About Me

Hello! My name is Ramie and I'm a UX designer and a graduate from UCI's Claire Trevor School of the Arts. Ever since I was a child I loved to make things. Art, Games, you name it. If it exists, I've probably at least tried it. So it's only natural that I'd study art, however I found that studying art at UCI wasn't enough for me so I decided to continue my education and earn a UX design certification. My dream is to work with talented and creative people wherever that may be, and work together to make awesome things. I believe that through my experience working on various teams, at school and at work, I've become a reliable teammate that can wear many hats and communicate effectively to deliver a good final product. And if there is something I don't understand, I do not hesitate to ask questions and I always adapt and learn. I've been called a "jack of all trades" a few times before, and I find that in UX design this is a very good quality to have. UX designers Do many things and communicate with people of all kinds of roles.

As a UX Designer

As a UX designer I am capable of creating high quality UX deliverables. I can conduct and synthesize user research, create wireframes, clickable prototypes, conduct and synthesize usability tests, and code in HTML/CSS/JavaScript. I can also communicate effectively with designers, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver a product that satisfies the needs of the company and its consumers. I believe that it is a UX designers job to be the ultimate swiss army knife. A person who is ready to meet expectations at the office, in presentations, and especially with users. While much of my experience has to do with web and mobile, I believe that my design skills can translate to all sorts of media and I am 100% up to the challenge of designing for anything.

To see some of my work, you can click on the first link below to see how me and a team of other talented UX designers created a redesign of the Wildlife Conservation Society's website. You can also take a look at three Invision prototypes that I did for other case studies:

And by the way, this website which you are currently viewing, was created by me entirely from scratch using HTML and CSS without any Bootstrap components.

As An Artist

As stated before, for as long as I can remember I've always liked to make things. Throughout my life I've struggled on and off to make better drawings, and in more recent years, make better games. Currently in my off time I'm doing figure-drawing studies and I'm working on my first ever Steam-released game titled "Axe Girl" (early footage) I think my most "developed" art skill is drawing (you can see my digital art here). But I have knowledge and skills on all kinds of art including: animation, painting, sculpture, 3D modeling, and now, web design! Though it is now my dream to work as a UX designer on an awesome team, my secondary goal is to be an art teacher for children part time. I think art education is important, and from my experience I don't think there is enough of it, and oftentimes programs that are designed to teach art can fail in certain areas. So I want to be a good example and hopefully the kids I teach will be better than me.

Fun Facts

I was born on Pi day (march 14th) Despite this, I am still not very good at math.

I was in the Video Game Development Club at UCI. Check out my games!

I was an officer of the animation club and helped create student films. Watch this!

Resume

If you would like to know more about my various job qualifications, you can Download my resume.