Alexander Nwarueze
UX/UI Designer | Story Teller
Atlanta, Ga • (404) 955-6554 • IKENWARUEZE@GMAIL.COM
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexnwa
PROFILE STATEMENT
I am a UX/UI Designer driven by empathy and passion for problem solving. I love creating constructive and innovative user interface interactions. I consistently strive to balance both user and business needs with research to build the most intuitive and efficient interface possible.
SKILLS
Computer Tools: Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, Microsoft Office Suite, Visio, Axure RP, Sketch, POP, Principle, InVision, Adobe Creative Suite.
UX Tools: Wireframes, Rapid Prototyping, Visual Design, Presentation Design, Site Maps, User Flows, Usability Testing, Information Architecture, User Research.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Healthgarde International, 2024 - Present
UX/UI Design - Contract
Collaborate with project and development teams to provide technical consultation in new product development, enhancement of existing products, and function evaluations.
Work with developers to explain nuance, functionality, interactions, and edge-cases in the design work.
Collaborate to grow product concepts alongside multidisciplinary team members to create beneficial, robust, and high-performing interactions.
Produce and iterate on experience artifacts including user flows, wireframes, prototypes, low/high fidelity sketches, A/B testing and design specifications.
Work with a product owner to help gather requirements to write user stories for the Agile/scrum team.
Daugherty Business Solutions, 2022 - 2023
UX/UI Design Consultant
Engage with product management and stakeholders to gather requirements, research best practices, and perform competitive analysis to deliver the initiative scope.
Drive UX deliverables by removing obstacles, steering alignment, scheduling design reviews, and communicating product/team status.
Engage with product management and stakeholders to gather requirements, research best practices, and perform competitive analysis to deliver the initiative scope.
Participate in team activities, such as quarterly roadmap planning, to prioritize initiatives and balance the availability of team members to do the work with business objectives that need to be met.
Worked with companies like Edward jones, Cigna, and Express Scripts.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, 2021 - 2022
Senior UX/UI Designer
Brainstorm, sketch, prototype, and build designs that inform and communicate product requirements
Collaborated with developers, business analysts, and product owners to deliver mid-sprint changes to designs deliverables
Reviews recommended designs and work of UX team members to ensure that designs are aligned with company, stakeholder, and end user priorities.
Understand and advocate for equitable, inclusive, accessible, and justice-driven technology solution design.
Produce design assets, sitemaps, interaction patterns, and clickable wireframes for mobile and web applications.
US Army National Guard, 2014 - 2020
Team Leader
Set short-term and long-term objectives for strategic maneuvers to achieve cross-departmental goals.
Conducted FMECA to identify failures in our systems for briefings with the 1st sergeant and commander.
Team Leader of four to five men; responsible for their training and performance.
Directly responsible for the actions of between 3 and 10 team members and millions of dollars in Army equipment during state-side training and multiple deployments.
High honors achievement medal, Information Security Systems, Fort Polk (2019).
General Assembly | Moxie, 2016
Student - Capstone project
Conduct and take part in user research sessions and iterate designs based on client feedback.
Gathered business requirements and conducted user research to design a chatbot experience.
Designed user centric interfaces using skills such as research, information architecture, and prototyping.
Created user flows, wireframes, and prototypes for mobile, and iterated designs based on usability testing.
Project managed the teams design process and presentation flow.