Working as a graphic, web and lastly a UX designer for the last 20 years, I’ve experienced a wide range of areas from transactional websites to application software and business intelligence design. I am a big believer of effective, efficient research to discover what your audience wants. Then I create designs that allow you to deliver successful results. (ex: increase sales, repeat customers etc.…) I have transformed organizations, as a UX evangelist, to embrace the UCD methodologies. I have also supported cross group collaboration on defining complex interactions, rapid prototyping to drive consensus, and support early user research to assure that the right user experience is created. Lastly, I work effectively with business stakeholders as well as support development that are bound by technical constraints. • Responsive Design • Content Modeling • Mobile Device Patterns • iOS and Android Knowledge • Competitive Analysis • Sitemaps • Sketching & Wireframes • Interactive Mapping • Art Direction • Heuristic Evaluations • User Interface design • HTML Mockups/Prototyping • Strategic Direction • Persona Development • Usability Testing • Style Guides • Graphic Creation • Transactional Websites • User Assistance Patterns • Cross-Browser Knowledge • Customer Journeys • UX Strategy • UX Process Improvement • Mentoring • Interface Design • Front-end Development • Information Architecture • Mobile & Tablet App Design • Usability Testing and User Research • Agile / Lean Methodologies • Rapid, Iterative Wireframing / Prototyping • Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign / After Effects • HTML5 / CSS3 / JS • SASS • Responsive UI Frameworks: Twitter Bootstrap • Command Line Git Source Management • Azure • Usability Test Planning • Test Moderation • Test Analysis

Senior UX Designer @ From June 2015 to Present (6 months) Kirkland, WashingtonSenior UX Designer @ Also see more current work at http://www.tanyasharpdesign.com From March 2010 to Present (5 years 9 months) Edmonds, WALead UX Designer @ Transformed a non-UCD global organization to embrace UCD as a top objective. I created multiple tools for mobile messaging (MMS, SMS, Push Notifications), updated the marketing website to be responsive along with updated IA, graphics, created personas, evangelized UX to US and UK offices, and implemented a widely used style guide. www.openmarket.com From June 2011 to June 2015 (4 years 1 month) Seattle,WAUX Consultant for Garrigan Lyman @ Lead designer for T-Mobile, Thompsons WaterSeal, The List (competitor to LinkedIn), and Health Advocacy. All projects included interaction design and some included usability studies. From February 2011 to June 2011 (5 months) Greater Seattle AreaUX Senior Designer Consultant @ Lead designer for MSCOM (MSDN and TechNet) redesign, including analysis, interaction and visual design. From December 2010 to February 2011 (3 months) Seattle, WASenior UX Designer Contractor @ Microsoft OMNI: Responsible for the competitive analysis, user scenario creation, wireframes, and interactive prototypes for usability testing and visual designs. Project managed weekly interactive prototype creation. Microsoft Homepage Redesign: Managed usability testing. Microsoft Homepage Holiday Carousal: Project managed holiday carousal and created interaction design and spec. Attended daily scrum meetings. From September 2010 to December 2010 (4 months) Redmond, WAUX Consultant (Aim Consulting) @ Redesigned the search and primary navigation for the investor internal tools using SharePoint as a platform. I worked on the development cycle from early usability studies to IA design. I worked closely with product management and engineering to define the functional specification and created graphics and filed bugs. Also gathered customer feedback through focus groups. From July 2010 to September 2010 (3 months) Seattle, WALead User Experience Designer @ I designed the next generation of performance and talent development software, which shifted from a very complex, locally installed product to an easy to use online service (SAAS). As a result more customers subscribed to SumTotal Performance and responded positively due to the ease of use. I worked on every aspect of the development cycle from early brainstorming to full-fledged product implementation work, working closely with product management and engineering defining the functional specification, doing graphics production and sitting down with the developers and spending lots of time on bugs in Quality Center. Gathered customer feedback through usability studies, focus groups and surveys. Worked with a team spread over different locations and time zones including Gainesville, FL, Bellevue, WA and Hyderabad, India. I lead the integration of a UX process into the product development process, which allowed for clear communication throughout the teams and flow of deliverables from UX to development. Developed future user experience vision and presented it to senior management. These visions were then presented to current users in a usability-testing environment and implemented into future releases. From May 2008 to April 2010 (2 years) Bellevue, WAUX Design Consultant @ Designed user experiences for InfoSpace and portal websites. Experience included wire diagrams, new site maps, creative design, creation of presentations, working with project management to release website features. From March 2008 to May 2008 (3 months) Bellevue, WASr. Product Designer Contractor @ Designed user experiences for MSN Video and internal tools. Utilized customer feedback to create and improve feature sets, as well as competitive research, which determined the future redesign of the site. Experience included documentation and presentation materials, research, information architecture and wire diagrams, new site maps, creative design, creation of prototypes, user testing, mentoring of interns and working with project management and development to release new features. From April 2007 to April 2008 (1 year 1 month) Redmond, WASenior UX Designer @ Designed user experiences for e-commerce Web sites (Coldwater Creek), and OSPI (Washington State Education site) and internal applications. Worked closely with stakeholders to help define the information architecture for the site. Deliverables included documentation and presentation materials, flexible template structures, information architecture, wire diagrams, new site maps, and user interaction maps. From August 2006 to April 2007 (9 months) Bellevue, WASenior UX designer @ • Designed UI and features for MSN Travel • Maintain brand standards for Microsoft & MSN • Creation of Microsoft HIG Guidelines and Vista applications • Daily client management • Mini flash sites for various MSN events From August 2005 to August 2006 (1 year 1 month) Kirkland, WAWeb Designer @ Designed marketing and website content, created vendor boutiques for industry-leading fashion brands, inspirational and promotional content, banner ads for leading portal sites such as MSN, AOL, Yahoo, and Amazon, direct marketing emails and navigational design. Supported a 44% increase in demand and 14.5% revenue growth over the previous year. From August 2003 to August 2005 (2 years 1 month) Seattle, WASenior Print/Web Designer @ Designed online web content for merchandising and marketing programs. Developed the visual presentation style of merchandising promotions, department landing pages, and boutique shops including BEAUTY.COM by providing photo art direction, designing page layout and web templates. From 2001 to 2003 (2 years) Bellevue, WAFreelance Web Designer @ print and web From 1999 to 2000 (1 year) Redmond, WAPrint/Web Manager @ Designed and art directed collateral for high tech events. Also handled tight time line and budget constraints. Designed and managed websites, integrating animation, architecture design and event secured online registration. From 1999 to 1999 (less than a year) Seattle, WASenior Print/Web Designer @ In store promotions creation of POP for all stores rollouts which occurred every 6-8 weeks. Maintenance for the Briazz web site and other sites that carried Briazz products. Also created online brand and graphic standards and created promotional graphics and logos. From 1998 to 1999 (1 year) Freelance Print designer @ Print design, graphic production, and magazine design From 1997 to 1998 (1 year) Freelance Print/Illustrator @ Designed and illustrated the front pages of the major sections of the newspaper From 1997 to 1998 (1 year) Greater Seattle AreaFreelance Print designer @ Wine bottle label design and design production From 1996 to 1997 (1 year) Intern Print designer @ Act theater poster and guide design From 1995 to 1996 (1 year) Greater Seattle Area

BFA, Graphic Design and Illustration @ Western Washington University From 1991 to 1995 Diploma, General Studies @ Woodinville High School From 1989 to 1991 Tanya Sharp is skilled in: User Experience, User Interface Design, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Usability Testing, User Interface, Information Design, User Experience Design, Web Design, E-commerce, Heuristic Evaluation, Graphic Design, User Research, Mobile Devices, Agile Methodologies, Visual Design, Mobile Applications, CSS, User Scenarios, Persona, User-centered Design, Creative Direction, Graphics, Prototype, Logo Design, Rapid Prototyping, Site Maps, Experience Design, Web Applications, Contextual Inquiry, Layout, Wire Framing, Mobile Design, Usability Engineering, Mockups, Card Sorting, Task Analysis, Paper Prototyping, Axure, HTML 5, Adobe Fireworks, Front-end, Flash, Human Computer..., CMS, jQuery, Design Strategy, Morae, InVision, Sketch 3