Red Rover

Founder

CYMATRAX	
Biotech SaaS transforming audio experiences through advanced technology, fostering enhanced memory, reduced stress, and heightened focus for optimal productivity. 

Product Designer
Enhanced user experience by addressing usability issues and executing strategic design processes, including stakeholder interviews and design system evolution.
- Prevented a potential $100,000 annual revenue loss and 175 customers, saving 240 developer hours, and avoiding a 2-month project delay by emphasizing user-friendly designs and workflow.
- Drove a UX redesign and design system implementation, ensuring brand consistency. Established a unified identity, potentially expanding market share in brand initiatives for the company.
- Mitigated dissatisfaction, resolving 22 usability issues, fostering ongoing feedback in stakeholder interviews, and enhancing clarity and information architecture for a intuitive product experience.

WAGS UNITE	
A social meetup app connecting dog owners through vibrant community and positive experiences. 
  	
Product Designer
Elevated UX, launched app at WebSummit 2023, attracting investors, driving expansion, and loyalty.
- Uplifted user experience, advancing accessibility with a 90% improvement. Revitalized screens, encouraged collaboration for streamlined interfaces and intuitive design enhancements.
- Debuted app at WebSummit '23, revealing growth potential with a favorable user experience. Enhanced information architecture and optimized designs, attracting investor attention.
- Optimized clarity, minimized errors and accelerated development, saving 320 work hours. Organized screens and fostered collaboration, improving workflows to enhance team's efficiency.

Product Designer

Mission Box Solutions

Catalyzed growth and visibility, revitalizing engagement by tripling brand recognition and amplifying web traffic through strategic marketing initiatives.

- Boosted platform engagement by initiating, designing, and launching three educational e-books, resulting in 500+ email sign-ups and 100+ leads within 24 hours, enhacing customer attraction..

- Amplified brand awareness 3X through strategic content placement on industry blogs, podcasts, and online magazines; yielding increased visibility and recognition among the target audience.

- Increased website traffic by  50% through analyzing organic content strategy, crafting targeted content for personas, and mapping buyer's journey—boosting online visibility and engagement.

Marketing Strategist & Senior IT Recruiter

Full Desk Technical Recruiter

Cadensi

Inspired client growth by developing compelling storytelling-focused content, fostering brand loyalty, and substantially increasing web traffic for enhanced online visibility and engagement.

- Transformed social media engagement, captivated the target audience, and achieved a 2,200% growth rate over two months by developing a storytelling-focused content strategy for clients.

- Pioneered and executed a B2B subscription-based social media platform, slashing planning time from 3 days to under 15 minutes monthly in four months, ensuring posting consistency for clients.

- Heightened brand recognition by 80% between 12 clients, strategizing and designing 1,700+ visuals over 12 months, enhancing online visibility and engagement.

Social Media Strategist

Air Essentials, LLC

- Streamlined the delivery of service presentations to a digital format, improving customer communication by 30%

- Increased sales ROI by over 40% through cross-functional team meetings, feedback, and collaboration

Executive Sales Manager

STARK Industries

• Project Build Out - Planned, organized, and executed the build-out of a new location including the coordination of contractors and vendors, monitoring to ensure costs and timelines stayed on track, and implementation of new systems and processes to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs.

• Contributed to strategy development by identifying 200+ product opportunities, and creating partnerships with 30+ third-party vendors, to accelerate time to market by 2 months. 

• Conducted a series of meetings with key stakeholders to solve complex project scheduling issues and establish 100% project track realignment.

• Counseled support teams to ensure issues and client feedback were addressed, resulting in a 25% increase in customer satisfaction.

• Streamlined the design revision process by 50%, reducing the time to complete design requests from 2 weeks to 1 week, by creating a design request form and a monthly design revision calendar.

• Spearheaded directing teams to address client issues, resulting in a 25% increase in client satisfaction.

Assistant Program Manager

🔥 Product Designer | 3 Years of Visual Design Excellence | Proficient in Figma & Protopie✨ | Open to Remote Opportunities

I'm a Product Designer with 5+ dynamic years crafting impactful designs in SaaS, social apps, tech recruitment, and startups. 

I've averted $100,000 in potential losses, launched an MVP app at WebSummit, and 3X brand recognition through strategic marketing. I also recently obtained certifications in HTML/CSS and am currently learning Javascript.

Most recently, I played a key role in improving the user experience of a bootstrapped Biotech SaaS startup by tackling usability issues and implementing strategic design processes, which included conducting stakeholder interviews and evolving the design system. Drove a UX redesign and the implementation of a design system to ensure consistent branding, thereby establishing a cohesive identity that could potentially enhance the company's market share in brand initiatives.

I specialize in designing intuitive and engaging digital products, with a primary focus on language learning apps, travel planning apps, and recruitment marketing software. 

As a Product Designer, I excel in both UX and UI design, particularly emphasizing information architecture, accessibility, and skeuomorphic elements. My sweet spot lies in creating consumer-facing experiences for adult users. I thrive in remote work environments and prioritize collaboration with developers, marketers, and leadership. 

My problem-solving expertise centers around AI integration, innovation, differentiation, and ensuring optimal usability and accessibility. Proficient in Figma, Protopie, and Marvel, I am committed to continuous learning, including expanding into web development with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

I'm open to fully remote, flex-schedule opportunities. Please send me a DM or email me at sanders.samc@gmail.com.

Samantha Sanders

Skyward

In my role as a UX/UI designer, I take on the responsibility of defining the overarching UX vision, strategy, and plan. This involves orchestrating internal and external client engagement efforts to translate insights and ideas into tangible and impactful products that resonate with users. Other responsibilities include:

• Conduct and initiate user research and planning through primary and secondary research, along with user interviews to gain user feedback
• Initiate meetings and conversations around user/stakeholder goals and design solutions  
• Guide junior/associate members of the team through mentorship and maintain an environment of continuous learning.
• Design content for all printed and digital materials such as proposals/RFPs, slide decks, web pages, technical documentation, internal documents, brochures, logos, signs, covers, and other communication materials.
• Create wireframes, high-fidelity mock-ups, and prototypes for new product ideas that solve complex product design problems and that align with stakeholder and user goals.
• Iterate on design solutions based on feedback from leadership & stakeholders and conduct ongoing user research to lead in all phases of design.
• Contribute, deliver, and manage projects with cross-functional teams to optimize creativity and awareness of human-centered design and user-interface elements.
• Facilitate internal and external cross-functional workshops and other collaborative problem-solving activities to gain an understanding of what users need.

Lead UX/UI Designer

Envano

As a Senior Digital Designer, I'm continuously motivated to learn new and creative ways to help provide solutions to our clients needs. The tasks and responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Gathering and evaluating user requirements, in collaboration with strategists, project managers, content team and software engineers
• Validating ideas and designs using A/B testing and usability testing
• Designing graphic user interface elements for the web and mobile design
• Designing user-experiences from low-fidelity sketches to hi-fidelity pixel perfect mockups
• Working with the development team to evaluate project performance and establish benchmarks and to identify potential areas of improvement
• Keeping up with UX trends and looking for creative ideas and inspiration in related markets
• Developing interactive reporting dashboards and different types of visualizations
• Creating UI/UX prototypes to validate design concepts with stakeholders and customers
• Highly detailed communication of design principles and direction, as well as design specifications to developers
• Collaborating and communicating professionally with clients and internal teams
• Educating team members and clients about topics related to my field, either through tutorials or presentations
• Understanding brand establishment, customer support and other areas of the business

Senior Digital Designer

At Envano, we challenge old ineffective conventions and find new impactful solutions to help brands compete and win. 

| www.envano.com |

We’re a team of explorers, scientists and artists. 
We explore change and walk with our customers to implement change. 
We create something of value with a desired business impact. 
We monitor results and adjust for excellence. 

Our approach is simple. We start by listening. We seek to communicate clearly and without jargon. We do not sell products. We develop solutions! 

Envano’s areas of expertise include #Interactive Business, #Marketing Technology, Inbound Marketing, Social Business, Digital Visibility and Engagement, Responsive Design, People and Traffic Optimization (PTO), Motivational Change Agent and Servant Leadership.

Interactive Designer

USAgNet

-Manage and maintain updates across 150+ websites
-Designed and constructed over 40+ websites using HTML5/CSS3, Adobe Photoshop, PHP, Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery, and some Javascript
-Meet respective clients one on one through means of scheduled appointments, telephone
conferences, and email
-Coordinate projects and tasks that were assigned to team members
-Communicate between team members to eliminate any confusion or cross overs while
working on projects
-Consult with internal team members coordinating goals, integrating tools and systems into
achieving a functional website
-Manage multiple projects while keeping contact with clients
-Train clients on use of their custom Content Management System (CMS)
-Answer phone calls and support clients with technical needs
-Cross check compatibility and user friendly with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari

Web Designer / Project Manager

UW-Whitewater Tech Crew

-Technology support for audio/visual presentations and academic programs in the University Center
-Assisted with local bands, comedians, local showcases, presenters, and live entertainment groups for an audience ranging from 30 to 350 people
-Collaborated efficiently with various groups of people on issues of stage plotting, sound checking, lighting, audio equipments, and other technical operations
-Ability to work with caution and operate sound equipments such as Portable PA, S1 system, Mackie boards, Gates/Compressions, Shure 57/58 microphones, microphone/speaker cables, soldering, and others

Technician

Lead UX/UI Designer | Web/Visual Design Specialist | Focused On Crafting Genuine Experiences

Navigating the dynamic landscape of digital design, web design, and UX/UI design for the past 11 years has been an exhilarating journey of growth and collaboration. Beyond just mastering the industry tools that come and go, I've discovered that the true essence of impactful design lies in the connection built with brilliant minds and the art of solving real-world problems.

Throughout my career, I've honed my craft by collaborating with industry experts, and empathetically understanding the unique challenges presented by clients and stakeholders. It's not merely about ticking off a list of essential skill sets; instead, my strength lies in the ability to deeply listen, foster collaboration, prioritize critical thinking, and keen observation to execute solutions that resonate.

There's a level of experience that transcends the capabilities of software or AI, and that's precisely what sets me apart. My creativity and comprehension of the intricate nuances of diverse industries while working seamlessly with cross-functional teams, sets me up to address genuine challenges that truly matter.

In this ever-evolving field, my journey has molded me into more than just a designer—it has shaped me into a strategic partner. It's about building working relationships that extend beyond the surface, delivering tangible solutions to the evolving problems users face in today's dynamic world. I'm enthusiastic about the transformative power of design, and I look forward to contributing my skills and experiences to create meaningful and user-centric solutions in collaboration with your team. 

Let's design something better, together!

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