United States

UX Design

Autumn Stevens

UX/UI Designer

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

How to set up the team for success by defining and measuring team's performance.

Choosing metrics and team goals

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Creating a product vision

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Project: Redesign and move Eglass Railing & Stainless Cable and Railing Ecommerce Websites (Made in 2004) alongside Thrive Marketing Agency to replatform and update site architecture, design and users flow to increase conversions, SERP Rankings and form submissions. 

Responsibilities:
-Participate in project design meetings and propose improvements if necessary
-Evaluate potential problems and technical hitches and develop solutions
-Plan and manage team goals, project schedules and new information
-Supervise current projects and coordinate all team members to keep workflow on track
-Direct project correspondences by preparing and reviewing project proposals, memos, meeting minutes and emails
-Communicate with clients to identify and define project requirements, scope and objectives

-Achieve marketing targets through design of social media strategies
-Manage social team by setting goals, tracking metrics/analytics and implementing quarterly strategies 
-Manage٫ create and publish original٫ high quality content
-Keep content on social media up-to-date
-Collaborate and communicate with writers and designers to ensure content is appealing and informative for the reader
-Facilitate communication between client and company by responding to queries٫ getting reviews٫ or organizing chats (and other methods)
-Prepare weekly and monthly reports on web traffic and ROI
-Monitor SEO and user engagement and suggest means by which to optimize content
-Communicate with industry professionals via social media to create a strong network
-Communicate with internal teams on social media strategy in order to maintain a cohesive brand strategy across social media
-Stay up-to-date with new digital technologies and social media best practices

-Ensure the creation and implementation of customized experiences for the digital user
-Produce high-quality solutions through flow diagrams, graphic designs, storyboards and site maps
-Provide guidance on the implementation of UX research techniques and testing activities to assess user behavior
-Maintain a competitive edge against competitor products and industry trends
-Perform tests on user interface elements such as CTAs, layouts, target links, landing pages and banners
-Understand product specifications and user psychology and predict what might work for both
-Plan and execute web, SEO/SEM, database marketing, email, social media, and display advertising campaigns
-Design, build, and maintain social media presence
-Contribute to marketing effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed
-Measure and reports performance of all digital marketing campaigns and assesses against goals (ROI and KPIs)
-Identify trends and insights, and optimizes spend and performance based on the insights.
-Brainstorm new and creative growth strategies through digital marketing
-Plan, execute, and measure experiments and conversion tests
-Collaborate with internal teams to create landing pages and optimize user experience
-Utilize strong analytical ability to evaluate end-to-end customer experience across multiple channels and customer touch points
-Identify critical conversion points and drop off points and optimizes user funnels

Used creative, strategic and entrepreneurial skills to develop a business through observation of the need for someone trendy with tech, service and design abilities to assist in brand development for small businesses in my community.

I offered photography, social media management, consultation and graphic/ web design services to small business owners. 

-Managed several company accounts simultaneously 
-Empathized and listened to business needs, goals and ensured we were on the same page for deliverables 
-Created and implemented processes or programs to ensure success 
-Developed brand voice and overall branding for several businesses 
-Assisted in PR relations, paid advertising and communicating with other marketers on behalf of business owners
-Devised strategies to increase customer sales, overall brand presence and adapt to business needs in the peak of COVID
-Disclosed terms of sales with clients and presented contracts of business prior to work being completed 

Photography: Weddings, family photos, restaurant menus, product for websites and more. 

My photos have been featured in Willamette Weekly and The Columbian newspapers

View Gallery here:
https://www.autumn-stevens.com/autumnstevensphotography
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-Using social media marketing tools to create and maintain the company’s brand
-Design social graphics, menus and advertisements 
-Create social content including, photos, videos and stories
-Work with marketing professionals to develop social media marketing campaigns
-Interact with customers and other stakeholders via the company’s social media accounts
-Analyze the company’s digital marketing plan and social media strategy and identifying strategic weaknesses and making recommendations for improvements
-Research social media trends and informing management of changes that are relevant to the company’s marketing activities 
-Set key performance indicators (KPIs) for social media campaigns, such as targets for a certain number of shares or likes and measuring a campaign’s performance against the KPIs
-Integrated social learnings to sales and created customized strategic posts to increase revenue using boosted posts and ads
-Connected over 5,000 audiences within 6 months using organic reach
-More than doubled follower count, engagement rates and reach in my first 6 months

Analyze engagement data, identify trends in customer interactions and planning digital campaigns to build community online.

-Use social media marketing tools to create and maintain the company’s brand
-Interacting with customers and other stakeholders via the company’s social media accounts
-Research social media trends and informing management of changes that are relevant to the company’s marketing activities 
-Sett key performance indicators (KPIs) for social media campaigns, such as targets for a certain number of shares or likes and measuring a campaign’s performance against the KPIs 
-Promote company events on socials 
-Create content 
-Maintain relevancy through regular posting

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