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DEREK PARKER | UX DESIGNER
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
573.587.2791 ∙ [email protected] ∙ derekparkerdesign.com
Indiana University, Bloomington, INM.S. Human-Computer Interaction Design2014-2016
Missouri State University, Spring�eld, MOB.S. Electronic Arts, Interactive New Media2010-2014
Freelance UX Designer / Front-end DeveloperMay 2012 - now
- Work with clients to better understand their needs and goals to create personalized sites that convey the company’s brand
Associate Instructor at Indiana University, BloomingtonAugust 2014 - May 2016Bloomington, IN
- Led group discussions in weekly labs among 60 students on organizational informatics and information and computing ethics
- Covered material spanning the design process, social implications, and evaluating the ethics of design systems as well as organizational structures, cultures, and philosophies
UX Designer Intern at Epic Systems CorporationMay 2015 - August 2015 Madison, WI
- Organized user groups to conduct usability tests and identify pain points in the user-interface of a patient-facing scheduling application with a high (75%) failure rate
- Led team of developers to redesign work�ows and user-interface to remove pain points identi�ed in usability testing, reducing failure to near zero
- Conducted interviews and surveys to gain insights on user behavior and communicated results to so�ware developers to implement informed design solutions
- Pitched design solutions to project managers for �nal approval and implementation
UX/UI Designer Intern at Demi CreativeJanuary 2014 - May 2014Spring�eld, MO
- Helped create detailed wireframes for clients to incorporate their feedback into the design process
- Completed hi-�delity, �nal mock-ups for 2 projects that consequently received client approval
