Manager of creative professionals with over 16 years of experience in the field of print, digital, and website design. I am seeking an opportunity to mentor, lead, and motivate creative professionals to help them tap their potential and surpass their goals. I have excellent project management skills and can lead a project from concept to a finished product. I specialize in creating user-centric designs and making data-based decisions.
Interests & Expertise
Graphic & Visual Design
Website Design & Development
UX & Product Design
Management & Leadership
Experience
Slide UX – January 2023 to Present
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Engagency – August 2021 to November 2022
Created and managed a User Experience Practice Area in close collaboration with the Leadership, Development, QA, and Project Management Teams
Created work programs, processes, and procedures for repeatable and scalable UX execution
Collaborated with the Development and QA Teams to ensure efficient application of user-centric
designs
Audited and produced actionable recommendations for large scale organizations on UX best
practices, ADA compliance, and user data
ConnectWise, LLC. – February 2018 to July 2021
Managed in-house direct reports, contractors, freelancers, and agencies for copy, design, and
website services.
Responsible for defining and tracking KPIs, allocating and tracking Creative Department budget, defining project scopes, budgeting resource hours, and aligning creative deliverables with
company marketing strategy.
Collaborated across multiple departments and agencies to create innovative and user-focused
creative deliverables.
Presented project plans, scopes of work, progress updates,
Central Florida Regional Planning Council – June 2012 to February 2018
Responsible for layout and design of several award-winning print publications.
Managed Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Google Analytics for 20+ project and municipality
websites; designed custom WordPress themes; created and managed a WordPress multi-site network; updated content for over 20 websites regularly.
Designed, reorganized, programed, and updated new WordPress websites for CFRPC, City
of Mulberry, Mulberry Public Library, City of Frostproof, and Town of Dundee, created training
manuals, and trained employees to update the websites with little assistance.
Chrys Creations (chryscreations.com) – January 2007 to Present
Owner of a freelance design company that works with clients to develop company branding
and design standards, provides website design and creation, and creates print and digital
design materials.
Personal Strengths
- Leader
- Motivator
- Project Management
- Organized
- Detail Oriented
- Self Motivated
- Efficient
- Creative
- Flexible
- Strong Communicator
- Professional
- Time Management
Technical Proficiency
UX Design
- Figma
- Zeplin
- Sketch
- Adobe XD
CMS Platforms
- WordPress
- Sitecore
- Optimizely
- Joomla
- SharePoint
Web Optimization
- Responsive Design
- Information Architecture
- Cross-Platform Capability
- Accessibility Standards
- Search Engine Optimization
- Bootstrap
- CSS Grid & Flexbox
Adobe
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- InDesign
- Acrobat
- Bridge
- Creative Cloud
- Dreamweaver
Operating Systems
- Macintosh
- Windows
Web Programming
- HTML
- CSS
- XHTML
- JavaScript
- ActionScript
- PHP
- jQuery
Microsoft Office add google suite?
- Word
- Excel
- Outlook
- Access
- PowerPoint
- Visio