UX Researcher & Designer

Allison Brewer

MSc Interaction Design

January 2022-Cyprus University of Technology/Tallinn University

User Interface Design

2018-2019 Coursera Specialization-University of Minnesota

BS Sociology

December 2007-Brigham Young University

AA Sociology

May 2006-Eastern Arizona College

Work History

  • • Competitive analyses

    • Heuristic analyses

    • User interviews

    • Usability studies

    • Surveys

    • Card sorts

    • Tree testing

    • Report creation and presentation

    • Affinity mapping

    • Research data analysis

    • Wireframes, hi-fi comps

    • Information architecture

    • Site taxonomy

  • • Helped company set goals

    • Directed content creation

    • Trained other employees on procedures

    • Communicated with web development company concerning necessary adjustments and changes

  • • Designed the company website in concern with developers using the Scrum process (new website has not been published)

    • Worked as a consultant to small startup companies designing phone apps

  • • Designed patterns using QuiltAssistant, Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, and other programs

Skills & Proficiencies

  • • Wireframes

    • Comps

    • UX best practices

    • Design sprints

  • • Surveys/Questionnaires

    • User interviews

    • Stakeholder interviews

    • Contextual inquiry

    • Tree testing

    • Card sorting

    • Usability testing

    • A/B testing

    • System Usability Scale (SUS)

    • Human-Computer Trust Scale (HCTS)

    • Heuristic Analysis

    • Competitive Analysis

    • Affinity Mapping

    • IDEO methods (such as “Collage” and “Guided Tour”)

Software & Platform Proficiencies

  • • Figma

    • Adobe XD

    • Sketch

    •InDesign

    • Balsamiq

    • Adobe Photoshop

  • • Optimal Workshop

    • Google Surveys

    • UserZoom Go

    • Zoom

    • Microsoft Teams

    • Google Meet

  • • FigJam

    • Miro

  • • Microsoft Office

    • Google Docs, Sheets, & Slides

    • Slack

    • Trello

    • HTML/CSS

    • Jira

    • Confluence