Daren Mooney

UX / Product Designer

Highly accomplished, results-driven, and award-winning User Centered Designer with a solid and comprehensive background in UX and Product Design with proven success in delivering ROI results. Effectively defines, develops and implements design plans to meet or exceed goals. Drives the creative and UX design process. Excels at analyzing data and trends / identifying insights / and developing / launching successful new apps/products.

Strengths:

UX Design

UI Design

Personas

User stories

Mapping

Ideation

Storyboarding

Prototyping

Design Review

Usability Testing

Accessibility

Research

User Interviews

Surveys

Observations

Trends

User Testing

Usability testing

Competitive Analysis

Analytics

SEO/SEM/eMarketing

Attributes:

Highly versatile, quickly masters new roles, and creates highly effective design
Thrives on challenge/change, adapting to current trends and innovations
Empathy and passion for design, ease of use and helping others

Goals:

Create or improve Web/Apps to make a positive impact
Building success through integrity, strategy, and collaboration
Get behind the concept and have passion for the outcome

Nice to have:

Management role
Opportunity to mentor
Health and Wellness focus

History In the early 90’s I started as a graphic designer for print advertising. Mid 90’s I was designing digital video kiosks for use at trade shows, for top pharma companies. Late 90’s and early 2000’s taking my interactive skills to the web and redesigned 14 web 2.0 sites for 2 of the Top 5 Global Pharma Co’s: Merck and Novartis. 2010’s worked on retail and B2B websites, inbound marketing, and SEO practices. 20teen’s worked at a Start-Up for medical device apps. My role was from Branding, UX, and Marketing. Most recent role: Senior UX Designer at Citizens Bank.

UX Design Process

Discover

User Research at all stages of development. UX research activities makes all efforts more effective and valuable.

Explore

Inspire, explore and choose new directions and opportunities. Conduct Field studies, diary studies, surveys, or analytics.

Test

Testing and then go back and test again. Qualitative usability testing. Track usability of iterations over time.

Listen

Pay attention to user feedback. Communicate future directions and recruit more people for future research.

WHY HIRE ME?

Passion

Channel your energy into something you believe in. I'm fortunate to be inspired by solving users' pain points while keeping business goals intact.

Learning

I am a constant work in progress that needs to grow. I am always looking to challenge and improve myself, which is why in my spare time I like to participate in industry meetups, engage with UX organizations, side projects etc.

Creativity

While my role provides me with a creative outlet, I'm constantly challenging my self with other creative outlets like photography and abstract drawing so I'm able to create and adapt what I learned to my career.

Gratitude

Remember where you came from and be grateful for where you're at! Treat others with kindness and contribute to a culture of respect and open collaborative environment.

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