Hi there!

I'm May, a learning ✽UX, UI and service designer✽ creating equitable and helpful experiences that bring underrepresented communities together.

I'm passionate about creating thoughtful, user-centric solutions, with a focus on social impact, community-building, service design, tech, and health.

Resume

id8

An app taking a gamified approach to decentralized innovation. UI/UX and visual designer. Spring 2023 - Present.

Melody Mover

An application utilizing cueing and community to help Parkinson's patients retain their mobility. UI/UX and visual designer. Fall 2023 - Present.

AbbVie

Various visual design projects for internal clients. Graphic design. Summer 2023 - Present.

Abloom

A self-initiated project exploring opportunities for improvement in the user-flow of ordering bouquets. UI/UX and visual designer. Fall 2022.

Do Good

A self-initiated project exploring the simplification of volunteer sign-up. UI/UX and visual designer. Spring 2023.

NCSA

Various graphic design projects for a supercomputing center. Graphic Designer. Summer 2022 - Spring 2023.

Coursework

Various recent projects from my classes at UIUC. UI/UX and visual design.

My Core Skills

Digital Product Design*

Sketching, wireframing, and prototyping helpful and intuitive apps and websites. Iterating and creating based on user +business needs.

Interaction Design

Designing intuitive and delightful interactions for digital products. Combining usability and attention to detail.

UX Research

Conducting in-person and digital user interviews, usability testing, competitive analysis and more to understand user needs.

Service Design

Synthesizing user research into service design blueprints and actionable insights to help understand end-to-end processes from user and business standpoints.

Workshop Facilitation

Helping host educational and co-creation workshops to help groups generate ideas. Prepare materials, tools, helping facilitate workshops, and synthesizing workshop results.

Visual Design

Utilizing my graphic design background to help with marketing, branding, designing presentations, and creating event graphics. Creating aesthetically pleasing user experiences and interfaces.

Currently...

-> UX Designer at AbbVie 💊
-> EDI Grad Student at Northwestern 📚
-> Hamster mom to Marquis 🐹

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