Resume | Susan David UI Design

UX/UI Designer

I simplify complex information through my background in graphic and product design. I love to create better digital experiences.

Create storyboards and user personas, incorporating them into design decisions, resulting in improved design creation.
Collaborate with all stakeholders to ideate concepts and solutions, maintaining design consistency and coherence across features.
Focus on user-centric design research, user interface development, visual prototyping and wireframing.
Ensure web, mobile and PDFs are correctly tagged and structured so people with disabilities using assistive technology can read them easily.
Present designs and key milestones to stakeholders.
Attend weekly standups to communicate work completed and upcoming actionable items.

Create highly accurate brand-compliant and visually compelling cross-channel design solutions.
Create mechanical layouts from the original design or utilize incomplete files, images, and raw design layouts.
Enhance all designs to meet WCAG 2.2 (AODA) accessibility standards using Abode Indesign, Acrobat, and CommonLook.
Ensure all quality control policies are adhered to while constantly looking for ways to implement process improvements.
Work collaboratively with clients at all stages of the design and production process including presenting concepts, explaining design merits, and making revisions that are consistent with marketing strategy and brand standards.
Collaborate with internal and external parties to ensure designs are delivered on time and as per requirements.

Royal Canadian Yacht Club

Oversee all graphic design, web design, social media, photography, and video for the club.
Open dialogue with staff and management during the full design process.
Editorial layout and design of member magazine, promotional material, annual reports, digital screen banners, website banners, and internal documents.
Manage the club website by collaborating with all departments to ensure accurate information is shared with the membership in an easy-to-find format.
Maintain all branding for print and web assets and ensure guidelines are upheld.
Create email marketing campaigns on a weekly and ad-hoc basis.
Manage social media uploads from other departments to ensure brand consistency.
Photograph special events such as Santa photos, Summer Ball, and Cruising Sailors Squadron yearly dinners.
Compile & create an annual video diary compiled of member photos& videos shown at our end-of-summer celebration.
Create original designs with the information provided by conveners to create promotional posters for events in digital and print formats.
Copy editing materials related to communications, such as magazines, and annual reports.
Work with vendors to ensure accurate and timely submissions.
Create and maintain files for all creative assets and resources such as photography, art files, and special fonts
Considered the go-to person when other work needs to be done or extra assistance is required.