Tayona Bodden

About

With a Bachelor of Science in Pre-Medicine from the University of Central Florida, I have transitioned into a dynamic career in UX/UI and instructional design. Currently, I am a UX/UI Designer at Upwork, where I create intuitive interfaces and optimize user engagement. My previous roles include UX Designer at Google UX Design Professional, where I designed user flows and conducted usability studies, and Product Designer at RADAR, where I contributed to a web3 decentralized app. Additionally, I served as a Research Data Coordinator II at Orlando Health, managing data quality and improving onboarding processes. My experience also includes developing culturally responsive educational content in the private education sector. I excel in collaborating with cross-functional teams, synthesizing user feedback, and implementing design systems to enhance user experience and business outcomes.

Experience

• UX / UI Designer · Upwork09-01-2022

  - Design intuitive, visually appealing interfaces for desktop, web, tablet, and mobile platforms through user flows, wireframes, and low/high-fidelity prototypes. - Implement a modular component-based design system, enabling designers and engineers to rapidly deploy pages within branding guidelines. - Streamline information architecture, reducing search process times and simplifying user interactions to enhance system efficiency and usability. - Optimize user engagement and conversions by emphasizing premium plan selections, resulting in improved business outcomes. - Collaborate daily with cross-functional teams in product management and software development to define goals and deliverables. - Translate user feedback from usability testing and synthesize that data into actionable insights that inform design decisions and iterative design improvements.

• Instructional Designer · Private Education Sector08-01-2019 – 12-01-2023

  - Develop engaging and culturally responsive learning content for primary and secondary education students by adapting supplemental material to individual learning styles. - Personalize supplemental learning to overcome academic challenges, employing creative problem-solving techniques for improved comprehension.

• UX Designer · Google UX Design Professional09-01-2022 – 03-01-2023

  - Designed user flows, wireframes, visual mockups, prototypes, and design systems for mobile apps and responsive websites, aligning designs with user needs. - Applied visual design and UI principles to design mobile applications and responsive websites. - Conducted usability studies for low fidelity wireframes and high fidelity prototypes via remotely, in person, and via user zoom. - Translated insights from usability testing and user interviews into assets like affinity walls, journey maps, empathy maps, storyboards and user personas addressing user pain points - Apply qualitative research methodologies, including surveys, interviews, workshops, ethnography, and user testing to guide design decisions. - Synthesize data and user feedback into meaningful themes and actionable insights to present to stakeholders to iteratively improve designs for a better user experience.

• Product Designer · RADAR10-01-2022 – 11-01-2022

  - Collaboratively contributed to the end to end development of The Natural Calendar, a web3 decentralized app utilizing solar and moon cycles for personal and collective synchronization. - Delivered a finalized product from user research and ideation to high-fidelity visual mockups within a week-long design sprint. - Conducted user research and problem-solving with a diverse team of 6, spanning across 4 different time zones, resulting in winning RADARs $5K Hackathon Grant. - Served as UX Researcher and Designer, ensuring seamless communication with the product manager, executives, engineers, and fellow designers.

• Research Data Coordinator II · Orlando Health08-01-2021 – 09-01-2022

  - Managed internal data quality and control processes, synthesizing and analyzing data. - Collaborated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve queries. - Restructured new hire onboarding process, reducing onboarding time by 50%. - Worked with coordinators to retrieve follow-up data from patients in the under treatment phase of study. - Scheduled appointments and or tests, after consulting with investigators for protocol compliance.

Education

• University of Central FloridaBachelor of Science - BS, Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

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