Olivia Kay - Resume
A strategic, seasoned creative technologist and digital designer who solves business and user experience problems through design. Currently looking for positions that will allow me to grow as a UI/UX and Product Designer, ideally working on a single product or set of products.
Experience
Senior Designer
Evolve Systems
2022 - Present
Solve UX problems for clients to give users the most streamlined experience possible
Design and mockup UX/UI projects and lead hand-off to development
Perform design QA on in-development projects
Manage and improve our approach to design, including how we present UX strategy to clients, educating clients about UX design, and developing new products and services.
Advisory Board Member
Husson University
2022 - Present
Stay up to date on current trends in design to advise the Marketing Department on their Graphic Design and User Experience Design programs
Freelance Designer
2017 - 2022
Founded a freelance design studio that has worked with over 100 clients in the gaming/content creation space
Manage multiple client projects (5-7) at a time while keeping track of deadlines
Graphic Designer
Wisdom Gaming
2022
Directed creative and executed design for Riot Games’ Teamfight Tactics broadcast, focusing on laying out complex information in an easily digestible format for nearly 200k viewers
Senior Designer
Luxury Optical Holdings
2018 - 2019
Designed email, web, and print graphics within strict brand guidelines for 9 luxury eyewear brands and their collaborators, like Jaquemas, Oscar de la Renta, Monse, and more
Led project to overhaul Morgenthal Frederics’ and Robert Marc NYC’s email marketing design through analytics and A/B testing, resulting in a 20% increase in opens and a 3% increase in clickthrough
Senior Designer
Arkatechture
2016 - 2018
Directed redesign of company website to be optimized for content marketing from wireframing to web development and user testing, leading to a 14% conversion rate increase
Managed UX and product design on Arkatechture’s proprietary data analytics platform, Arkalytics, to give clients easy access to their custom data dashboards
Education
BS / Marketing Communications
Husson University / New England School of Communications
AS / Computer Science
Cottey College
AA / Digital Art
Cottey College
Certifications
User Experience Professional
Skillcrush
Mobile UX Design (Top 10%)
Interaction Design Foundation
Game Design & Development
University of Michigan (In Progress)
Skills
Design Direction
User Interface Design
User Experience Design
Visual Design
Illustration / Vector Artwork
User Research
User Testing
Web Design
Accessibility Design
Tools
Figma
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Unity
Canva
HTML
CSS