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shannon wendelken

UX Designer
Brand Management
Digital Marketing
Brand Development
Digital Strategy
E-Commerce
Website Management
UX Strategy
Creative Direction
Design Systems
Web Design
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts
UX + Web Design Lead | Growth Marketing Expertise
Boasting over 12 years in the tech & design, I am a UX + Web Design Lead committed to crafting engaging digital experiences. My core competencies lie in the intricate balance of user experience, creative design, and growth marketing. My mission is to elevate brands through strategic design solutions that resonate with users.

Work History

F

UX + Web Design Lead

FreelanceAug 2017 - Present • 7 yrs 2 mosDesigning, consulting and overseeing creative & UX designs, marketing solutions, and digital strategies for a variety of clients. Work spans across anything from website redesigns & audits to creating or expanding both new & existing brand guidelines or digital design systems and more.
G

UX, Digital Product & Marketing Design

Google Fiber WebpassFeb 2020 - Oct 2022 • 2 yrs 9 mosWorked with lead stakeholders to plan, design and implement the initial vision & UX designs that led to a larger design overhaul of Google Fiber's signup and checkout process. Increased customer signups while leading the checkout redesign efforts across multiple projects following the initial launch. Supported both the brand & digital marketing teams with a larger ongoing rebrand efforts + evolution with webpage audits & design updates to the existing B2C webpage templates + the overall website's UI design to align with both the brand redesign as well as any featured website releases and marketing campaigns.
S

Principal Web/UX Designer | Consultant: DevOps, Digital Strategy & Marketing

Stumpy's Hatchet HouseJun 2017 - Apr 2018 • 11 mosSupervised all interactive and creative DesignOps & Frontend DevOps for the platform migration & website expansion of Stumpy's Hatchet House legacy website. Built and designed customized Wordpress website incorporating multi-market site features for future location openings and future-casting their anticipated franchise growth. Established a flexible, simple design system & style guide to inform and onboard new & existing franchise owners & employees to ensure brand equity and maintain design consistency across localized site pages. Worked closely with owners to develop an enterprise-level GTM strategy for website launches and promotional campaigns across all digital channels.
C

Interactive Creative Lead

Charter CommunicationsJan 2017 - May 2017 • 5 mosOwned the interactive vision and QA development for the creative, UX and interactive designs and co-led a 15+ team of developers and web production/ front-end authors during the $65+ billion company acquisition merger between Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, and BrightHouse Media throughout the website platform migration of the legacy Business E-Commerce site for Spectrum. Authored consolidated data reports to expose opportunities that increased DevOp Efficiency. Quantified & prioritized KPI data sets to generate a recommended course-of-action for the effective resolve of high-impacting site performance KPIs. Achievements include: 40% elimination of redundant/unnecessary data download from API platform, 15 second increase (avg) in page load speeds, and decreased site accessibility contrast concerns by 85%. Worked with the Development Director to create & deliver effective strategies that measured project scope, product timelines, & prioritized deliverables throughout the project duration. Curated a web style guide and design system for the AEM CMS to set the foundations for proper documentation and facilitate library growth of templated components.
T

Lead Interactive Art Director + Sr. UX Designer

Time Warner CableJan 2014 - May 2017 • 3 yrs 5 mosDirected the digital marketing, interactive and UX/CX designs, project initiatives and creative team for the legacy B2C e-commerce and product sites for Time Warner Cable's website. Co-established the creative process & foundations that enabled the establishment & expansion of an internal design team. Alongside the Lead FrontEnd Developer, organized on-going site evaluations of the site performance, individual page performance & design component functionality in relation to the overall site architecture & design. These evaluations led to an enriched CMS library and a truncated global design system which increased the overall devops efficiency for internal page building. Led the design & UX efforts for the responsive conversion of the entire TWC site. Achievements include: 75% increase in My Account logins/self-support help, an initial 20% increase in mobile engagement, and received CableFaxies Award for Best Website Navigation under My Account & CableFaxies runner-up & honoree awards for the My Account site under: Best Overall Website Design, Website Design for Cable Distributors, & Best Website Redesign. Collaborated alongside product owners & project managers to implement the successful execution of a full website (aesthetic) redesign/ re-launch for both the residential site & product sites (My Account, ABF Buyflow & partial Digital Marketing for both ABF & EBF customers). Restructured the taxonomy of top-tier landing pages & the support site to reduce click paths & simplify the navigation; included a content audit which help to enhance the site responsiveness by reducing the site's total page amount within the site architecture. Awarded CableFaxies Awards for Best Website for a Cable Operator and Website Design (TWC.com). Received CableFaxies runner-up & honoree awards for: Best Website Navigation (TWC.com); Best Responsive Navigation (both TWC.com & My Account); Website Redesign (TWC.com), and Best Website as a Distributor for the ABF Redesign.

Education

U

University of Delaware

BFA, Visual Communications / graphic design

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Track work and invoices in one place

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UX + Web Design Lead | Growth Marketing Expertise
Boasting over 12 years in the tech & design, I am a UX + Web Design Lead committed to crafting engaging digital experiences. My core competencies lie in the intricate balance of user experience, creative design, and growth marketing. My mission is to elevate brands through strategic design solutions that resonate with users.

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Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
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Top talent is on Pangea

You are viewing shannon's profile as a guest. Book a free call with our team to discuss your options for hiring fractional workers on Pangea's industry-leading talent marketplace.

shannon wendelken

UX Designer
Brand Management
Digital Marketing
Brand Development
Digital Strategy
E-Commerce
Website Management
UX Strategy
Creative Direction
Design Systems
Web Design
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts

Work History

F

UX + Web Design Lead

FreelanceAug 2017 - Present • 7 yrs 2 mosDesigning, consulting and overseeing creative & UX designs, marketing solutions, and digital strategies for a variety of clients. Work spans across anything from website redesigns & audits to creating or expanding both new & existing brand guidelines or digital design systems and more.
G

UX, Digital Product & Marketing Design

Google Fiber WebpassFeb 2020 - Oct 2022 • 2 yrs 9 mosWorked with lead stakeholders to plan, design and implement the initial vision & UX designs that led to a larger design overhaul of Google Fiber's signup and checkout process. Increased customer signups while leading the checkout redesign efforts across multiple projects following the initial launch. Supported both the brand & digital marketing teams with a larger ongoing rebrand efforts + evolution with webpage audits & design updates to the existing B2C webpage templates + the overall website's UI design to align with both the brand redesign as well as any featured website releases and marketing campaigns.
S

Principal Web/UX Designer | Consultant: DevOps, Digital Strategy & Marketing

Stumpy's Hatchet HouseJun 2017 - Apr 2018 • 11 mosSupervised all interactive and creative DesignOps & Frontend DevOps for the platform migration & website expansion of Stumpy's Hatchet House legacy website. Built and designed customized Wordpress website incorporating multi-market site features for future location openings and future-casting their anticipated franchise growth. Established a flexible, simple design system & style guide to inform and onboard new & existing franchise owners & employees to ensure brand equity and maintain design consistency across localized site pages. Worked closely with owners to develop an enterprise-level GTM strategy for website launches and promotional campaigns across all digital channels.
C

Interactive Creative Lead

Charter CommunicationsJan 2017 - May 2017 • 5 mosOwned the interactive vision and QA development for the creative, UX and interactive designs and co-led a 15+ team of developers and web production/ front-end authors during the $65+ billion company acquisition merger between Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, and BrightHouse Media throughout the website platform migration of the legacy Business E-Commerce site for Spectrum. Authored consolidated data reports to expose opportunities that increased DevOp Efficiency. Quantified & prioritized KPI data sets to generate a recommended course-of-action for the effective resolve of high-impacting site performance KPIs. Achievements include: 40% elimination of redundant/unnecessary data download from API platform, 15 second increase (avg) in page load speeds, and decreased site accessibility contrast concerns by 85%. Worked with the Development Director to create & deliver effective strategies that measured project scope, product timelines, & prioritized deliverables throughout the project duration. Curated a web style guide and design system for the AEM CMS to set the foundations for proper documentation and facilitate library growth of templated components.
T

Lead Interactive Art Director + Sr. UX Designer

Time Warner CableJan 2014 - May 2017 • 3 yrs 5 mosDirected the digital marketing, interactive and UX/CX designs, project initiatives and creative team for the legacy B2C e-commerce and product sites for Time Warner Cable's website. Co-established the creative process & foundations that enabled the establishment & expansion of an internal design team. Alongside the Lead FrontEnd Developer, organized on-going site evaluations of the site performance, individual page performance & design component functionality in relation to the overall site architecture & design. These evaluations led to an enriched CMS library and a truncated global design system which increased the overall devops efficiency for internal page building. Led the design & UX efforts for the responsive conversion of the entire TWC site. Achievements include: 75% increase in My Account logins/self-support help, an initial 20% increase in mobile engagement, and received CableFaxies Award for Best Website Navigation under My Account & CableFaxies runner-up & honoree awards for the My Account site under: Best Overall Website Design, Website Design for Cable Distributors, & Best Website Redesign. Collaborated alongside product owners & project managers to implement the successful execution of a full website (aesthetic) redesign/ re-launch for both the residential site & product sites (My Account, ABF Buyflow & partial Digital Marketing for both ABF & EBF customers). Restructured the taxonomy of top-tier landing pages & the support site to reduce click paths & simplify the navigation; included a content audit which help to enhance the site responsiveness by reducing the site's total page amount within the site architecture. Awarded CableFaxies Awards for Best Website for a Cable Operator and Website Design (TWC.com). Received CableFaxies runner-up & honoree awards for: Best Website Navigation (TWC.com); Best Responsive Navigation (both TWC.com & My Account); Website Redesign (TWC.com), and Best Website as a Distributor for the ABF Redesign.

Education

U

University of Delaware

BFA, Visual Communications / graphic design

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
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