UX Research + UX Design
UX Design Prototype & Slide Presentation – OPPI Redesign
Audience: Developed for course instructors and OPPI partners to evaluate prototype usability and interface logic.
Purpose: To translate research findings into a redesigned interface through iterative wireframes, hi-fi Figma prototypes, and a stakeholder presentation.
Context + Challenges: Required aligning interaction design with accessibility expectations, maintaining consistency with existing OPPI brand elements, and ensuring prototype screens supported priority tasks.
Skills Demonstrated:
iterative lo-fi → hi-fi prototyping
interface layout + information hierarchy
clickable Figma interactions
visual consistency + CRAP principles
client-facing presentation + narrative design
Role: Team Lead- Designed wireframes, co-built the Figma prototype screens, created the presentation, and co-presented the final design rationale.
Client
Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance
Year
2025
UX Research Project – PPORA Redesign
Audience: Created for the UX Research & Methods course and intended for PPORA project stakeholders and classmates evaluating research rigor.
Purpose: To investigate user pain points in accessing natural resource and fire shed risk data, identify key red-route tasks, and provide evidence-based recommendations for redesign decisions.
Context + Challenges: Conducted under a tight project timeline with limited existing documentation. Required organizing raw interview and observational findings into personas, affinity maps, and validated task flows.
Skills Demonstrated:
user interview planning and moderation
affinity mapping + pattern recognition
persona + journey development grounded in research
task flow documentation and prioritization
synthesis + reporting in UX format
Role: Led research planning, documentation, persona writing, and task-flow modeling.
Client
Outdoor Pikes Peak Initiative
Year
2025
Content Strategy + Planning
Client
Habitat for Humanity of the Pikes Peak Region
Year
2025
Audience Analysis Report – Habitat for Humanity Pikes Peak Region
Audience: Instructor and stakeholders simulating Habitat communications staff evaluating message targeting.
Purpose: To assess the needs, motivations, and communication preferences of distinct donor, volunteer, and partner audiences for future messaging planning.
Context + Challenges: Required synthesizing limited data sources to construct realistic personas and segmentation models while maintaining ethical representation.
Skills Demonstrated:
rhetorical audience segmentation
qualitative data interpretation
persona development + messaging framing
concise technical writing in analytical format
Role: Sole researcher and writer; developed personas, communication needs matrix, and actionable messaging insights.
Client
Habitat for Humanity of the Pikes Peak Region
Year
2025
Content Strategy Plan – Habitat for Humanity
Audience: Instructor and simulated Habitat communications team reviewing long-term content planning.
Purpose: To outline a cohesive messaging and channel strategy supporting donor engagement, volunteer retention, and storytelling consistency.
Context + Challenges: Required aligning organizational mission, audience segmentation, and realistic content pacing within resource constraints.
Skills Demonstrated:
content inventory + prioritization
channel + workflow planning
key messaging frameworks + editorial strategy
structured documentation in a strategic report
Role: Planned content themes, workflows, and KPIs; authored the complete written plan.
Technical + Visual Communication
Client
Habitat for Humanity of the Pikes Peak Region
Year
2025
Style Guide – Habitat for Humanity
Audience: Intended for internal communications and content creators producing branded public-facing materials.
Purpose: To ensure visual and rhetorical consistency across digital content, templates, and organizational messaging.
Context + Challenges: Required adapting Habitat brand expectations while designing a usable and expandable internal guideline document.
Skills Demonstrated:
tone + voice guidelines
typography + color standards
formatting rules for digital text + images
document design + layout choices
Role: Developed visual formatting conventions, page layout, and reference standards.
Instagram + Newsletter Templates & Completed Examples – Habitat for Humanity
Audience: Internal communications staff and future users producing recurring outreach materials.
Purpose: To create reusable templates that streamline workflow, maintain brand consistency, and support clearer storytelling for donor/volunteer engagement.
Context + Challenges: Required balancing visual storytelling with accessibility and readability constraints, especially for digital/social contexts.
Skills Demonstrated:
visual communication + layout hierarchy
CRAP principles applied to real use cases
adaptable template design for repeated messaging
audience awareness for community outreach
Role: Designed templates and example content; structured layout, selected imagery, and wrote micro-copy.
Client
Habitat for Humanity of the Pikes Peak Region
Year
2025