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Carol Barger

Multi-disciplined product designer with a diverse experience in product development, design thinking; user experience design practicum; whole-product design, strategy and research, as well as facilitating collaborative efforts and UX design workshops across teams, partners and organizations.

To create value driven, impactful, intuitive products, and delightful experiences for their users.

I want to contribute to mission-driven organizations where humanity and innovation are essential to creating remarkable end user design solutions.

Education

2020-2021

Cornell University

Samuel Johnson Graduate School of Management 

Post-Grad Certification

Innovation & Product Management

2018-2019

Cornell University

Samuel Johnson Graduate School of Management

Post-Grad Certification

Digital Marketing

2000

University of California, Irvine

Post Grad Certification

Information Architecture & Design 

GPA 4.0 | Completed the two-year programin 18 months

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Undergraduate

University of Maryland (UMB)  Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences

BA, Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences

Creative Writing and Publication Design

Summa Cum Laude

Additional Studies

& Internships

Three years of study 

Design & Illustration

Maryland and the Cleveland Institutes of Art

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Paid internship

Graphic Design, Architectural Rendering and Illustration 

Imagery Inc. Columbia, MD

2018-2023

Certifications

Advanced Google Analytics (2020)

Micro Certification, Strategic Thinking (2020)

Micro Certification, Measuring e-Learning Effectiveness (2020)

Micro Certification, Essentials of E-Learning

& Instructional Design (2020)

Skills & Tools

Whole-product approach

Design thinking practicum

Accessibility, best practices & universal standards

Digital marketing and analytics

Product hypothesis, customer journey, visioning and road-mapping

Strategic design thinking

Iterative UX research 

Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Sketch, Coda, Wix Studio, WordPress, Webflow and product cycle management tools

Experience

CHEGG / CHEGG SKILLS

Aug 2020 - CURRENT

100% Remote

UI/UX DESIGN IMMERSION TECHNICAL EXPERT/MENTOR

UX design immersion program educator, technical expert, coach, mentor and assessor, dispute grader; Q&A session moderator.

Gulfstream Aerospace

2019

EXPERIENCE DESIGNER 

One year contract. Research, design and implementation of mobile experiences for aviation manufacturing engineers, test pilots, and flight operations.

Mosiac Thought Leadership

2018-2019

STRATEGIC PARTNER, UX

UX strategy partner for various confidential clients,

non-profits and confidential / NDA start-up initiatives.

USAA

San Antonio, TX

2016 - 2017

CREATIVE PRODUCER, ENTERPRISE UX

Creative lead, internal and customer-facing product design. Conducted user studies, reviewed and updated existing designs, flows, and led design process for USAA’s WIKI-Team site, Agile-ACE training site; ‘new brand’ experience, analytics and personalization for mobile banking.

Independent Contractor

2013-2015

SHARK DIVER LLC / Experience Designer /  | San Diego, CA

Re-engineered the company’s SEO, blog, digital marketing objectives to support its core mission and marine conservation efforts. Designed new media strategy and new mobile experience for direct booking of eco-tour expeditions.

 

TOTAL WOMAN GYM & SPA / UX Writer, Experience Designer

Converted franchisee start-up guidelines into an interactive digital format. 

 

MANZAMA LLC / Contract UX designer

Bend, OR Experience Designer.

Short term contract to implement UX goals including: improved readability, discoverability, cleaner flow improved usability in querying, researching and customizing large-scale published media streams. Spearheaded adaption of a newer responsive UI framework on mid-start, plus re-brand, and revised/re-faced the experience design for managing subscription-based information feeds and notifications. Achieved continuity, consumer trust and universal standard across search, data analytics and information graphics. 

NMETRIC LLC

Costa Mesa, CA
2013-2014

LEAD UX ARCHITECT

  • Partnered with marketing team, SMEs and the implementation group tasked with designing a first-to-market intrepid workflow application for a scheduling and business intelligence application primarily utilized in the manufacturing sector.

  • Increased transparency of primary actions and complexity of the scheduling decisions and functions.

  • Created and implemented new foundation design specs, user stories, personas, wireframes; new style guide and new responsive framework.

  • Extended a wider spectrum of personas to shift the application archetype from a simple timeline scheduler into include resources management and workflow / productivity tools, therefore expanding it’s potential usage areas - from shop floor level managers, planners, sales, customer service, to high level strategic planning.

LABCORP

Irvine, CA / Burlington NC

2009-2012  

UX DESIGNER / LEAD UX ARCHITECT/TEAM LEAD
LabCorp Information Systems Group

  • Lead producer across multiple teams and projects to design digital visualization for customized enterprise, portal and mobile application tools – Pathways™, Pathways Virtual Image, LabCorp: Patient™ and IRIS™ (Integrated Results Information System).

  • As newer projects emerged, grew the creative team to 10 designers.  Partnered with UX and integration teams at Microsoft and Microsoft HealthVault™ to combine clinical laboratory test delivery solutions.

  • Championed the full life cycle of digitally enabled lab test resulting by integrating all the related tools: order entry, pathology test resulting; generating lab reports and billing; healthcare provider order entry; and direct-to-patient lab test results delivery for ‘Right to Access’ in 28 states.  

  • Designed and produced a new branded mobile patient portal solution; significantly improved pathology case productivity, ease of use.

  • Drastically shortened the timeline from test order to delivery,and ultimately, the ability for healthcare providers and physicians to provide quality care to the patients they serve. 

INTEGRATED ONCOLOGY (Formerly US LABS)

Irvine, CA 2008-2009

UX DESIGN CONSULTANT FTE

  • Evangelized and implemented user centered design process (UCD) for US LABS anatomic pathology applications used to diagnose and provide treatment options for cancer, lymphoma, urology, and dermatology, and end-to-end pathology results reporting.

  • Collaborated with the Head Medical Director and members of her staff to conduct user studies, interviews, gather user feedback, and maintain a build-through-relationship approach throughout the design process. 

  • Championed the efforts to adopt newer, technologically advanced systems (bar coding, voice recognition, test process continuity, etc.) 

  • Seamlessly transitioned clinical laboratory technicians to a faster, more efficient workflow

  • Reduced test results turnaround time from two weeksto 5-7 days.

PRIOR 2008

​RemoteNet Corp., a digital agency servicing

Northrop Grumman Corporation

(2006 - 2007)

 

WooMeOver.com

(2005 - 2006)

 

Intrepid Executive Search

(2005)

 

British Petroleum

(2006)

 

Gold's Gym International Franchising

(2004 - 2005)

 

Ceira Software

(2002-2003)

 

Ceira Technologies Inc.,

formerly Digital Convergence, LLC,

an agency servicing:

Ditech.com

Wells Fargo Bank

Polycom Corporation

Gateway Inc.

Apria Healthcare.

(2000-2002)

Charitible / Volunteer Organizations

Surfrider Foundation - Member/Volunteer

World Bicycle Relief - Fundraiser

Rails to Trails Conservancy - Contributor/Fundraiser

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Memberships

Chatham Sailing Club

Clean Coast (Volunteer)

The Surfrider Foundation (Volunteer)

Chatham Sailing Club (Member / Site Administrator)

Rails to Trails Conservancy

League of American Bicyclists 

American Alpine Club

PADI

Call 

949-331-6216

Email 

Connect

  • LinkedIn
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