UX/IA/UE
Serve as lead designer for most large-scale applications, implementing user-focused methodologies. Successfully manage design projects from concept through completion within tight time frames. Research and present competitive analysis findings to stakeholders on key initiatives. Lead junior and freelance designers on a wide variety of projects including home page designs, e-mail campaigns and incentive trips. Act as the liaison between Web Marketing and Personal Web Site Team, ensuring timely content and graphical updates to more than 40k subscriber web sites.
Key Achievements:
·Completely rearchitected and redesigned The Pampered Chef Wedding Registry. Performed a competitive analysis of leading online Wedding Registry sites and stores, presenting findings to stakeholders. Worked closely with marketing, communications, development and QA groups to accomplish extremely tight deadline for rollout.
·Researched, architected and designed e-commerce portion of the Web site, which was a new revenue channel for The Pampered Chef in 2006. Continue to maintain and enhance site, which has expanded to international markets. E-commerce has now become a large portion of sales for The Pampered Chef. Enhancements include an “Outlet” section which not only sells previously bottom-line loss products, but also increases traffic to the Web site.
·Product Adjustment application which accounts for 85% of Consultant exchanged and returned products via the web, and in turn cutting time and costs for Customer Service.
·Was instrumental in the creation of many online business tools including: lead generation, shipment status, incentives calculator, individual performance tracker, and Super Starter tracker.