Resume

Download PDF →

Experience

2023 – Present

Product Designer, Amisplace

  • Redesigned the process for listing homes on Amisplace.com, encouraging hosting on the platform and improving the efficiency of both host and guest experiences 

  • Designed log in and sign up flows to accommodate adding accounts on Amisplace

  • Conducted usability testing to ensure critical user journeys could be completed

  • Worked closely with front- and back-end developers to design around technical constraints while adopting and adapting the Amisplace design system 

2022 – 2023

  • Redesigned a cancer therapeutics startup's website using insights from research and testing to improve product awareness, conversion rates, and SEO/clickthrough rates

  • Established a comprehensive component library to create a more engaging user experience toward facilitating users’ understanding of the company’s products

2019 – 2022

Transportation Analyst, VHB

  • Optimized traffic flows at NYC airports by conducting and synthesizing research to define problems and ideate potential solutions, then testing and iterating on designs

  • Summarized findings and presented data-driven recommendations to multidisciplinary teams including clients and stakeholders, contractors, and other consultants

2017 – 2019

Traffic Engineer, HNTB

  • Examined driver preferences for roadway signing and pavement marking options (layout, wording, and coloring) to connect new and existing express toll lane systems on I-405

  • Designed additional infrastructure improvements by collecting data and collaborating cross-functionally to create safer and more efficient transportation systems

Education

2022 – 2023

UX Academy, Designlab

2013 – 2017

BS Civil Engineering, University of Washington

Skills

UI/UX Design

User Research

Wireframing & Prototyping

Usability Testing

Personas

Competitive Analysis

User & Task Flows

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

Additional Project Work

2022 – 2023

No Pickity

  • Designed an app for tracking and managing body-focused repetitive behaviors from conducting research and ideating through wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing

  • Prioritized designing for high engagement and improved access to resources with the inclusion of a logging feature, user insights, and a built-in community

2022

translyric

  • Designed a mobile-first website for users to learn a language through song lyrics

  • Conducted and synthesized user research to develop an archetype, storyboard, user flow, wireframes, and UI component library for usability testing and subsequent iterations

2020

Evaluating Crash Data Systems

  • Performed quantitative and qualitative analyses of six major crash data systems

  • Presented recommendations toward improving roadway safety analysis efficiency at the Institute of Transportation Engineers Joint Western & Mountain Districts Annual Meeting

© 2024 Emily Johanning

© 2024 Emily Johanning

© 2024 Emily Johanning