Resume
Skills & Tools
Skills: User Research • Affinity Mapping • Competitive Analysis • Heuristic Evaluation • Ideation • Wireframing • Prototyping • Usability Testing • Information Architecture • A/B Testing • Card Sorting • Typography • Iconography • Visual Design • Branding • Illustration
Languages: Advanced French • Beginner German
Tools: Figma • Adobe Creative Suite • Miro • G-Suite • Trello • Slack • Hubspot • Canva
Experience
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Jun 2024-Present
CAROLYN JAEGER DESIGN
Supporting mission-driven companies with brand identity, website strategy, user insights and digital marketing.
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Jan 2024-Jun 2024
Founding designer of an innovative health tech company enabling affordable access to life-changing mental health therapies, leading product design, user insights, and GTM initiatives.
• Developed user personas (enterprise & provider) through interviews with internal stakeholders to guide product decision-making and marketing messaging
• Gathered insights from therapists while attending the American Counseling Association Annual Conference through user interviews & usability testing. Delivered findings to the team, and implemented recommendations to improve the product
• Lead redesign of provider page on the company website to better showcase value prop to therapists and prescribers and drive provider network applications
• Designed wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes for client and provider-facing EHR flows, leveraging competitor and user insights
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May 2023-Dec 2023
ODE PBLLC
• Ensured site consistency and accessibility for CTrees, through site audit and redesigned wireframes
• Enabled policymakers and scientists to predict environmental outcomes of watersheds through the development of a mapping tool prototype for Deloitte & the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Developed mid-fidelity prototype of methane map tool to measure methane emissions on cities and dumpsites for Rocky Mountain Institute
TARA MIND
• Drove client engagement through the design of executive sales deck for business development leaders of mental health startup
• Improved understanding and desirability of TARA Mind product for potential clients through development of clickable prototype of employee onboarding experience
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Nov 2017 – Feb 2023
• Crafted effective onboarding emails for new Firefox account holders, driving newsletter sign-ups, mobile downloads, and product usage
• Utilized user research and web development to launch VPN product in Europe, driving new subscribers and diversifying Mozilla's revenue stream
• Increased mobile downloads of Firefox through ad campaigns & app store redesigns that took the user journey into consideration
• Improved Firefox user retention by educating users about feature benefits through onboarding email designs
• Established brand consistency and improved design team efficiency by developing internal brand guidelines and guidelines for external agencies
• Led creative problem-solving sessions with studio team and developed a "contracting session" to address team working models and improve team health
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Sep 2016 – Nov 2017
• Designed and launched over 6 brand events, creating branding for signage, swag, and digital spaces to inform and inspire users about Mozilla’s key attributes of privacy & social responsibility
• Informed the internal Marketing team about Firefox users’ relationship with the Internet through user interviews so they could create content, copy, and activations that better connected with user needs
• Developed design systems for owned channels (blog, podcast, emails) to establish visual consistency and drive brand loyalty
• Managed external agencies, providing creative direction for brand activations, illustration projects, and production work
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Mar 2016 – Jul 2016
• Developed environmental designs for Pandora's office space to enhance the employee experience
• Increased user retention through email marketing, branded music channels, and social media
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Jan 2015 – Feb 2016
• Illustrated Whiteboard Sessions drawings for in-house performances to deepen Pandora’s relationship with Artists and promote employee satisfaction
• Contributed to ideation phase of brand refresh, providing illustrations and research to inform new logo and design elements
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Feb 2013 – Dec 2014
• Designed, edited, and coded web & mobile banners, skins & other ad products to support the Mid-Market Sales team
Education
UC Berkeley Extension
2012-2014
Graphic Design Certificate
UC Santa Cruz
2004-2008
BA Language Studies, Phi Beta Kappa
General Assembly
Feb 2023 - May 2023
UX Design Immersive
University of the Arts London
May 2021
UX Design Short Course Certificate