About

I have honed my UX and design skills through working on cutting-edge products that required innovative solutions to complex problems. I specialize in seeing the big picture, problem-solving, user testing, defining features, prototyping, information architecture and wire-framing.


My career is multi-faceted and spans early stage, consumer-centric product lines including multimedia, financial services, 3D environment capture and gaming. I am an inventor on multiple design patents.








This is not a complete list but these are the applications I use the most.

Greenhouse is an easy to use app that takes the guesswork out of spending. A digital bank in the palm of your hand that puts you in control of your money. Greenhouse comes with two accounts, a set aside account for bills and a spending account for everyday spending.

Lead Designer

  • Provide leadership, product vision and end to end user experience
  • Manage, delegate and coordinate project deliverables
  • Review employee performance
  • Create prototypes for key stakeholders and user testing
  • Expertise in regularity constraints including accessibility
  • Create detailed specifications, pattern library and assets


    • “"Emily is amazing to work with – she provides very sound input, super fast turnaround, and also have great external experience beyond just what we ask of her. She is great to banter with for new ideas. We love working with her and hope we can continue to work with her on this project and beyond innovation ideas. Thank you" - Stakeholder

    "Emily has outstanding performance since she has joined the project. She's very well regarded by her peers as well as her superiors within Wells Fargo. Her delivery is top quality and her input is always eagerly requested in the project. She had gone the extra mile to ensure project success." - Manager

    "Emily plays an essential role in the project as she was the bridge between the client requirements and the Bogotá team. She always gave us clear feedback with a goal-oriented purpose. I can say she is an excellent professional with a sharp eye for details and excellent communication skills with both the client and the team." - Co-Worker

    "She is an excellent team player, Emily is our lead and I learned a lot from her. I can see that she has ample experience, which allows her to have a good communication with the team. Proactive and constantly changing she is a key piece of the project." - Co-Worker


    FIX is a device and accompanying app that that helps people quit smoking. FIX BOX locks your cigarettes away for a ever increasing amount of time reminding the user that their goal is to quit. The accompanying app provides encouragement, progress tracking and a unique social feature allowing your friends and family to help you by providing incentives towards your progress.

    Founder

  • Designed the app architecture and end to end user experience
  • Created prototypes and conducted user test, interviews and surveys to create behavioral specifications
  • Created design specifications, style guide and assets
  • Developed working mechanical prototype




    • Long Game rewards you for saving money. You create a Long Game account and as you maintain a savings you earn coins allowing you to play games for chances to win money.

    Director of UX/UI Designer

  • Managed creative agencies and contractors
  • Provided leadership and product vision
  • Designed the app architecture and end to end user experience
  • Created prototypes and conducted user test, interviews and surveys to create behavioral specifications
  • Created design specifications, style guide and assets


    • “I have to thank you — I no longer gamble and now save money with y’all. I’m saving to pay my student loans and for my car!”

    “I love this app...great way to earn and save money.”

    “Amazing app really making it fun to save, you're going to want to put all your money in it, and not have any spending money. LOL”


    StreamNation is your sharable media library. Users add their media, play and share it with friends. This product spans multiple platforms mobile, web and TV. As a Lead UX Designer I worked closely with key stakeholders designing product goals, features, user research, UX, UI, visual design and branding.

    Lead UX/UI Designer

  • Managed creative agencies and contractors
  • Provided leadership and product vision
  • Designed the app architecture and end to end user experience
  • Created prototypes and conducted user test, interviews and surveys to improve the design
  • Created design specifications, style guide and assets


    • “I've been working very closely with Emily for almost 1.5 years. She has brought a great deal to how we envision the creation of the simplest user experience. I really think she is a real asset to any team that has the chance of having her. She always sees the big picture and anticipates problems we will have faced together. She is very efficient at her work, she gets things done! And she is also very detail-oriented. That makes her a really great UX and UI designer. I really look forward to working with her again!” - J.L.


    pop music is a social music sharing app. Users connect and play music from their friends playlist. Users earn reward points for songs purchased by their friends that are in their playlist. These points are used to purchase new songs.

    Personal Project



    IMVU is 3D avatar social chat. The experience allows users to chat, connect and interact with each other in chat rooms. As a Lead UX Designer I worked closely with key stakeholders to develop a complete product vision for the web, phone and tablet products. I worked on new features for the downloadable client which helped increase the revenue of the core business.

    Lead UX/UI Designer

  • Designed end to end user experience on new products
  • Designed new features on existing products and improved revenue
  • Created design specifications


    • “Emily not only sees the current states of the product but also consider the future that helps make decision a lot easier and really useful for visual design to get the direction ahead of time.” - I.A.


    Drew Olbrich and I teamed up to produce Fiasco!, a mash-up of Scrabble and Tetris. This is a social word game where players drop tiles to make words. I contributed to the game design, UX design and visual design on this product which has had great reviews and success.

    Founder

  • Provided leadership and product vision
  • Designed the game mechanics, app architecture and end to end user experience
  • Created prototypes and conducted user test, interviews and surveys to improve the design
  • Created design specifications, style guide and assets


    • "The Fiasco! iPhone app is a cool blend of Words with Friends and Tetris."

    "It might seem simple but there’s more going on here than initially apparent."





    OnLive is cloud gaming available on many platforms including tablet, TV and downloadable client. As a UX Designer and Visual Designer I worked closely with key stakeholders to develop a complete product vision.

    Senior Visual Designer

  • Created high fidelity mock-ups
  • Supported engineering team in creating and improving new features
  • Created design specifications, style guide and assets


    • “Emily is a rockstar. She has been a critical part of our design team.” - J.V.

    “Emily is a rare combination of great UX Designer and Graphic Designer who also has an excellent grasp of the technical details.” - D.O.

    “Emily's a fantastic, all-around, get-it-done designer. Really enjoyed working with her at OnLive across a spectrum of projects and have continued to be impressed with what she's gone on to do in the mobile world!” - J.S.


    More

    I have many other skills and hobbies including:


  • Concept design
  • Game design
  • Woodworking
  • 3D printing
  • 3D modeling
  • Animation
  • Making
  • Electronics
  • Programing
  • Leather work
  • Fabercation
  • Motorcycling


    • Games


    Photo Booths


    6 DOF Motion Simulator Prototype


    Collapsible Gaming Cockpit


    VIVE VR headset MOD


    Leather Wallet


    Orrery Wall Display


    Compact Festool Track Parallel Guides


    Bit Blocks


    Bannana Holder


    Sketches