed and optimized a wizard onboarding tool—managing the HTML/CSS.
- Worked on marketing and branding techniques.
Technologies: HTML/CSS, InVision, SketchApp Designer
2017 - 2017yaBeam- Redesigned the wireframes made for a location-based services app.
- Added and changed screens.
- Optimized the user experience.
Technologies: InVision, SketchLead Designer
2017 - 2017Grati- Created a tipping web app design for hotels to use.
- Designed a company website to market the web app.
- Worked on E2E product design.
- Conducted competitive research.
Technologies: InVision, SketchUI Designer
2017 - 2017Walgreens- Converted the in-house design team from Photoshop to Sketch—specifically the recreation of all elements from the style guide. Coded a tutorial website walk-through, and is currently in charge of support.
- Created a new beauty experience for luxury brands to live on while maintaining the Walgreens brand and style. Walgreens purchased Beauty.com and some of the luxury brands which were sold through that site were hesitant to convert over because they felt they would cheapen their brand name. By leveraging new acquisitions like Beauty.com, helped grow total market share to ~20%.
- Redesigned the package tracking experience for when a customer orders an item online.
- Designed an informative and science-friendly landing page for skin ID—a project where we partnered with high stakeholders.
- Assisted in the ideation and brainstorming sessions for recreation of our coupon and weekly ad experience. This project included collaboration from preliminary user testing feedback, a large UX team, higher-up management, the mobile-app team, and other designers. The challenge was to find a design that satisfied all.
Technologies: Zeplin, InVision, SketchWebsite Designer | HTML/CSS Developer
2016 - 2017The Posy- Designed a customized Squarespace website for a flower company.
Technologies: SquarespaceSocial Media Content Creator
2016 - 2016Better Air- Created campaigns and content to aid in a social media outreach.
Technologies: SketchLead Designer | HTML/CSS Developer
2016 - 2016Price.com- Designed and developed the beta version of the comparison shopping platform for both iOS and Android. Chosen in 2016 Google I/O's featured apps, specifically because of the impressive design turnaround.
- Created five design for the app and coded the HTML/CSS to reflect each version.
- Designed the analytics dashboard for large stakeholders, and coded the HTML/CSS to reflect it.
- Created the design for an internal admin tool to manage content.
- Crafted the designs for email newsletters and updates; coded the HTML/CSS to reflect it.
- Devised the taxonomy design and back-end architecture used to organize the product catalog.
- Developed and designed the company information website.
Technologies: InVision, SketchWebsite and Branding Designer | HTML/CSS Developer
2015 - 2016The Clear Cut- Helped ideate a solution for a gemologist who wished to increase awareness to her business.
- Created the identity.
- Customized the HTML/CSS on a Squarespace website.
Technologies: Sketch, SquarespaceDesigner | Marketing Lead
2014 - 20166ix- Designed the branding.
- Created the UX/UI design.
- Led the marketing and research efforts.
- Designed the logo.
Technologies: Sketch, Adobe PhotoshopCreative
2009 - 2012FSView & Florida Flambeau- Designed for the independent student newspaper of Florida State University which was the winner of an ACP and ADDY design awards.
- Worked on the web editing, newspaper layouts, ad designs, and branding.
Technologies: Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign
Other Experience
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Computers (Software and Hardware)2009 - 2013Florida State University - Tallahassee, FL, USA
Experience
- Visual Design10 years
- Photoshop CS610 years
- Taglines10 years
- Web Design7 years
- HTML/CSS6 years
- Sketch5 years
- User Interface (UI)5 years
- User Experience (UX)4 years
