Hi. I’m Cindy.
I am a user experience, interior, graphic, and surface designer with 16 years of diverse design experience.
The design process has always been at the heart of my career; first in my work as an interior designer focusing on corporate offices and hospitality spaces, and now as a UX designer after finishing my master’s degree at MICA in May of 2022.
I find the work of guiding users through spaces, both physical and digital, highly rewarding. I love working with people to deliver experiences that rise to meet them where they are.
In my free time, I create (award-winning) fine art prints, fabrics, and stationery and mess around with font design. I enjoy traveling incessantly (both for work and pleasure), painting, baking, and drinking copious amounts of good coffee.
My husband and I are digital nomads traveling incessantly. Our home base is just outside of Boulder, Colorado and these last few years we have lived in Barbados, Oregon, Arizona, and are now back home again on the front range.
EDUCATION + CERTIFICATIONS
MPS UX Design
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) | May 2022
BFA Interior Design
San Jose State University, CA | May 2007
LEED AP, U.S. Green Building Council
Northern California Chapter | Certification 2009
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Figma
Jira
Adobe XD
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Photoshop
Revit
AutoCAD
Google SketchUp
+ always excited to learn more
DESIGN PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
Heatmaps, Product Designer
web + mobile app | 01 – 03/2023
user story mapping workshop, user flows,
solution sketching, design of hi-fidelity prototype, conduct user testing, development stewardship
SKIVA, Product Designer
mobile application | 01/2021 – present
design of hi-fidelity mockup for gameplay user flow, conduct user research, design system
GOOD SPIRITS, Product Designer
e-commerce product platform | 05/2021
market research, proto-persona creation, storyboarding, hi-fidelity mockup, design system + look creation as project’s design lead
BAIRD, Reston, VA, Lead Interior Designer
7,700 sf office space | 10/2018 – 11/2020 | $750 K
design + space planning to CA, occupied + 7 phases, national client, over a dozen projects in 3 years
AAA COLORADO, Interior Designer
135,000 sf | 02/2017 – 01/2018 | $9.5 M
publicly accessible atrium, fountain, and retail spaces, fitness center + landscape, signage coordination
HONORS: ENR Best Projects, Award Of Merit, 2018
WB YEATS for IRISH FERRIES, Interior Designer
120,000 sf | 01/2016 – 03/2019 | €144 M
new build + space planning + global ship design, detail design for three restaurants + club class lounge
HONORS: Shippax Interior Architecture Award, 2019
WORK EXPERIENCE
Motorola Solutions, User Experience Designer
Remote | January 2022 to June 2023
EUA, Project Specialist, Interior Design
Denver, CO | February 2017 to November 2020
Steen Friis Design A/S / OSK-SHIPTECH A/S
Project Designer | Copenhagen, Denmark
November 2015 to December 2016
AAI Design + Architecture, Project Designer
Pleasanton, CA | February 2012 to December 2013
PureRed Creative, Graphic Designer
Pleasanton, CA | July 2011 to February 2012
Brereton Architects, Interior Designer
San Francisco, CA | June 2007 to July 2011
NOTE
I also designed + built this website.
My printable resume is here:
DESIGN PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
SKIVA, Product Designer
mobile application | 01/2021 – present
design of hi-fidelity mockup for gameplay user flow, conduct user research, design system
GOOD SPIRITS, Product Designer
e-commerce product platform | 05/2021
market research, proto-persona creation, storyboarding, hi-fidelity mockup, design system + look creation as project’s design lead
BAIRD, Reston, VA, Lead Interior Designer
7,700 sf office space | 10/2018 – 11/2020 | $750 K
design + space planning to CA, occupied + 7 phases, national client, over a dozen projects in 3 years
AAA COLORADO, Interior Designer
135,000 sf | 02/2017 – 01/2018 | $9.5 M
publicly accessible atrium, fountain, and retail spaces, fitness center + landscape, signage coordination
HONORS: ENR Best Projects, Award Of Merit, 2018
WB YEATS for IRISH FERRIES, Interior Designer
120,000 sf | 01/2016 – 03/2019 | €144 M
new build + space planning + global ship design, detail design for three restaurants + club class lounge
HONORS: Shippax Interior Architecture Award, 2019
WORK EXPERIENCE
Motorola Solutions, User Experience Designer
Remote | January 2022 to present
EUA, Project Specialist, Interior Design
Denver, CO | February 2017 to November 2020
Steen Friis Design A/S / OSK-SHIPTECH A/S
Project Designer | Copenhagen, Denmark
November 2015 to December 2016
AAI Design + Architecture, Project Designer
Pleasanton, CA | February 2012 to December 2013
PureRed Creative, Graphic Designer
Pleasanton, CA | July 2011 to February 2012
Brereton Architects, Interior Designer
San Francisco, CA | June 2007 to July 2011
EDUCATION + CERTIFICATIONS
MPS UX Design
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) | May 2022
BFA Interior Design
San Jose State University, CA | May 2007
LEED AP, U.S. Green Building Council
Northern California Chapter | Certification 2009
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Figma
Jira
Adobe XD
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Photoshop
Revit
AutoCAD
Google SketchUp
+ always excited to learn more
NOTE
I also designed + built this website.
My printable resume is here: