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NICHOLAS COURDY Currently designing at Sherwin Williams SENIOR UX DESIGNER Sept. 2019 - Present Cleveland, OH niccourdy.com (801) 448-9412 [email protected] Brands I’ve worked with Gucci Delvaux Lane Crawford Arme de L’Amour Cultured Mag Sera of London Green Gallery Education University of Utah, BFA Painting/Drawing Business minor Where I’ve exhibited Contemporary Istanbul Spring/Break Art Fair Beirut Art Residency Utah Mueseum of Contemporary Art Asia Contemporary Hong Kong Art Vancouver + More make things Align expected outcomes from Product Owners with technical capability from Development teams while being a champion for the user and their needs. Charter a design from requirements to high-fidelity mockups while usability testing and iterating at the stages in between to validate the approach and affirm the direction. Construct a project plan and toolkit for persona development, to be leveraged by the larger UX team and associated initiatives, through consideration of first building proto-personas quickly and efficiently with discovery and validation as fast followers. Plan, Organize, and Facilitate a variety of usability testing techniques including contextual inquiry, remote and in-person moderated testing, remote unmoderated prototype testing, surveys, and interviews across the business ecosystem to empathize with all users of our application. Rapid on boarding to fully understand the business model and business problems to better provide intelligent solutions work better

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NICHOLAS COURDY

Currently designing at Sherwin Williams

SENIOR UX DESIGNER SENIOR UX DESIGNER

Sept. 2019 - Present Cleveland, OH

niccourdy.com (801) 448-9412 [email protected]

Brands I’ve worked with

GucciDelvauxLane CrawfordArme de L’AmourCultured MagSera of LondonGreen Gallery

Education

University of Utah, BFA Painting/DrawingBusiness minor

Where I’ve exhibited

Contemporary IstanbulSpring/Break Art FairBeirut Art ResidencyUtah Mueseum of Contemporary ArtAsia Contemporary Hong KongArt Vancouver+ More

make things make things

Align expected outcomes from Product Owners with technical capability from Development teams while being a champion for the user and their needs.

Charter a design from requirements to high-fidelity mockups while usability testing and iterating at the stages in between to validate the approach and affirm the direction.

Construct a project plan and toolkit for persona development, to be leveraged by the larger UX team and associated initiatives, through consideration of first building proto-personas quickly and efficiently with discovery and validation as fast followers.

Plan, Organize, and Facilitate a variety of usability testing techniques including contextual inquiry, remote and in-person moderated testing, remote unmoderated prototype testing, surveys, and interviews across the business ecosystem to empathize with all users of our application.

Rapid on boarding to fully understand the business model and business problems to better provide intelligent solutions

work better work better

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NICHOLAS COURDYSENIOR UX DESIGNER SENIOR UX DESIGNER

niccourdy.com (801) 448-9412 [email protected]

UX Developer Sr, Team Lead, University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT USA 10/15-9/19• Conduct and analyze usability tests as part of a UX/UI development process to determine

relevant effective solutions for customer website structural redesigns.

• Lead redesign projects by delegating tasks to engineers and designers while mentoring

student interns.

• Spearhead new fee-based service structure by actively consulting with clients and

negotiating successful project bids to compete with direct and third-party competitors.

• Use HTML5, CSS3, Javascript and the Adobe Suite to redesign and enhance websites.

• Assist 400+ editors in the maintenance of 150+ sites campus-wide using a content

management system.

• Meet with editors to develop a content strategy and the best way to implement updated

content, design, and layout.

Owner, Bloom Consulting Salt Lake City, UT USA 9/13-Present• Exhibition of personal contemporary art in various art fairs and exhibitions in New York City,

London, Dubai, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Istanbul, Beirut, San Francisco and more.

• Create branded video collages for international brands including Gucci, Lane Crawford, Arme

de L’Amour, Cultured Mag and Green Gallery.

• Design and create a series of websites using Wordpress, HTML5, CSS3, and some JavaScript

during a long-term contract.

• Create custom graphics and visualizations to enhance website user interface and

information.

• Design and construct multimedia software training documentation as site downloadable

content.

• Administer training sessions to the end user and potential clients. Maintain relationships with

current users through training sessions.

Traveling International Work Exchanges Global 2/13-8/13• Engaged in various volunteer work exchanges at guest houses in different countries (South

Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom, Jordan, and United Arab Emirates).

• Consistently managed guest house websites by tracking reservations and availability.

• Created content for social network sites to market guest house and events.

Mobile Support Technician, Apple Salt Lake City, UT USA 09/09-08/10, 11/10-2/13, 9/13-3/14• Assessed customer’s needs, empathized with their situation and provided relevant solutions.

• Invented stimulating demos to build rapport and educate customers about the product.

• Stimulated creativity and learning catered to specific needs of the consumer.

• Administered software training sessions and workshops.

• Mentored peers to charter the best possible customer/employee relationships.