Currently looking for a new role!
My Ideal Role
The ideal role would impower me to learn, grow, lead, build relationships, offer mentorships, and collaborate with teammates. In this role I want to be an Accessibility Champion. I want to produce inclusive achieveable design results for a company that cares about how ALL of their users navigate their web and mobile products. I need a place that knows how important an employees work life balance is to them. I love working with partners, customers stakeholders, engaging in what matters, and helping people!
Work Experience
Covering 2015-2024
OCLC
OCLC is a nonprofit, membership-based computer library service and research organization dedicated to furthering public access to the world's information and reducing costs.
Highlights
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I got joy from knowing my designs were for college students, professors, librarians, and their staff.
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Engaging experiences, like Pelatonia, kept me challenged. They also give back to their community by holding a food drive I attended.
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I also worked with different cultures and people from many places, such as the Netherlands, India, and China.
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I Learned Figma and Miro.
What I did while at OCLC
6/2022-1/2024
SENIOR UI/UX DESIGNER
I collaborated with internal and external teams, including Product Analysts, managers, and developers. As part of the Experience team, I contributed to leading the UI architecture overhaul for WorldShare, a global enterprise application used by libraries and universities.
Experience Design
UI: User Interface Design
Worked on an In-house Design System
Using React and Material Design.
I contributed to designing components for OCLC's Design System. ​
These components were used to redevelop existing interfaces, enhance usability and performance, uphold accessibility requirements, and optimize navigation structure, page layouts, database tables, forms, and information architecture. ​
My contributions included pagination, data grids, text fields, and iconography design.
Experience Design
UX: User Experience Design
I was responsible for conducting a heuristic evaluation and audit using Miro and Figma for the WordShare legacy modernization project.
As part of the Experience team, I contributed to leading the UI architecture overhaul for WorldShare, a global enterprise application used by libraries and universities.
I defined and implemented innovative solutions from product managers and analysts, human-centered design best practices, and accessibility analysts.
I transformed wireframes and UX strategies into created high-fidelity, interactive prototypes using Figma.
Project Management
SchoolWise
I managed this small but significant project—a library portal for school-age students in the Netherlands. I worked with Project Analysts, Developers, and Architects.
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​I was responsible for re-designing an existing product.
The stakeholders wanted something inclusive to kids with a new bright color palette. The product also needed to be rewritten. The developers and I met to discuss possibilities using existing code with out-of-the-box solutions.
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With those requirements in mind, we designed and developed fun, accessible UI options for users to navigate, organize, chat, browse, discover, and read!
I used Figma to produce prototypes, graphics, iconography, and web architecture. I led design iterations and discussed feedback from Stakeholders, implementing something new every week.
What people I worked with have to say!
"I loved working with Gina! Together we went through the feature, what it needs to do and how it should look. After discussing her mock-ups with the clients I went back with their feedback and Gina and I improved the feature so it really will work in the way clients need it to work. Working with Gina was a great cooperation. Together we thought of a lot of important points and were able to satisfy the customer."
FCDC
FCDC is a nonprofit local government agency that supports more than 40 offices, agencies, boards, and courts. ​6,000+ users use tech procurement, security, network, and server infrastructure.
Highlights
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Working for local government means giving back to your constituents.
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Designed over 40 websites and 2 apps!
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I wrote code on a regular basis, (HTML/CSS)
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Excellent Leadership, with a sense of pride and commitment!
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I received Employee of the Quarter 2 years in a row!
What I did while at FCDC
6/2015-6/2022
Web Design Lead & Marketing Specialist
​Led the design process; produced business analysis, design requirements and interviewed clients to gain product knowledge. Researched emerging technologies to implement new features on existing sites, user experience (UX) strategies and (UI) prototyping; creating designs that lead to proof of concepts for a website modernization project, where I designed/developed 40 county websites in Kentico (CMS. Net, ColdFusion).
App Design
Auto Title NOW
I created this app using the following:
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Adobe XD was used to lay out the screens and workflows.
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Created custom graphics using Adobe Illustrator.
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The Clerk of Courts logo was used to establish the color palette.
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Was part of the QA and UAT testing with Developers on a simulator.
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Presented usability testing results to Stakeholders.
App Design
AUD Parcel Search
I created this app using the following:
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Adobe XD was used to lay out the screens and workflows.
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Created custom graphics using Adobe Illustrator.
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The Auditor's logo was used to establish the color palette.
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Was part of the QA and UAT testing with Developers on a simulator.
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Presented usability testing results to Stakeholders.
Project Management
Franklin County
Franklin County Website Modernization Project: 2015-2019
I was the Web Design Lead on this project. Together, with developers, project managers, and agency representatives, we redeveloped and redesigned 40 websites in .NET using Kentico (CMS). Along with my digital leadership, I created quality print work for Franklin County Engineering, TheWater Quality Reports.
Project Management
ODEI
The last of the 40 websites I designed and managed for Franklin County was for The Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion (Office of County Commissioner).
Because this was a new branch of the Commissioners Office in Franklin County, I had many requirements and resources to gather, write, and interview representatives.
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Website standards for accessibility and inclusive designs were strictly enforced. Collaboration and a collective group of representatives were involved. Together, we crafted the right message for Franklin County's constituents.
What people I worked with have to say!
"I have had the pleasure of working directly with Gina as a Marketing and web Designer at the Franklin County Data Center for the last several months, and her abilities in the UI/UX sphere have continually impressed me.
Gina has also been able to work quite effectively with other co-workers and has been a great asset to our team. Her outgoing optimism has made her a true joy to have in the office. Application developers, project managers, and business analysts a like have enjoyed collaborating with her on our projects."