MELANIE SCHUMACHER UX/UI + Digital Design




About Me.
I have a passion for creativity. UX/UI Designer with a background in marketing, publishing and digital design. I create smart, beautiful design solutions. Skilled at Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) as well as Figma and Sketch.
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A recent design project that I am most proud of:
A recent design job that I am proud of was a collaboration with the internal UX team. We worked remotely in Figma and Miro to create wireframing, user flows, and mockups of a survey builder. The goal was to significantly reduce time and errors for our clients and our content team. The survey builder would be external client facing, for the client to create a survey for their members using a list of pre-formatted questions. The internal facing screens, our content team would edit. The content team and client would be able to comment and approve in the interface. The Lead UX designer and I used data gathered from our research team, and we also interviewed the content team via zoom meetings. We discussed pain points and must-haves. We walked through the existing survey building process. The UI that we used for the survey builder was consistent with other client and internal facing screens.
What excites me most about design:
What excites me most about design, is the energy of collaborating with fun, hard working, inspiring coworkers. I like to continually watch classes on a variety of UX/UI, typography and Illustrator courses. I enjoy learning from those around me.
One specific example of my recent work:
In my current role I recently worked in collaboration with a digital designer to create templates, in Sketch, for ten existing digital products. We worked closely with our configuration team on the specifications and limitations of the designs. We worked with our content and strategy team to create products with the best user experience, using best UX and accessibility practices. We created visual guidelines to communicate hierarchy of typography, padding, button dimensions, and Hex colors. The result has been an improved working relationship with the configuration team, standard visual products for our sales team, and a higher quality end product for our customer and their members.
Experience
2021 - Current
Graphic UX/UI Designer
Icario
• Creates web, email, and mobile screens in Sketch for developers
• Designs low-fidelity and high-fidelity concept mock ups in Figma
• Collaborates with strategy and content teams for user-centered client work
2019-2021
Graphic Designer/Illustrator
Touchpoint Media
• Created final files for both print and web, using Adobe Creative Suite
• Created print assets: publications, and event marketing materials
• Created digital assets: web page redesigns and digital publications
• Worked with Creative Director and writers to conceptualize illustrations
2005-2019
Graphic Designer/Illustrator
Freelance
• Delivered print assets: logos, branding, ads, t shirts and packaging
• Built and maintained relationships with clients and vendors
• Collaborated with remote design teams
Education
UX/UI Bootcamp
Springboard
Bachelor of Science
Metropolitan State University