Resume
Experience
2016 - 2021
Kodak Alaris
Visual UI Designer
Experience working on five products in five years for desktop, web, and touchscreen kiosks. My normal activities include gathering research, defining visual design, creating user flows, making prototypes, writing and overseeing usability tests, collaborating on design system documentation and occasionally writing user stories and doing QA work.
2015 - 2016
Freelance
Designer & Photographer
Created a Wordpress marketing website for Legit Apps, shot commercial food photography for Vinaigrette Salad Kitchen and team portraits for the Circumference.co team, designed emails for the Givr and Verses apps, and created a logo, illustration, and Wordpress website for a non-profit.
2013 - 2015
eCampus.com
Junior Graphic Designer
Within in the marketing department I created print materials like banners, posters, and postcards as well as graphics for social media, email campaigns, and online ads. I also rebranded and redesigned an internal web app for the virtual bookstore program.
Certifications
2019
IDEO.org
Human Centered Design 101
7-week online course providing an introduction to the methods and tools of human-centered design. View credential
2018
Neilson Norman Group
UX Certificate
Completing 30 hours of rigorous user experience training and passing the related exams. Classes included: Journey Mapping to Understand Customer Needs, Generating Big Ideas with Design Thinking, Web Page UX Design, Effective Ideation Techniques for UX Design, and UX Deliverables. View credential
Speaking
09/28/18
"UX Life Lessons"
Guest Class Lecture
Rochester Institute of Technology
06/07/18
"Wireframes to High Fidelity"
Guest Class Lecture
Monroe Community College
Education
2009 - 2013
Asbury University
Bachelor of Arts - Media Communication
Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in MediaCommunications emphasizing in production and multimedia. Classes included video production, graphic design, web design, 2D and 3D art classes, and more.
Tools
2010 - Present
Design Tools
Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, InVision, Zeplin, Photoshop, Illustrator
2010 - Present
REccomendations
2017
Erik Erkelens
Software Engineer at Wegmans Food Markets
“Sam has a keen sense for finding what UI changes will be most impactful, works fast and can comfortably discuss implementation aspects. I enjoyed working with Sam and highly recommend him for any web, or other user experience project.”