Music Producer 🎨 Podcast Producer
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🎓 University of Washington: B.A. Political Economy (2015)
UX RESEARCH
Uptime (2014-2015)
Co-Founder, UX Researcher
📍 Seattle
Uptime was a monthly design sprint and hackathon, created to better understand user priorities around product design. Participants were given design challenges in envelopes and worked against the clock to collaboratively create solutions in the form of prototypes, using art supplies, basic building materials, shapes, objects, connectors, and widgets.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Defined focus areas and led participants through an inclusive HCDE process (ask question ➡️ build context ➡️ ideate ➡️ design ➡️ prototype ➡️ test ➡️ reflect)
Observed participants, recorded results, and conducted interviews to further understand user priorities and behavior
WINS
Sold out 7 events around Seattle, including in recording studios, garages, motion capture studios, warehouses, and living rooms