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Rivium

Role

Principal UI/UX Designer

Dates

2014-2019

Project Type

A Smart Data Discovery Platform

Responsibilities

UI/UX Designer for data discovery platform where teams can search, organize findings, write reports, annotate documents, comment, and collaborate. Designed visualizations for complex data sets - SNA diagrams, Geospatial, Temporal, Social Network Analysis, charts, objects, tag cloud, etc. Designed logos, information architectures, infographics, and marketing collateral.

● Designed end-to-end user experience for product suite including business workflows, data analytics, geospatial analysis, research collaboration, intelligence gathering.
● Adhered to contract data requirements lists (CDRL) to meet requirements for several US Department of Defense (DoD) product deliveries.
● Conducted user research, including user interviews and contextual inquiries, to understand user needs and behaviors.
● Worked collaboratively customers and business stakeholders to break down client requirements and research feedback into an implementation strategy.
● Created personas, user journeys, user stories, and use cases based off research.
● Built wireframes, workflows, information flows, technical diagrams, and dynamic mockups.
● Translated user research-driven concepts into intuitive and engaging experiences.
● Tested and validated usability, leveraging research and analytics to drive product updates.
● Implemented centralized design systems, atomic design principles, and graphics to standardize visual look and feel across business products, to strengthen corporate brand, and increase developer productivity.
● Used Agile methodologies, Lean UX, Jira stories, SoW management
● UX/design of visualizations for complex data sets (SNA diagrams, Geospatial, Temporal, Social Network Analysis, charts, objects, tag cloud, etc.)
● Designed marketing collateral.
● Assisted in automated and manual QA/testing.
● Mentored UX juniors on design and UX best practices. Promoted design thinking and advocated design principles and best practices.

Location

Reston, VA

Rivium, a smart data discovery platform that helps analysts and researchers quickly find, visualize, and analyze relevant data in any format from both internal and external sources. Shareable workspaces foster collaboration and streamline analysis workflow while dynamic online reports deliver insights in convenient, easily updatable formats.

Rivium was developed by a group of analysts and engineers who identified significant opportunities for using unstructured data to improve complex analysis. It supports unique complex analysis needs underserved by existing analytics and user interface applications.

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