About Allie.

As a Senior UX Designer for the higher education SaaS company Interfolio from Elsevier, I led the development of an accessible Design System and am actively involved in building a holistic platform experience. The features I design alongside our Product & Engineering teams are transforming how higher education institutions manage their faculty. Additionally, my expertise in accessibility enables me to champion inclusive design practices and to lead initiatives that ensure our products effectively serve all users.

From 2016-2020, I was the UI/UX Designer for InMotion Hosting, one of the top web hosting companies in the United States. At InMotion, I was the lead designer responsible for organizing a website rebrand, redesigning internal account software, and establishing a design system.

My journey into the field of UX began in the halls of my high school, where I chose back-to-back art classes instead of physics. Was I happy? Yes. Was my guidance counselor certain I'd never get into college? Also, yes. Proving them wrong, I achieved a BFA in Graphic Design, where I developed a strong foundation in visual and web design (as well as a love for strong coffee). I accompanied this with a minor in Business Administration. This background, combined with my experience in web design, customer relations, and project management, enables me to create visually pleasing, user-centered solutions that bridge business goals with user needs.

In my free time (what's that?) I enjoy spending time with my family, doing random DIY projects that always take longer than anticipated, reading a good book, and drawing for fun.

Contact me & let's work together.

My Résumé

Certifications

DHS Section 508 Trusted Tester Certification
U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Issued Sep 2021

Web Accessibility Specialist
Deque University | Issued Jan 2023

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Six Sigma Academy Amsterdam | Issued Nov 2023

Articles

Recommendations

"Allie is an incredible UX researcher, designer, and colleague. I got the chance to work with her for nearly five years. In every project, Allie was a tireless advocate for our clients' needs. Her research protocols were thorough, and she handled conflicting data either through more research or flexible designs. She made space for feedback on her research and designs from Product and Engineering early and often and had no problem iterating through our suggestions.

In each project, I found Allie to be a system-thinker, making connections across our modules and/or user needs. In short, Allie strives to break down silos and create opportunities for cohesion.

I loved working with Allie because she was always willing to try something new. Whether that was a new meeting cadence or a beta feature of a design too, Allie was always trying to optimize and grow.

Allie is also a champion for accessibility. She knew WCAG standards by heart and designed with those principles in mind so that our products could be utlized by everyone.

In sum, I strongly recommend Allie as a UX researcher and designer."

Recommendation from Katie James | Director of Product | Product Manager

"Allie was a UX Designer on my team at Interfolio. In that time I came to rely upon her for her insight and perspective. She immediately joined the team and began championing the need for a more cohesive design system. She ran with this project, taking ownership of the process and the key deliverables. Under her direction the project moved at an amazing pace — and she made sure to include a broad group of stakeholders (Developers, QA, Marketing, and Product Management). Besides the design system work, she also was a voice for accessibility and inclusive design practices within the wider team. And lastly, she has also been involved in helping the Product team reassess some assumptions built into the information architecture of Interfolio’s B2B software platform (its faculty information system). In short, Allie is a highly capable UXer who can quickly make meaningful contributions to a design team. It was a pleasure to have her on my team."

Recommendation from Steve Mackley | Director of UX | Direct Manager

"I worked with Allison as both a Manager and UX Researcher, and she was a delight to collaborate with. Her strengths as a Designer lie not only in her diligence and hard work, but also in her talents to transform requirements into a useful, usable interface

Furthermore, her UI designs always had pixel-perfect white space; as a result, user testers often highly rated her designs as modern and clean. Users also responded favorably to the icons she designed.

Overall, Allison was a mature team player - she responded well to criticism and treated her peers with respect. When she transitioned to remote work full-time, her productivity was excellent. What took other designers prior to her one week to create, she designed in half the time. She’s is a valuable asset to any User Experience team, and I highly recommend her."

Recommendation from Aimeelyn Dineros | Manager of Customer Experience, UX Researcher | Direct Manager, Peer

"Allison was one of the best hires of my career. She combines talent with a hard work ethic and terrific personality. She is not only a valuable individual, but great team player as well. Her work is top notch and always delivered professionally with a smile."

Recommendation from Tim Evans | Former VP of Customer Experience | Indirect Manager

"Allison is a joy to work with. She has a great analytical approach to UX that dovetails with her creative UI skills to produce some very quality, focused work. And fast too. She receives direction and criticism well, with intelligent dialog and support of her direction. She is an asset in meetings on topics of product/service development that enhances the knowledge and direction of the process. A worthy member of any creative/dev team!"

Recommendation from Alec Uitti | Former Manager of Customer Experience/UX | Direct Manager

"I had the opportunity to work with Allison. She provides high quality work fast. She has a solid understanding regarding how different components go together and what looks good. In addition, she's very comfortable taking feedback and will quickly adjust wireframes and mockups without an ego. On top of this, she can code up her designs to make the delivered site pixel perfect to the high fidelity assets. She really is a pleasure to work with!"

Recommendation from Ben Lewis | Former VP of Customer Experience | Direct Manager

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