EXPERIENCE
ADG Creative, Columbia, MD
Digital Consultant: July 2022 - November 2024
Noteworthy Clients: United States Cyber Command
Relevant Work:
ADG Creative, Columbia, MD
Digital Consultant: July 2022 - November 2024
Noteworthy Clients: United States Cyber Command
Relevant Work:
UX Design Lead, cyber readiness application:
• Worked closely with program managers and development leads to leverage user feedback and metrics into continuous, iterative, and progressive UX enhancements within a DevSecOps environment.
• Lead concepting and ideation of new features, optimizing workflows, and enforcing consistent application of design system standards.
• Organized and maintained efficient UX design pipelines from wireframing, through design review and iteration, and ultimately annotation and hand-off to the development team.
• Started several very popular employee morale initiatives such as “Friday Fun Scrum” and “Improv for Creative Professionals (and Everyone Else!)” breakout session during annual corporate retreat.
• Worked closely with program managers and development leads to leverage user feedback and metrics into continuous, iterative, and progressive UX enhancements within a DevSecOps environment.
• Lead concepting and ideation of new features, optimizing workflows, and enforcing consistent application of design system standards.
• Organized and maintained efficient UX design pipelines from wireframing, through design review and iteration, and ultimately annotation and hand-off to the development team.
• Started several very popular employee morale initiatives such as “Friday Fun Scrum” and “Improv for Creative Professionals (and Everyone Else!)” breakout session during annual corporate retreat.
SeanHeavey.com, Catonsville, MD
Digital Consultant: February 2017 - July 2022
Noteworthy Clients: Amtrak, Generation Wags, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Relevant Work:
Digital Consultant: February 2017 - July 2022
Noteworthy Clients: Amtrak, Generation Wags, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Relevant Work:
Concept-to-Launch support and creative leadership for digital products:
• Lead ideation, strategy, user experience, and design meetings with stakeholders.
• Develop formal digital strategy plans, information architecture, and product roadmaps.
• Design wireframes, style guides, mockups, and prototypes.
• Build and support digital products using Drupal, Wordpress, Squarespace.
• Implement and customize themes, modules, and features using HTML, CSS, JS, PHP
• Lead ideation, strategy, user experience, and design meetings with stakeholders.
• Develop formal digital strategy plans, information architecture, and product roadmaps.
• Design wireframes, style guides, mockups, and prototypes.
• Build and support digital products using Drupal, Wordpress, Squarespace.
• Implement and customize themes, modules, and features using HTML, CSS, JS, PHP
Excidion Inc., Ft. Meade, MD
Web & UX Designer, Defense.gov: July 2017 - November 2018
Noteworthy Clients: Department of Defense
Relevant Work:
Complete redesign and re-branding of Defense.gov:
• Emphasis on user experience, content-design, high-fidelity media, and interaction.
• Work with content creators to design Interactive Stories from ideation through coding.
• Design and develop new features to increase social media engagement.
Design and develop web Special Reports and Interactive Stories using HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap.
Web & UX Designer, Defense.gov: July 2017 - November 2018
Noteworthy Clients: Department of Defense
Relevant Work:
Complete redesign and re-branding of Defense.gov:
• Emphasis on user experience, content-design, high-fidelity media, and interaction.
• Work with content creators to design Interactive Stories from ideation through coding.
• Design and develop new features to increase social media engagement.
Design and develop web Special Reports and Interactive Stories using HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap.
Quotient Inc., Columbia, MD
Web Designer & Developer: April 2013 - February 2017
Noteworthy Clients: The Smithsonian, Department of Education, National Institutes of Health
Relevant Work:
Worked with Subject Matter Experts to translate goals into design requirements, wireframes.
Developed multiple design directions and worked with client to choose best path.
Lead design process through multiple rounds of revisions and prototyping.
Developed web products in Drupal 7 and 8 using HTML5, CSS3, JS, Bootstrap.
Aided Business Acquisition by providing technical guidance and writing for proposals.
Web Designer & Developer: April 2013 - February 2017
Noteworthy Clients: The Smithsonian, Department of Education, National Institutes of Health
Relevant Work:
Worked with Subject Matter Experts to translate goals into design requirements, wireframes.
Developed multiple design directions and worked with client to choose best path.
Lead design process through multiple rounds of revisions and prototyping.
Developed web products in Drupal 7 and 8 using HTML5, CSS3, JS, Bootstrap.
Aided Business Acquisition by providing technical guidance and writing for proposals.
2013 and Prior
Full work history available on LinkedIn
2013 - 2017: Quotient Inc., Web Designer & Developer
2011 - 2012: OmniTI Inc., User Interface Designer
2010 - 2011: R2integrated, Design Engineer
2009 - 2010: New Media Studio, UMBC, Assistant Web Designer
2009: Ashton Design, Design Intern
2008 - 2009: Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture, Designer
2008: CSD Architects, Junior Graphic Designer
2006 - 2007: National Gallery of Art, Digital Imaging Specialist
2006: National Geographic Television, Art and Animation Intern
2003 - 2006: US Army Research Laboratory, 3D Simulations Apprentice
EDUCATION
Yale, School of Management
Yale, School of Management
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Bachelor's of Art, Major: Graphic Design, Minor: Art History, 2010
Bachelor's of Art, Major: Graphic Design, Minor: Art History, 2010
SKILLS
Designer
Basecamp/JIRA/Trello, Content Administration, Copy Jujitsu, Client Relationships, Documentation, Project Management, Proposals, Technical Writing
Designer
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Animation, Branding & Identity, Data Visualization, Ideation, Prototyping, Responsive Design, SVG Graphics, Wireframing
DeveloperBootstrap, Drupal Theming, HTML5/CSS3, Git, JavaScript/jQuery, Prototyping, Responsive Development, SASS/LESS, Twig/Templating
ConsultantBasecamp/JIRA/Trello, Content Administration, Copy Jujitsu, Client Relationships, Documentation, Project Management, Proposals, Technical Writing