Tara-Lee York
UX/UI DESIGNER
CONTACT
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SUMMARY
As a UX Designer, I help companies translate ideas into functional
prototypes. I leverage my prior experience as a healthcare professional to
bring empathy and attention to detail that’s critical in making intuitive user
experiences.
EXPERIENCE
CAREER FOUNDRY UX TUTOR | NOV 2016 - PRESENT
Career Foundry's online UX Design Certificate program provides students with a
deep understanding of the UX process
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-Assist UX design students to develop an understanding of fundamentals of the UX
process through 60+ lessons.
-Evaluate and provide feedback on assignments from idea conception to final user
interface design
-Provide support, answer student questions, and assist students in finding further
supplement learning resources to deepen understanding of the UX topics
UX BEGINNER WRITING APPRENTICESHIP | NOV 2016 - PRESENT
SKILLS
User Research
User Testing
User Flows
Personas
User Interface Design
Information Architecture
Usability Testing
Card Sorting
Wireframing
Prototyping
Sitemaps
HTML
CSS
Wordpress
TOOLS
Sketch
Photoshop
Illustrator
Balsamiq Mockups
Invision
Marvel
Mac
UX Beginner provides articles, newsletter, online course, and resources to provide
assistance to new and budding UX Designers.
-Research and outline articles on UX topics for new UX designers
-Collaborate with UX Beginner owner(author) to create and write in-depth
UX articles and templates for the UX Beginner Community
PROJECTS
WEATHER AWAY CAREER FOUNDRY UI COURSE PROJECT
Weather Away is a mobile application that will provide users with a simple and
engaging way to personalize your weather forecasts to fit your lifestyle.
-Conducted user research to determine user’s goals, needs, and wants
-Created user personas and scenarios identify Weather Away users
-Defined product features by creating a lean canvas, requirements, and KPI’s
-Performed an in-depth information architecture process to determine the content
structure
-Designed and tested user interface elements
HANDS - CAREER FOUNDRY UX COURSE | JULY 2015 - JAN 2106
Hands App is a responsive web application that was created in response to
thefrustrations and needs of creative freelancers and business consultants.
-Conducted user research to determine goals, features, and user profiles
-Created the information architecture for the application by using sitemaps,card
sorting, user flows, customer journeys, and content strategy
-Designed the web application user interface through iterative paperprototypes,
grayscale, and hi-fidelity mockups
-Conducted user testing on each set of prototypes to help eliminate
existinguser problems and improve the interface through user feedback
EDUCATION
CAREER FOUNDRY
UI DESIGN | AUGUST 2016 - FEB 2017
WEB DEVELOPMENT | JAN 2016 - AUGUST 2016
USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN | JULY 2015 -JAN 2016
DESIGN LAB
DESIGN 101/BRANDING | DEC 2015 - JAN 2016
CREATIVE DIGITAL MEDIA
MACTECH DISTANCE EDUCATION | 2013 - 2014
