Hi, I’m Jennifer.

I began my professional career in 2011 as a graphic designer in the Greater Boston area. After eight years in Graphic Design, I have transitioned into UX-UI design. I realized that this career change was my calling. I’ve always been curious about what motivates people to use a product and why they use it. Now in my current role, I am able to learn by research and understand our users and find ways of keeping them engaged with my designs.

One of my proudest moments while working at CBRE Econometric Advisors was when I presented at the CBRE Annual Unity Conference in Dallas, TX, in 2019 about a MVP: Design Thinking at CBRE EA. There I was able to talk to fellow peers about how we breeched this new territory at EA and was able to bring in new design talent, user research, and how to incorporate design into development sprint work with the right amount of balance. I also presented at “TechTalk,” a companywide monthly Digital and Tech Zoom series about Integrating Design and Development using our Pie Development Framework. We focused on being One Team, having guidelines for basic UI elements, and a flexible and scalable frame work that allowed for contribution from multiple teams. This was one area that introduced me to HTML/CSS, and I am still to this day, able to provide additional support to the development team with front end work.

Aside from design, my main hobbies consist of rock climbing, snowboarding, or reading and listening to audio books 📚.

Education

Nielsen Norman Group: Mobile User Experience, January 2023
Nielsen Norman Group: Lean UX and Agile, October 2022
Nielsen Norman Group: Discoveries: Building the Right Thing, September 2022
Nielsen Norman Group: UX Basic Training, July 2022
Nielsen Norman Group: Effective Ideation Techniques for UX Design, June 2022
General Assembly: Front End Web Development Online Class, August 2020
Nielsen Norman Group: Emerging Patterns in Interface Design, November 2020
General Assembly: HTML/CSS & Web Design 10 Week Online Course, September 2018
Emmanuel College: B.F.A. in Graphic Design, 2011

Certifications

Nielson Norman Group: UX Certificate, February 2023
IDEO: Hello Design Thinking, August 2020
Cooper Education: Design Research Techniques, September 2019
Udemy: User Experience (UX): The Ultimate Guide to Usability and UX, June 2019
Udemy: Web UI UX Design using Adobe XD - User Experience Design, January 2019
FAA Certified Remote sUAS Drone Pilot - Part 107 Certified, June 2018-June 2020

Awards

Q4 Technical Excellence Award - CBRE D&T Employee Recognition, April 2020

Experiences & Clients

Mechanical Contraption, Inc
CBRE
Babson College
Au Bon Pain
Collette Vacations
Silver Whisk Bake Shop
Topout
The Security Breakdown Podcast
Le Vision
Don Quijote
Daoist Benevolent Association, Inc
Local Honey