Candidates About

Dya Kaur Levitt

SUMMARY

•  A passionate user interface specialist with a solid history of transforming creative concepts into reality for enterprise level software applications.

•  Proven ability to blend creative and technical talents to produce both professional looking and quality coded software solutions.

•  A true believer in the power of user testing, I am well versed in user experience methodologies.

SKILLS

Photoshop, Illustrator, Balsamiq, Axure, InDesign, Sketch, HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, Bootstrap, Accessibility, Prototyping, Information Architecture, and much more!

EXPERIENCE

Senior UX Designer, Vistaprint Corporate, Jan 2018 – Apr 2018

•  UX and UI Design for the responsive release of ProShop, an update to the Information Architecture and branding of Vistaprint Corporate’s responsive B2B offerings for small to medium sized companies.

•  Collaborated on user testing and customer feedback sessions.

•  Created site maps, user flows, mockups, and interactive prototypes using Balsamiq and Axure.

•  Technologies used: Balsamiq, Axure, Illustrator, Photoshop, Jira, Slack.

Senior UI/UX Site Designer, NTTData, Nov 2017 – Jan 2018

•  UX Design Lead in a team updating NTT Data’s internal learning system to a responsive framework.

•  Conducted usability test sessions to better direct the development effort.

•  Technologies used: Moodle, CSS3, HTML5, Bootstrap, Photoshop, Illustrator, Jira, Confulence, Webex.

Senior UI/UX Designer, PodiumData, Sept 2016 – Aug 2017

•  Applied best UX practices to create versioned mockups of complex big data user interfaces in a fast-paced agile environment.

•  Successfully made UX a central part of the product offering by gaining management buy-in and mentoring developers to become partners, not just follow instructions.

•  Produced a style guide and pattern library for the PodiumData product.  This included web/CSS/interaction specifications, the delivery of graphic assets, and coordinating development with engineers to implement.

•  Designed the user experience for new features such as a workflow scheduler, Sentry and Ranger integration, a source connection library, and an enhanced property management system.

•  Technologies used: Balsamiq, UXPin, Photoshop, Illustrator, CSS/CSS3, HTML/HTML5, Assembla.

Senior UI Visual Design & Developer     ACI Worldwide, Waltham, MA       2014 – 2016

·  Lead Visual Designer for both ACI Framework projects: Responsive Bootstrap/Angular and Desktop ExtJs/Sensha UIs.  Was responsible for completing all high quality visual design mockups, design specifications, assets including responsive iconography, and completed all CSS coding including extensive unit testing for cross-browser and platform compatibility.

·  Administered visual design user acceptance studies to target the best use of color and visual styles for several projects, including the ACI Common UI style.

·  Actively participated in Common UI work streams: co-lead for the CSS and Style Guide work streams; contributing member to the Common UI, Responsive, and Accessibility work streams. These were cross-functional teams that came together to set the corporate level standards.

·  Oversaw the front end coding for all ACI product offerings with the focus on ease of brandability, a unified look and feel, and CSS best practices.

·  Technologies used: CSS/CSS3, SASS, HTML/HTML5, ExtJs, Bootstrap, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, SVN, GIT, Jira, Crucible, Powerpoint, Corporate Google Docs and Google Sites.

Senior Web Design and Developer     ACI Worldwide, Waltham, MA    2006 – 2014

·    UI design lead for their cash management system Enterprise Banker.  This included creating UI design specifications, flow designs, user interaction guidelines, functional prototypes, coordinating with engineering throughout the development process, and ultimately created and maintained all supported styles and image libraries.

·    Created branded custom implementations for banks such as CapitalOne, Citibank, Citizens, Deutche Bank, First Niagara, Regions, Sovereign, TD Bank, and many more.

·    UI development lead creating demos of the Enterprise Banker and MTS software packages.  Both for ACI sales and as a product sold to banks.

·    Technologies used: CSS, HTML, JavaScript, JSP, Fireworks, SVN.

Programmer Analyst / Web Developer      Fidelity, Boston, MA       2005 – 2006

•  Development lead on a 250+ fidelity.com projects such as quick releases, redesign of deprecated sections of the main web property, and new designs for various pages.

•  Developed web pages based on corporate accessibility best practices as well as to conform with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as related to electronic materials.

•  Managed content update requests from both U.S. and global operations business units for fidelity.com and other Fidelity web properties. 

•  Analyzed content workflow with cross-functional Fidelity team to improve content release schedules for their main web property, fidelity.com.  Resulting in an improved cycle from 10 days to a 2-3 day one.

•  Technologies used: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Clearcase, Bugzilla, Photoshop.

Senior Web Design and Developer     TripAdvisor, Needham, MA      2003 – 2005

•  Worked with content and engineering teams to update and maintain the TripAdvisor.com web site, the back-end was predominantly written in Java and was run on an Apache web server system on a Unix platform.

•  My extensive knowledge of the architecture and design of TripAdvisor.com was used to quickly and efficiently developed travel web sites for customers such as Smarter Living, Netscape, and a suite of Viacom CBS sites.

•  Adobe suite of software was utilized in creating mockups as well as final web graphics.

•  Created original design specifications, development process checklists, and then coordinated final development of TripAdvisor’s world maps with multiple contractors and outside vendors.

•  Utilized search engine optimization best practices with every site update.  A/B testing was routinely used to validate that the update would have either a positive or a neutral effect on revenue.  Most often these changes in revenue would be the result of a shift in Google ranking.

•  Demonstrated strengths include quick and efficient HTML/XSL debugging and a strong user centered design approach.

•  Technologies used: HTML, CSS, XSL/XML, M4, JavaScript, HomeSite, Photoshop, Illustrator, Bugzilla, CVS.

User Interface Design and Developer      NorthernLight, Cambridge, MA     1996 – 2002

•  Formulated user interface solutions for all Northern Light software implementations based on human factors usability testing, product requirements, and software engineering capabilities. 

•  Produced software design documents by developing use cases, creating functional specifications, and providing prototypes.

•  UI front end development lead for web software products created for customers such as Agilent, Amgen, Barnes & Noble, Billboard, Burger King, Cisco, Colliers, Compaq, Eudora, Fidelity Investments, Fortune, HP, MasterCard, McGraw-Hill, Mellon NA, and more.  

•  Analyzed, debugged and resolved CSS and HTML defects across all application layers of client solutions as part of on-going custom maintenance agreements.  Northern Light software products were developed with Perl/CGI on Apache servers.

•  Product Manager, Project Manager, and UI Designer responsible for the Northern Light Stock Quotes service, an application developed and hosted by the Californian company eLogic. My responsibilities included coordinating development between companies, product upgrade management, logistical coordination, and research and design of all product enhancements based off of usability sessions.

EDUCATION

Bentley University, Waltham, MA      2017-present

•  User Experience Certificate Candidate

Northeastern University, Boston, MA      1995

•  B.S. in Music Business

•  Minor in Photography

•  Honors:  Deans list senior year

Other Continuing Education

•  Cognitive Psychology, Human Factors, Psychology

Associations

•  UXPA Boston

•  IAAP – International Association of Accessibility Professionals