Product Designer
Healthstream, Inc.
Contract - Remote
July 2024 - Present
- Launched and executed the complete iOS, Android, and Web user interface rebrand and user experience revitalization of NurseGrid, the number one calendar/social network app for nurses.
- Optimized the user experience for the online scheduling app, NurseGrid Manager, including the landing page, free-trial activation, subscription plans, and transaction history userflows.
- Elevated design system team consistency by defining and standardizing user interface patterns while integrating a cohesive and branded visual identity across multi-product updates.
- Transformed product narratives by rewriting and refining copywriting, enhancing user comprehension, reinforcing brand voice, and establishing clear guidelines for future messaging.
- Drove user-centered improvements through iterative feedback loops and hands-on collaboration by partnering with team members and end users to solve real-world challenges.
- Streamlined workflows and features through thoughtful design choices that addressed user pain points, business objectives, and web/mobile accessibility standards.
Product Designer
Nick Young Designs, LLC
freelance - Remote
May 2020 - Present
- Nick Young Designs is a freelance design studio of four years based in Norman, OK, committed to
crafting innovative and impactful visual solutions that harmoniously blend creativity with functionality.
Product Designer
ICON Health & Fitness, Inc.
CONTRACT - Remote
February 2024 - July 2024
- Leveraged UX and UI design expertise to refine and build upon the existing design process.
- Managed business objectives and enhance user experiences across multiple products and platforms.
- Implemented and maintained iFit's design system, contributing to cohesive and compelling solutions.
- Translated insights from research and analytics into actionable concepts, interfaces, and features.
Studios Visual Designer
Bottle Rocket Studios
full time - Remote
June 2022 - March 2023
- Founded / maintained design systems for DTC, B2C, and B2B SaaS clients using Agile methodology.
- Created and managed cohesive 50+ component libraries and documented existing patterns.
- Improved efficiency and optimized development handoff while observing WCAG AAA protocol.
- Effectively communicated with global strategic partners, developers, and stakeholders on a daily basis.
- Built low-fidelity wireframes and user flows for a myriad of user stories, personas, and site maps.
- Composed animated motion graphics for high-fidelity prototypes, websites, apps, and dashboards.
- Instilled multiple GTM strategies, style guides, and governance processes that aligned production.
- Experience working with brands such as: ShopRunner, FedEx, Arby’s, and Baylor Scott & White Health.
Graphic Designer
Tailwind App
Contract - Remote
September 2020 - June 2022
- Conceptualized and created 500+ unique template layouts for marketed social media / email posts.
- Collected and presented user experience research data, A/B testing, and color blind vision simulations.
- Designed and implemented copywriting for 50+ Photoshop mockups to visualize example posts.
- Catalogued 4000+ Airtable records to prioritize workstreams for cross-functional teams.
- Produced documentation, data visualizations, and prototypes for developers and stakeholders.
Design Internship
Resonator Art Institute
Norman, Ok, USA
January 2019 - May 2019
- Led the execution print and digital deliverables while adhering to brand and strategy guidelines.
- Co-led the event planning, installation, and management of the first Resonator Graphic Design Show.
- Influenced leadership in defining brand voice and drove a 15% increase in Patreon ad conversions.
