I strive to design beautiful and functional interactive experiences for web, mobile, and more.
I'm passionate about user-centered design that's intuitive and enjoyable. Problem-solving is my jam.
Experience
I’m a multi-faceted designer who specializes in user experience and interface design. I’ve helped anyone from large companies to small startups communicate their ideas to achieve their goals through interactive design; whether that's an app, or an immersive experience on a trade-show floor.
I’ve managed teams of designers and developers crafting agile project roadmaps to take products through cycles of releases from MVP features, enhancements, to production release. I incorporate user feedback and business data to make products better over time.
I'm familiar with interactive work flow from concept, to UX and UI design, and development. I've worked on anything from mobile and web apps, websites, branding, to touch screen experiences and front end development. I have strong knowledge of HTML and CSS/SASS that allows me to work fluidly with developers to achieve design goals.
One of my key strengths is passion for user experience. I always strive to benefit people with intuitive, concise, and enjoyable experiences. I think critically about the goal of the project as well as the needs of end users construct user flows, wireframes, and prototypes to find the best design for a project.
My other specialties include branding and identity, image retouching, Squarespace, Wordpress, Powerpoint and Keynote design. I’m well versed in Adobe Creative Suite as well as Sketch, and currently prototype in Invision. But I'm always ready to learn something new.
Hero Digital
Senior Designer II - 2017-Present
Hero Digital is a Customer Experience agency specializing in multi-channel design. I work for a team embedded onsite with one of the Bay Area’s top Fortune 100 technology companies. As the lead designer on my current product, I manage other designers and work closely with business strategy, product owners, developers, and users in California, Texas, and India to build scalable products the empower the future of the company.
I conduct user experience workshops and apply UX design methodology such as user journey mapping, wireframes, UI design and prototyping to my projects, which have ranged from customer facing web pages, to internal tools, web-apps, and CMS design.
First Person
User Experience Lead - 2016-2017
Interactive Art Director & UX/UI Designer - 2014-2017
Interactive Designer - 2013-2014
First Person is a creative agency with a broad range of disciplines including Graphic Design, Video and Motion Graphics, Digital Campaigns, Content Development, Branding, Strategy, Experience Design, and Development. I worked on a variety of projects including presentations, apps, websites, and touch screen experiences. I was also the Interactive team lead, managing as small team of both designers and developers throughout project workflow.
Westernized Productions
Interactive Designer - 2010-2013
Westernized Productions was a boutique design firm specializing in moving images and animation. I started as a interactive design intern, and was hired full time shortly after. I worked on a range of products from websites to touch-screen experiences as a designer and developer.
Freelance
Web Design - 2009-Present
Worked in various mediums including web design, mobile app design, front-end development, graphic design, branding, and email marketing for small businesses, non-profits, and other partnerships.
Academy Of Art University
Web Design & New Media
Bachelors of Fine Art | 2010
General Assembly
User Experience Design
Certificate of Completion | 2017
What people Say
“Leslie has a wonderful combination of design and organization. She approaches each design challenge with a very clear idea of how to architect and organize information and then finds the simplest way to visually display it. This was a natural fit for User Experience. She helped design the User Experience for a host of different platforms: a wayfinding kiosk for Simon Mall, a web application for Apptourage, and many websites and microsites.
Leslie also grew into a leadership role at First Person, managing a team of three people. She tasked the team with all of their day to day assignments and ensured on time delivery. She also was instrumental in creating SOWs and project requirements. Leslie is an exceptionally hard worker and a real asset, able to wear a number of hats. I give her my highest recommendation. ”
“Leslie is a capable and professional art director and UI designer. The insight and guidance she provided as a member of the First Person team we hired greatly enhanced our product vision. I happily recommend Leslie to anyone seeking an art director with a sense of product ownership.”
“Leslie is an instrumental member of First Person’s interactive design team. I found Leslie to be a quick study and a sharp and effective communicator. I was impressed by Leslie’s dedication and noticable growth as a designer during the 2 years we worked together. She is a strong and dependable designer with a quick wit and an impressive range of interactive skills.”