Experience
- Blackbaud, Charleston, Sc - Interaction Designer
- Work predominantly with the K-12 and small college markets for their software needs.
- Develop a deep understanding of our customers' business and individual needs by assisting in user research activities including persona creation, heuristic evaluation, and usability reviews.
- Work with business systems analysts to translate business requirements into highly useful and usable interfaces.
- Communicate ideas using prototypes, wireframes, interactive mock ups, or other work products.
- Work collaboratively and flexibly with colleagues in developing prototypes and charting the flow of the customer experience.
- Champion user needs and continually strive to improve the usability of products while understanding business and technical constraints.
- Synthesize findings from usability evaluations to suggest improvements to the software, and/or suggest ways to capitalize on design patterns that delight customers.
- 2008-Present
- Menlo Innovations, Ann Arbor, Mi - High-Tech Anthropologist©
- Conduct user research and product design in an agile development environment.
- Utilize methods such as activity centered design, personas, information architecture, use cases, contextual inquiry, and user testing to design software applications for:
- software for an analytical flow cytometer that collects samples and allows for batch analysis
- heavy-duty vehicle diagnostics for a leading global developer, manufacturer and marketer of tools
- web-based auctions to facilitate companies gathering employee opinion on valuation and resource management
- vital records creation, retrieval, archiving, and tracking for a county of 350,000 residents
- tracking and archiving research for a large multinational pharmaceutical company
- web-based water utility management for residents of Michigan’s seventh largest city
- business analysis for the website needs of a non-profit that drives life sciences industry growth in Michigan
- 2006-2008
- CorgiAid, corgiaid.org - Design Consultant (volunteer)
- CorgiAid is a nonprofit organization providing financial assistance to rescue corgi and corgi mixes.
- Design fund-raising brochures and graphics for yearly events, and provide photo services.
- 2005-2006
- Grace & Wild Inc: ÷× Division X, Farmington Hills, Mi - Assistant Producer/Animator
- Grace & Wild is the largest full-service creative technical resource in the Midwest.
- Created aesthetically-conscious demo reels and print promotional materials.
- Participated in the animation process with mat creation and product modeling.
- Utilized software such as Maya, QTVRAS, and Director to lay the foundation for creating interactive digital products previously unexplored by the company.
- 2004-2006
- IDEACore, Birmingham, Mi - Design Consultant
- Web design, HTML and CSS authoring, and print graphic design utilizing content feature analyses for information architecture and better information design.
- 2004-2006
Continuing Education
- Adaptive Path: UX Intensive – Chicago, Il
- A workshop emphasizing interaction design and the tools and techniques that allow for design to be expressed among teams and organizations.
- 2007
- Adaptive Path: Beyond Usability 2.0 – Chicago, Il
- A two-day intensive workshop explaining how to incorporate user goals and business needs into the design process.
- 2006
- College for Creative Studies – Detroit, Mi
- 3D Animation, Storyboarding, and Video Coursework.
- 2003-2004
Education
- University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, Mi
- BFA, Industrial Design and Photography.
- 1998-2003
Computer Expertise
- Multimedia content creation (Director/Lingo, Flash, QTVRAS).
- 3D modeling/animation (Maya).
- Video editing (After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut Pro).
- Web design (Dreamweaver/XHTML/CSS).
- Image and graphic creation, editing, layout (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
Brianna S Roberts
734.646.7640
firenzabird [at] gmail [dot] com
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