About

I am a UX researcher and designer with experience in building and refining SaaS web applications and e-commerce websites. My focus is to help development teams quickly and iteratively build high-value features by testing weekly with users.

I'm a collaborative designer who designs with both business and tech in mind. I'm frequently at a whiteboard sketching with tech leads and business analysts.

I'm comfortable speaking about user feedback to stakeholders at sprint reviews or presenting success metrics. I use my business and technological knowledge to solve problems and design solutions for the companies I work for.

 
 
 

Skills & Tools

UX Research Skills

Remote usability testing

In-person usability testing

Weekly iterative user testing

Sourcing external and internal candidates

Journey mapping

User personas

Market research calls

Survey design

Multivariate / AB testing

UX Design Skills

Whiteboard facilitation 

Low-res wireframing

High-res mocking

Mobile / responsive design

UX writing

Tools / Software

Atlassian (JIRA, Confluence)

Prototyping Software

Dovetail (UX Research Library)

Transcription tools

Google Analytics

Heat mapping software

AB testing software

Microsoft Excel (Advanced)

Content management systems

Recommendations

 

“Elise is a skilled researcher and a thoughtful, strategic thinker. She's talented at asking the right questions to get to the root of business needs and customer insights. She excels beyond research, and is great at facilitating and guiding projects from initial brainstorming through to launching with success. Elise is a great partner to work with. As a designer, I can always count on her to give me honest feedback and help refine designs.”

Adam Vogel

Senior User Experience Designer at Direct Supply

“Elise and I worked on the same team for about two years. In that time, I knew her to be an exceptionally talented, passionate, and driven colleague. She fearlessly championed the needs of the user, and went out of her way to fight for their best interests, even if that meant more work or winning over a skeptical room of stakeholders. She's also one of the most motivating people I've ever worked with and had the ability to elevate both the drive and performance of those lucky enough to work with her. I cannot recommend her highly enough.”

Ian Hoch

Senior UX Researcher at Cirium

“Elise is by far one of the most driven, passionate individuals I've had the pleasure to work with. She comes at design and research from a unique, analytical perspective that is conducive to iterative enhancements and frequent testing and validation. As a developer, it was quite unique to work with someone that could "speak the language" and understand technical limitations in a solution, enabling her to pivot and find a compromise that ends up still working for the user. Be ready for frequent collaboration!”

Patrick O’Brien

Principal Software Engineer at Zywave