Emily Kneeter

Product UX/UI Designer | Los​ ​Angeles​ ​| www.emilykneeter.com​ ​| ekneeter@gmail.com​ | in/emilykneeter

Summary

As a Product Designer with a photography and visual, fine arts background, I am confident in my ability to combine my creativity with a dash of psychology and analytical, problem solving skills to create delightful experiences for users. Meticulous attention to detail and an intense passion for visual design fuel my drive to construct intuitive, aesthetically pleasing, and enjoyable digital interfaces. My ultimate aspiration is to collaborate with an enthusiastic team, striving together to create exceptional digital products and experiences using emerging technologies.


Experience

ConstructConnect - UI Designer 2022 - 2023, Remote

  • Created an upsell pathway that achieved the 5% milestone in the initial quarter, reaching the objective of 1000 sales.

  • Partnered with product development teams, ensuring the design concepts were faithfully translated into the final product.

  • Successfully managed multiple design projects simultaneously, meeting tight deadlines and maintaining high-quality deliverables.

  • Led and facilitated design review sessions to gather feedback from team members, ensuring alignment of design solutions with UX best practices, project goals, user needs and WCAG accessibility standards.

  • Designed user interfaces for SaaS platforms, focusing on scalability, usability, visual consistency and efficient navigation.

  • Leveraged Agile development methodologies to deliver timely design updates and improvements in alignment with the rapid release cycles characteristic of SaaS software environments.

Taolak Technologies, Queen’s Web - ​UX UI & Visual Designer 2021-2022, Remote

  • Designed and developed comprehensive sitemaps to provide clear and organized structures, ensuring optimal user navigation and accessibility.

  • Tested and validated design ideas through usability testing and A/B testing.

  • Leveraged industry-standard design software tools such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe XD), Miro and Figma to create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes. 

Freelance - ​UX UI Designer 2020 - 2022, Los Angeles, CA

  • Stay up-to-date with the latest design trends, tools, and technologies to continuously improve design processes and deliver innovative solutions using Figma primarily.

  • Collaborate closely with clients to understand project requirements, goals, and target audience, delivering customized design solutions that meet their specific needs.

  • Develop and maintain a strong understanding of user-centered design principles, usability, and accessibility standards to ensure optimal user experiences and adhere to brand identity.

Freelance - Behind the Scenes Photographer 2016 - 2020, Los Angeles, CA

  • Captured still images documenting the filmmaking process to be used for personal websites and press.

  • For The Paley Center, I photographed large events at the Dolby Theater both on the red carpet as well as candid behind the scenes.

  • Published for Variety, Hollywood Reporter, LA Weekly, and Hulu.


Skills

User Experience Skills​:​ ​Design Thinking Process, ​Heuristic​ ​Evaluation,​ ​User​ Testing,​ ​C&C​ ​Analysis,​ ​Contextual​ ​Inquiry,​ ​User​ ​Scenarios, User Surveys, Personas,​ ​Journey​ ​Mapping,​ ​Card​ ​Sorting,​ ​​Wireframes, Site Maps, Agile and Lean UX Methodologies, Storyboarding, Quantitative and Qualitative Research, information architecture 

User Interface Skills:​ ​User-Centered​ ​Design,​ ​ ​Mobile​ ​and Web Application Design,​ ​Illustration​ ​&​ ​Sketching,​ ​Icon/Logo​ ​Design, Print​ Design,​ ​Prototyping, Responsive Design, Interaction Design, Style Guides

Tools:​​ Figma, ​Sketch,​ ​Photoshop,​ Zeplin, Jira, Procreate, Affinity Designer, Adobe Creative Cloud, ​Invision,​ Illustrator,​ InDesign, ​Wordpress,​ ​Pen​ ​&​ ​Paper, Design Systems

Hard Skills: Exceptional Organizational and Collaboration Skills, Self-motivated, Independent Worker, New Ideas, Clear Communicator, Direct Marketing, Service Design, Visual Design/Visual Communication


Education

UX/UI in Video Gaming, Certificate, ELVTR    2023

UX​ ​Design Immersive, Certificate, General Assembly               2020

Bachelor of Arts, Film and Digital Media, University of California, Santa Cruz 2013