Resume

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 8+ years practicing human centred design to advocate for and enhance the lives of citizens and patients by crafting seamless digital experiences

  • Ability to navigate complex systems and think critically; from big picture to fine details

  • Compassionate towards users and sensitive to their needs

  • Versatile designer; having a strong knack of identifying gaps and being acton-oriented

  • Strong, articulate verbal and visual communicator

  • Enthusiastic to develop new skills, willing to learn and excel

SKILLS

  • user research and testing

  • facilitation 

  • creation of UX artifacts

  • ideation and prototyping

  • business analysis

  • data analysis and reporting

  • data visualization

  • project management

  • agile methodology

WORK EXPERIENCE

WORK EXPERIENCE

UX/UI Designer

Jan 2025 — present

Provincial Health Services Authority

ImmunizeBC Transformation: details coming soon

UX Designer

MAY 2020 — JAN  2024
(3 years 8 months)

0-1 digital product design

Slashed the end-to-end user timeline from
6-8 months to 17 days on average

Streamlined internal processing to
reduce effort by 60-70%

Laid the groundwork to scale up digital transformation for other Court services

Government of Alberta, Justice Digital

Ministry of Technology & Innovation 

Re-imagined court service delivery and technology by designing 0-to-1 digital capabilities resulting in improved efficiency, effectiveness and enhanced user experiences.

  • Planned, coordinated and facilitated user research across multi-stakeholder organizations, gathering insights through data analysis to drive user-centred solutions

  • Facilitated workshops with stakeholders and extended leadership to identify users’ greatest unmet needs shaping digital strategies that aligned with organizational goals

  • Produced UX artifacts such as process maps, service blueprints, wireframes, and prototypes to visualize research findings and inform design solutions, utilizing tools like Figma and Miro

  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver digital products using agile methodologies, ensuring seamless coordination and timely delivery

  • Conducted user acceptance testing to validate product functionality, ensuring quality and resolving issues through continuous improvement

  • Engaged stakeholders to align solutions with emerging needs, leveraging their insights and maintaining ongoing support throughout the project lifecycle

  • Provided post-launch support, offering user orientation, addressing feedback, and identifying opportunities for product/service enhancements

Digital Experience Designer

APR 2019 — MAY 2020
(1 year 1 month)

Apple and Google App Store reviews improved from
2.1 to 4.7 (out of 5 stars)

Recognized challenges and took initiative to develop a Design System from 0-to-1

Alberta Blue Cross

Digital Experience Projects; Marketing

Developed customer-centric digital products in collaboration with business, IT, customer research groups, and subject matter experts, improving the health and well-being of Albertans.

  • Facilitated cross-functional sessions with technical, marketing, and research teams to identify design challenges, aligning customer needs with business objectives

  • Designed intuitive user interfaces and created digital solutions, including mock-ups and prototypes, for web applications and iOS/Android apps, enhancing user experience

  • Led a team of UI designers and front-end developers to establish and maintain a comprehensive Design System, UI Standards, and Pattern Library for consistent web, mobile, and app experiences

Design Insights Analyst 

MAY 2018 — APR 2019
(11 months)

City of Edmonton

Strategy, Customer Experience and Service Design; City Operations
Championed design thinking to foster a culture of customer-centricity within city operations, driving strategic initiatives.

  • Identified challenges and drove customer-centric improvements through research, analysis, and reporting recommendations, while cultivating relationships with business units (311, Waste Management, Fleet and Facilities, Transit Services)

  • Analyzed qualitative and quantitative data across channels to support the development of business strategies and improve service delivery

  • Facilitated and participated in workshops related to the development of digital transformation vision and strategies

Sessional Instructor:
User Experience Design
  

AUG 2019 — DEC 2019
(1 semester)

Macewan University

Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications

Introduced and mentored students in the field of user experience design, applying design processes, methods and visual design skills to the creation of digital products such as websites and software applications that are useful, usable, and desirable. 

UX Advisor

JUL 2016 — MAY 2018
(1 year 11 months)

Alberta Health Services

User Experience Team; Online and Creative Services

Enhanced patient experiences and education through UX research, evaluation, content management, and digital product design. Collaborated with health providers, subject-matter experts, patients and families, business analysts, and developers to enhance patient education and digital engagement.

  • Created wireframes, mock-ups, and interactive prototypes for web and app concepts to deliver Personal Health Record digital capabilities

  • Developed a digital strategy for technological innovation in healthcare as part of a design research team, informed by research initiatives that identified gaps in patient experiences and interactions with the healthcare system

  • Planned and facilitated workshops involving cross-functional business leaders and service providers, capturing and analyzing inputs, and synthesizing findings into documents and artifacts, including patient storyboards and videos

Graphic Designer  

DEC 2015 — MAY 2016
(6 months)

Sinai Health Systems

Evidence-based Practice Improving Quality (EPIQ III)

Designed educational and workshop materials, infographics, and a visual system.

SEP 2015 — APR 2016
(8 months)

University Of Alberta

Department of Art and Design; Faculty of Arts

Conducted user research among Industrial Design students and re-designed Safety Manuals for use in fabrication workshops.

JUN 2015 — DEC 2015
(7 months)

University Of Alberta

Undergraduate Medical Education; Faculty of Medicine 

Designed marketing materials for student recruitment, including a program viewbook, info session presentation and event banners.

MAY 2015 — AUG 2015
(4 months)

Alberta Health Services

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS); Surgery SCN and Cancer SCN

Practiced observational research in Alberta hospitals for quality improvement and information design for patient education materials and data collection tools.

EDUCATION

University of Alberta; Bachelor of Design

Visual Communication major and Industrial Design minor

  • Business Marketing & Strategic Management

  • Human Geography & Urbanism

  • Apparel Design & Construction

EXTRACURRICULAR

SEP 2022 — APR 2023
(8 months)

Macewan University — Design Project Supervisor

Design Studies: Applied Design Research & Capstone

Provided mentorship and project supervision to guide a final-year design student through design research methodologies and practical applications.

APR 2023
(4 week course)

Simon Fraser University — Sustainable Cities

  • Examined the basic challenges and principles of sustainable urban planning and design

  • Discovered key dimensions of climate action and ecological knowledge and how they can be incorporated into planning and design

MAR 2019 — NOV 2019
(9 months)

City Of Edmonton — Social Innovation Coach 

RECOVER: Edmonton’s Urban Wellness Plan

  • Coached a team of volunteers to analyze ethnographic research and prototype urban wellness solutions to tackle social challenges in Edmonton’s at-risk communities

  • Co-designed service concepts, experiments and maps with volunteers to test with people with lived experience being houseless

OCT 2017

UX Edmonton — UX Camp Volunteer

Assisted in event planning and designed print materials

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