Riley Knowles

UX Designer • Product Designer • User Researcher • New York, NY, US

Product Design

User Personas

User Interface Design

Process Improvement

High Fidelity Prototype

Rapid Prototyping

Prototyping

Heuristic Evaluation

Web Accessibility

User Research

Usability Testing

User Flows

User-Centered Design

Design Thinking

Product Strategy

Design Systems

UX Strategy

Design

UI/UX Design

Figma

Available for hire fromNegotiable

Contracts

Full-Time Roles

Product designer, ex-coder and lifelong creative whose career passion lies at the intersection of analytical thinking and empathy.

Projects

Modernizing Desktop Application to Improve Usability

Implementing lean improvements based on usability heuristics so admin can schedule teaching assistants faster.

iOS App Changing Behavior for the Better

Today is an iOS mobile app designed to support young adults with ADHD complete self care tasks in their day by restricting access to addictive apps and redirecting their attention to incomplete self care tasks.See More

Work History

UI/UX Mobile Puzzle Game

FreelanceMar 2024 - Present • 7 mos- Given rough sketches from client, developed a low-fidelity prototype to define information architecture, type hierarchy and interaction design. Reviewed designs with client and implemented feedback. - Developed 3 distinct visual design directions and shared with client in high-fidelity mockups for feedback.

UX Designer

Develop for GoodOct 2023 - Feb 2024 • 5 mosRedesigned registration flow for reading program offered by non-profit, grouping questions on related topics to reduce users' cognitive load and replacing input sections with drop-downs where appropriate to reduce friction and drop-off rate.

Web Designer & Developer

FreelanceFeb 2024 - Feb 2024 • 1 moWorked directly with client to design and build a website from scratch using Wix for a "home-haunt" in the Portland-Metro Area (Oregon).

Education

University Of British Columbia

Bachelor's Degree, Computer ScienceSep 2017 - May 2022

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