Olivera Afife
UX Designer
experience
Forward Financing
Boston, MA
UX Manager
07/2022 - 04/2023
Accomplishments
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Pioneered the usability testing initiative in the organization to set the benchmark for evaluating the impact of the UX projects on department / company KPIs.
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Implementation of accessibility features into the design system.
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Successfully managed the UX team and developed UX department mission, vision, strategy, goals, priorities, objectives, and key results.
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Promoted UX across the organization and expanded inter-departmental collaboration.
Responsibilities
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UX team management and development.
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Individual contributor for high complexity projects.
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Close collaboration with Product, Project Management, Development, and stakeholder teams on creating new solutions.
Lead UX Designer
02/2019 - 07/2022
Accomplishments
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Designed a new payment scheduling feature which reduced the time needed by the internal teams to setup a payment schedule by 20%.
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Redesigned Salesforce Lightning experience for internal user groups which significantly increased their efficiency.
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Developed the Forward’s Design System which significantly reduced development efforts.
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Successfully lead UX Design efforts across 7 departments.
Responsibilities
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User research, functional and business requirements, personas, user journey maps, wireframes, prototypes, testing, UAT.
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Process and user flows.
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Close collaboration with Product, Project Management, Development, and stakeholder teams on creating new solutions.
Sun Life Financial
Wellesley, MA
Lead UX Analyst
06/2018 - 10/2018
Accomplishments
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Lead the last phase of the UX design for the Stop Loss Claims Administration System enterprise application to completion.
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User advocate and UX consultant on the Click to Chat project.
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Usability and interaction analysis of the Benefit Tools App which produced a number of improvements.
Responsibilities
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Collaboration with Client, BSA, Development, and QA teams to provide UX leadership on variety of projects.
UX Analyst
09/2016 - 07/2017
Accomplishments
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Worked on the design of the Stop Loss Claims Administration System enterprise application.
Responsibilities
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Collaboration with Client, BSA, Development, and QA teams to provide UX design for Stop Loss Claims Administration System.
BJ's Wholesale Club
Marlborough, MA
UX Designer
02/2018 - 06/2018
Accomplishments
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Performed user research and analysis of the Deli and Bakery ordering user flows and improved the design of the custom ordering experience.
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Performed research and analysis of the internal processes for Deli and Bakery ordering flow and consulted on improvements.
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Consulted on Buy Online Pick Up in Store mobile app design and established necessary improvements.
Responsibilities
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Collaborated with internal departments, BSA, Development, and QA teams on a variety of projects.
Samsung Neurologica Corporation
Danvers, MA
UI/UX Designer
07/2015 - 12/2015
Accomplishments
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Designed a new futuristic app, and all of its components, that operates the BodyTom® CT scanner.
Responsibilities
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UI / UX and interaction design of BodyTom® user app for mobile devices.
Broadridge Financial Solutions
Marlborough, MA
Website Creator
03/2015 - 07/2015
Accomplishments
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Successfully managed 30+ Financial Advisor client accounts with high satisfaction rates.
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Mentored team members in UI/UX design, and website development best practices.
Responsibilities
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Managing website creation for Financial Advisor accounts which included consulting, content architecture, UI/UX design, web development, and management of client feedback.
Professional Relations and Research Institute
Beverly, MA
Creative Services Specialist
05/2006 - 06/2014
Accomplishments
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Successfully executed UI/UX design, development, and maintenance of client Medical Associations’ websites. Full list of the associations can be found here.
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Designed and developed a custom module for medical abstract grading which enabled easy use and reporting.
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Designed and developed a custom module for Medical Associations Annual Meeting surveys reporting.
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Improved response rate of email campaigns through UX content design and writing.
Responsibilities
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Lead Designer for 30+ Medical Associations’ online and print marketing materials (websites, landing pages, email campaigns, booklets, brochures, postcards, bookmarks).
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Clients’ website design and maintenance.
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Custom module development and maintenance.
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Website traffic and performance analysis reports for clients’ websites and email campaigns.