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.”
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.”
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!”
Principal Software Engineer at Zywave