Advisory Designer at IBM
Austin, Texas
IBM
Advisory Designer
August 2014 to Present
Austin, Texas Area
Headspring Systems
Senior User Experience Consultant
July 2013 to August 2014
Manifest Digital
User Experience Architect
January 2012 to June 2013
Tanagram Partners
HCI Graduate Intern
September 2011 to January 2012
Liz Dykes
Freelance
November 2007 to January 2012
Transcend Innovation Group LLC
User Experience Design Contractor
April 2011 to August 2011
Texas Exes
Front-End Developer
August 2009 to May 2010
McLane Advanced Technologies
User Experience Designer
June 2008 to August 2009
What company does Liz Donovan work for?
Liz Donovan works for IBM
What is Liz Donovan's role at IBM?
Liz Donovan is Advisory Designer
What industry does Liz Donovan work in?
Liz Donovan works in the Design industry.
đź“– Summary
Liz Donovan is a designer that loves to explore what engages and motivates people. She is driven to create better experiences by diving into the problem space and collaborating with stakeholders, developers, and the intended audience. Liz has worked with clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies such as Allstate, Abbott Laboratories, and McKesson. When not designing she loves to practice kung fu, perform improv comedy, read an exciting memoir, or knit a gift for a friend. She is pro-oxford comma and writing in the third person. Specialties: user research, user experience design, usability testing, and interaction design.Advisory Designer @ From August 2014 to Present (1 year 5 months) Austin, Texas AreaSenior User Experience Consultant @ From July 2013 to August 2014 (1 year 2 months) User Experience Architect @ Helping clients achieve their goals across a variety of industries through careful user research, interaction design, and usability testing. From January 2012 to June 2013 (1 year 6 months) HCI Graduate Intern @ Grant writing and research for innovative technologies. UI design and rapid prototyping for projects across a variety of platforms. From September 2011 to January 2012 (5 months) Freelance @ Designing engaging websites and software interfaces through a strong process that defines the user, their goals, and features that will fulfill their needs as well as the stakeholders'. Extensive experience with front-end development employing CSS, XHTML, Flash, JQuery and various other technologies. From November 2007 to January 2012 (4 years 3 months) User Experience Design Contractor @ Engaged in user centered design process to create wireframes for a site redesign that would optimize the user experience as well as meet the business goals of the product owner. Various other responsibilities including market research, grant research, and writing content. From April 2011 to August 2011 (5 months) Front-End Developer @ Maintaining, creating and coding experiences for an organization with 91,000 active members using HTML, CSS, Javascript, ASP.NET, and other technologies. From August 2009 to May 2010 (10 months) User Experience Designer @ Creating enjoyable and helpful software that closely follows user mental models through the use of personas, activity models, and other techniques. By collaborating with developers, business analysts, and product owners, a streamlined product that suits both user needs and business goals is created. From June 2008 to August 2009 (1 year 3 months) Masters, Human-Computer Interaction @ DePaul University From 2010 to 2013 Radio TV Film, Media, English @ The University of Texas at Austin From 2003 to 2007 Liz Donovan is skilled in: HTML + CSS, User Research, User Experience, Interaction Design, Information Design, User Interface Design, Usability Testing, Adobe Creative Suite, Usability, Information Architecture, User-centered Design, User Experience Design, HTML 5, Mobile Applications, Task Analysis
Introversion (I), Intuition (N), Feeling (F), Judging (J)
1 year(s), 4 month(s)
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