Sharla Gillard Visual / User Experience Designer PORTFOLIO ------------------- http://shar.la CONTACT ------------------- 415-815-7627 design@shar.la CONNECT ------------------- https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillard https://www.facebook.com/sharla.design https://twitter.com/sharlagillard https://sharlag.tumblr.com SUMMARY ------------------- Over a decade of experience; now focusing on strategy and conceptual design. Recognized for discovering what makes a user Ôtick and clickÕ. I am passionate about design thinking in a highly collaborative, human-centered, and interactive approach to problem-solving that drives solutions users will love. WORK EXPERIENCE ------------------- Hewlett Packard Enterprise Where: Palo Alto CA When: 04/17 - 10/17 What: UX/IxD - Crafted user experience solutions using persuasive and user interaction patterns; designed for mobile/tablet/laptop/desktop responsive breakpoints - Collaborated with cross-functional teams; produced competitive analysis, high-quality layouts, interactive prototypes, qualitative testing, and redlines Avnet Corporation Where: San Jose CA When: 02/17 - 04/17 What: Web Designer - Balance multiple projects in a fast-pace environment; responsible for my team migrating Asia Pacific content to a responsive proprietary CMS - Made customer-centric design decisions based on good judgment, visual design skills, interaction observation, data, and business goals Web Dev Service Where: Oakland CA When: 06/16 - 02/17 What: UX Designer - Provided discovery and strategy problem-solving methods; user profiles, user flow, wireframes, and A/B testing CPP Innovation Labs Where: San Francisco CA When: 07/15 - 04/16 What: UX/Visual Designer - Product design (for Myers-Briggs) from concept to production for university students and administration on a national level; strategy, branding, wireframes, mockups, prototypes, testing, and style guidelines - Researched user motivations and applied design standard persuasive and user interaction patterns to problem solve - Leveraged my knowledge of CSS, HTML, and JavaScript to create executable responsive designs while in collaboration with the lead engineer Medical Leave of Absence, Resolved When: 11/14 - 06/16 Next Wave Logistics Where: Remote Office When: 01/10 - 11/14 What: Senior Web Designer - Lead the website redesign for a direct sales client; provided strategy, wireframes, visual design, prototypes, testing, and production ready assets - Provided service design between user touch-points, digital interface (customer and business facing applications on SAAS and e-commerce), customer call-center, warehouse, and material components to improve quality - Cultivated relationships with clients and my diverse, global, cross-functional team via JIRA Agile, Google Doc, Dropbox, and Microsoft Lync - Embraced a system thinking (holistic) approach to streamlining work flow in a fast-paced environment that saved thousands of dollars in billable hours Experian Corporation Where: Schaumburg IL When: 10/09 - 04/10 What: Web Designer - Kickstarted the Small Business ServicesÕs campaign; provided (B2B, B2C) concept, code, and templates for e-promos, landing pages, banner ads, and marquees exceeding KIP goals (freelanced 01/10 Ð 04/10) LM2 Advertising Agency Where: Northbrook IL When: 01/07 - 03/09 What: Art Director - Generated new business by developing brand activation ideas and pitching the creative to ChicagoÕs enterprise level companies; branding, billboards, printed packaging, marketing, digital kiosks, and websites SKILLS ------------------- Adobe CC, Sketch, Axure, Prototo.io, Marvel, Just In Mind, Snag It, User Testing, Mobile Test, HTML, CSS, JIRA, and iRise TRAINING ------------------- Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL Advanced Level of Multimedia Courses Learn IT, San Francisco CA Code for Non-Coders Certificate Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco CA Level Access Accessibility Webinar Certificate SSB BART Group, Vienna VA