Ilia de Leon

Enhancing User Experience:

• Restructured and redesigned the client's existing website to improve UX, and modernize its look.
• Successfully launched a redesigned website that aligned with initial client goals.

Webflow Development:

• Responded to new client objectives by transitioning the site to Webflow.
• Took on an expanded role as both designer and main developer on Webflow.

Collaboration on Marketing Initiatives:

• Collaborated with marketing manager to design and publish blog posts, newsletters and email blasts

Skills: UX Design | Prototyping | Responsive Web Design | VS Code | Contentful | Webflow

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Project Design Leadership:

• Led design initiatives for external clients, ensuring impactful project outcomes.
• Efficiently managed projects from inception to completion, optimizing design workflows for client satisfaction and heightened brand visibility.

Collaborative Team Contributor:

• Refined CSS styling implementations within the codebase on multiple projects.
• Actively participated in cross-functional teams, offering valuable design insights across concurrent projects.
• Fostered collaboration to enhance overall team efficiency and project success.

Client-Centric Design Solutions:

• Engaged closely with clients to understand their needs and preferences.
• Delivered visually compelling solutions aligning with client brand identities.

Skills: User Experience (UX) | Web Design | Figma | Visual Studio Code | Responsive Web Design | Google Workspace |

Social Media Management | ChatGPT | Mattermost / Project Management | UX Research | Collaboration Tools (Slack,

Trello, GitHub), Tailwind CSS

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Game Design Support:

• Assisted lead game designer in ideation and asset iteration for a gaming project.
• Conducted research during the conceptualization stage to inform decision-making.

Website Development:

• Collaborated on the creation of a website showcasing projects and research associates through the SPEC/RAND partnership.

Ethical Research Certification:

• Achieved Human Research certification through CITI, demonstrating expertise in ethical research practices.

Skills: UX Research | Gaming | Educational Technology | Web Development | Microsoft Teams | Midjourney | Figma |

Responsive Web Design

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Webinar Presentation:

• Presented at a live webinar for the Data Umbrella community.
• “Figma for Beginners: Using Figma for Data and Applications”.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Collaborated closely with external stakeholders to meet project requirements.

Responsive Website Design:

• Crafted a comprehensive, multi-page responsive website design.
• Development Team Collaboration:
• Partnered with the development team to implement design concepts effectively.

Skills: Google Docs | Google Drive | Slack | Discord | GitHub | Figma

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Client- Centric Design Solutions:

• Synthesized user interviews and survey data to drive evidence-based design decisions.
• Delivered visually compelling prototypes for responsive websites and desktop applications aligned with client brand identities.

Collaborative Team Contributor: 

• Presented design solutions to leadership teams at major tech companies, effectively communicating rationale and user benefits.
• Fostered collaboration through iterarive design processes, continuously refining products based on stakeholder feedback.

Skills: User Experience (UX) | UX Research | Prototyping | Responsive Web Design | Desktop Application Design | Figma | Presentation Skills | Data Analysis | Stakeholder Management

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