United States

UX Design

Master's degree

Non-matriculated

Dana Kerker

Lead Product Designer

Usability Testing

Prototyping

Qualitative research

Communication

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Design systems

Human computer interaction

User research

UserTesting

Figma

• Led the UX vision for a variety of products, spanning clinical, reference, news, social media and education for both doctors and patients.
• Conducted user interviews, user testing and surveys, and presented results to leadership.
• Created UX artifacts such as wireframes, prototypes, user flows, competitive analyses and personas reflecting best practices and product strategy.
• Collaborated with team members to determine optimal UX solutions. Led brainstorming sessions to align on user and product goals.
• Mentored junior designers through 1-on-1s and design reviews.

• Created extensive wireframe and user flow documentation to demonstrate the team’s UX recommendations and ensure video call consistency between devices.
• Conducted usability tests to validate assumptions about the video call experience.
• Collaborated with developers, marketing teams and outside vendors to ensure that UX recommendations were properly implemented.

• Created user flows to document the interactivity of all 16 infotainment apps.
• Presented research on government regulations and best practices surrounding the usage of technology in cars.
• Wireframed and prototyped ideas for recently acquired infotainment apps.

• Researched best practices for safe driving apps and evaluated competitive products.
• Wireframed, prototyped and presented a safe driving app concept.

Helped with strategy, recruitment, instructing participants, analyzing results and presenting / documenting results.

Published Paper 1: Maps, Space-time Cubes, and Meta-Information for Understanding Path Information: A Comparative Analysis (published by HFES)

Published Paper 2: Visual Estimation of Human Attributes: An Empirical Study of Context-Dependent Human Observation Capabilities (published by CogSIMA)

• Created travel summary reports from complex data sets.
• Communicated with clients and designed custom travel reports according to customer needs.
• Created an instruction manual and templates so that coworkers who were taking over would be able to easily understand the reporting process.

Tutored students in college math up to Calculus 2 and managed small study groups, making sure that students of all levels are attended to.

•	Developed complex Excel spreadsheets to organize demographic data and calculate pension results.
•	Programmed actuarial software to calculate plan liabilities based on various economic and statistical assumptions.
•	Prepared PowerPoint presentations for clients, translating difficult actuarial concepts into easy-to-understand language and charts.

Dana Kerker🇺🇸