Margot Johnson

Margot Johnson

Experienced UI/UX Designer Specializing in Finance and Healthcare

3 yrs experience · New York, NY · <10 hrs/week

About

I’m a UI/UX designer with 3 years of product development and design experience. Places I've previously worked include: Gainful, Lickability, ME Foundation, Wellframe, Eaton Vance of Morgan Stanley, and Harvard Management Company. With a background in Computer Science and Design from Northeastern University, I specialize in building thoughtful, technically sound products that are as intuitive as they are beautiful. I am currently seeking full-time opportunities in Product Design or Product Management in New York City. You can view my design portfolio at https://www.mardenj.com/.

Skills

Adobe Creative SuiteAdobe IllustratorC++Design ResearchDesign SystemsFigmaInDesignJavaJavaScriptPhotoshopProduct DesignProduct StrategySQLTypographyUI/UX DesignUser Interface DesignUser PersonasUser ResearchWireframing

Experience

  • Customer Service Team · SLT (Strengthen - Lengthen - Tone)2024-10-01 –

    + Managing administrative responsibilities, including timely responses to studio emails, retail inventory support, facilities upkeep, and efficient use of the Mariana Tek system for booking and sales management. + Providing outstanding client experiences by welcoming and engaging clients, selling and promoting class packages, and providing demos of Megareformer machine.

  • UI/UX and Visual Designer (Freelance) · Chomp / Gator Labs and M.E. Foundation2024-07-01 –

    + Chomp: Redesigned critical UI in collaboration with PM of quiz game app start-up to satisfy new business goals. + M.E. Foundation: Drove brand awareness by designing bold graphics for social media and events for crypto product.

  • Product (UI/UX) Designer · Wellframe2022-06-01 – 2022-12-01

    + Increased user efficiency and retention by leading redesign of patient medication and health reminders for healthcare app and website through wireframes and prototypes in Sketch. + Presented Jira tickets to 2 engineering teams and collaborated with product managers, programmers, and designers on user interviews, product prioritization, and user-centered design for B2B SaaS company.

  • Product Manager, UI/UX Designer, Visual Designer · Generate Product Studio at Northeastern2021-09-01 – 2023-05-01

    + Product Manager (Spring 2023): Led a team of 4 designers for FindHer, a web startup connecting women in India with jobs in collaboration with a team of engineers. Directed design of 11 hi-fi flows and brand identity, conducted user interviews, and managed client relations. + UI/UX Designer (Spring 2022): Designed user experience for Arctic Vision, an AR ski goggles startup. + Visual Designer (Fall 2021): Developed branding for ShowNxt, a college sports recruitment app. Created typography, logo, and color palettes and oversaw brand implementation in UI.

  • Robotic Process Automation Developer · Eaton Vance of Morgan Stanley2021-01-01 – 2021-06-01

    + Saved Investment Team 30+ minutes daily by implementing and testing 3 RPA processes to production using UiPath and SQL, and conducted user interviews to collect requirements to recreate employee workflows in Agile environment.

  • Web Developer · Harvard Management Company2020-01-01 – 2020-07-01

    Improved user experience of managing large amounts of the Harvard Endowment’s financial data by developing front-end web pages with Angular (TypeScript, HTML, CSS) and fixing various bugs.

  • Waitress and Barista · L'acajou Bakery and Cafe2018-05-01 – 2018-09-01

    Responsible for excellent customer service, communicating effectively with staff, and managing inventory and cash drawer.

Education

  • Khoury College of Computer SciencesBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Design with a Minor in Political Science
  • Head-Royce SchoolHigh School

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