United States

Graphic Design

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

UX Academy

✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 Diversity & Inclusion

Micah Abalos, UXC

Senior UX Designer

Communication

Collaboration

Time management

Team player

Stakeholder management

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

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Working cross-functionally

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Next Level Solutions is a digital transformation and IT service provider specializing in the Property and Casualty insurance market.

— Refreshed client design system and brand guidelines, updated 70+ components and variants and documented all styles/assets.
— Advocated for end-users and accessibility to mitigate friction in user flow as well as ensuring design consistency.
— Assisted in improving project delivery ratings by 95% by implementing new processes to address and mitigate issues impacting overall team and project success.
— Created 4 internal documents for the company’s Project Playbook to guide UX teams in various project phases.
— Contributed to 3 internal projects for developing applications to increase employee outputs by automating manual processes.

— Created 100+ responsive screens and prototypes for web pages and email campaigns.
— Facilitated weekly design feedback presentations and working sessions with stakeholders.
— Refined client’s existing design system by modifying 40+ components in Figma from Sketch imports.
— Increased client satisfaction by maintaining and deepening relationships in a cross-functional team of 12, which contributed to contract renewals.
— Collaborated extensively with development teams to ensure feasibility of designs, perform quality testing and guarantee alignment with design requirements.

Nexus Brands Group is a manufacturer and distributor of furniture, equipment, and supplies for professionals in the tattoo, pet grooming, and spa/salon industries with 100+ enoloyees and $28 million in revenue.

— Conceptualized, designed and efficiently delivered 65+ digital designs for email, landing pages, and social media advertisements.
— Supported marketing team in bringing brand consistency to 11+ brands, also incorporating seasonal expressions, across all marketing materials.

KBS is a premier real estate asset manager specializing in acquiring and operating office, multifamily, and industrial properties in high-growth U.S. markets. As a private equity firm and SEC-registered investment adviser, KBS and its affiliates have completed over $45.2 billion in transactions. The company employs approximately 271 people across four continents

— Ensured brand consistency across the KBS corporate brand and its related entities.
— Established brand presence across 50+ KBS-owned properties.

— Provided day-to-day support for Asset Managers, Vice Presidents and Executive team across 15 departments for various projects.
— Produced 200+ page presentations for partnership deals and 15+ investment memos resulting in $2B+ worth asset acquisitions.
— Met 100% of time delivery goals, either on time or earlier, for projects requiring less than 3-5 days turnaround.

— Founded in 2016 as an online and print publication focused on a selection of topics from music, lifestyle, travel and local culture.
— Led and managed a team of 40+ staff members and contributors from across the globe to produce editorial and visual content.
— Curated content production for daily website and quarterly magazine.
— Maintained communication throughout staff and within 5 specialized groups.
— Provided creative direction for online and print content to maintain consistent aesthetic and content for the publication.

— Created custom in-house office aesthetic photographs saving the company $5k+ on stock photo purchases.
— Developed 2 brand identities and deliverables of marketing templates, custom website and hand-off training all in 3 months per project.
— Improved and standardized staff photo production and produced 220+ professional in-house headshots, saving $25k+ by eliminating the need to outsource portrait shoots per employee.

— Collaborated with a team of 16 section editors to develop a cohesive publication.
— Created infographics to effectively communicate data and information in articles.
— Photographed concert events at Biola University for online photo gallery coverage.
— Arranged 3+ section layouts of type and images for story placement in weekly print edition.

Micah Abalos, UXC🇺🇸

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