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Hannah Miller Coley
Sr. UX Designer
I am a designer that has many different skillsets that includes: coding, design research, product testing strategies, aesthetic design, design feature prioritization. My scientific and engineering background enables me to be a creative problem-solver that can understand complicated domains and demonstrates my ability to conduct quality research using the most effective methodologies.
I am passionate about creating intuitive design solutions for difficult problem sets. As a designer, it fulfills me to incorporate my technical background with my creativity & creative problem-solving abilities. I am an award-winning, published researcher. My unique background & skillset enable me to be a designer that excels beyond expectations.
My Email
hannah.miller.coley@gmail.com
Where I Live
Washington D.C. Area (Maryland)
My UX Portfolio
Design Skills
- Discovery & Exploratory Research
- Creating Personas
- Wireframing
- Prototyping
- Creative Problem Solving
- Design Consulting
- Product Design
- UI Design
- User-Centered Design
- UX Design
- Responsive Design
- Agile Methodologies
- Accessibility Design
- Iconography
- Design Systems
- Enterprise Software Design
- Web Design
- Leadership
Technical Skills
- JavaScript ES5 & ES6
- CSS3
- HTML5
- Sketch App
- jQuery
- React
- Angular
- Adobe XD
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Invision Studio
- Flinto
- Zepelin
Soft Skills
- Empathizing with Users
- Communicating with Clients
- Excellence in Customer Service
- Collaborating with PMs
- Leading Without Authority
- Obtaining User Buy-In
- Obtaining Client Buy-In
- Mentorship
- Ability to Teach
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Prioritization Skills
- Ability to Work Quickly
- Ability to Understand Complex Problems
- Quick Learner
Management
- CEO of Catalyzed Concepts, Inc.
- Project management/ Project Lead on multiple projects with joint efforts among industry, military, & academic partners
- Assistant Manager for a Fortune-500 company store
- University-level Instructor for over 200 students
- Managed operations & 14 other student employees
My Education
- Front-End Web Development Nanodegree – Udacity – 2018
- M.S. Material Science & Engineering – University of Colorado at Boulder – 2017
- B.A. Biochemistry – University of Colorado at Boulder – 2009
My Experience
Sr. Design Researcher
Rocket Communications, Inc.
November 2018- Present
- Projects: AEHF Crypto, Astro UX Design System, Space Design Ops for SMC
- Communicate with the client stakeholders about requirements, scope, & deadlines
- Research government space operation needs & pain points
- Application of User-Centered Design Principles through usability testing and user interviews
- Create personas, journey maps, wireframes, prototypes from user research data analysis
- Formulate & create UX solutions
- Create & Utilize attractively functional UI designs incorporating best UX practices
Sr. UX Designer
Defense Entrepreneurs Forum (DEF)
October 2018- Present
- Projects: DEF Branding and Marketing Design System
- Create marketing design content that reflects proper branding
- Create and implement marketing design system that is used by a nation-wide distributed team
- Research organizational design and marketing needs
- Application of User-Centered Design Principles through usability testing and user interviews
- Formulate & create UX solutions
Sr. UX Designer (Volunteer)
The Paradigm Switch
November 2018- March 2019
- Projects: Website design team, graphics, marketing designs
- Graphic design needs
- Research organizational design & marketing needs
- Develop Creative & intuitive UX solutions by attractive UI designs
- Application of User-Centered Design Principles for usability testing and stakeholder interviews
- Formulate & create UX solutions & fulfill creative needs
Product Designer
Kessel Run, US Air Force
March 2018- August 2018
- Projects: Jigsaw: Tanker Planning Tool, Slapshot: Master Air Attack Planning Tool
- Intimately understand the problem space through exploratory research & interviews with users
- Implement user-centered design methodologies via usability testing & frequent user-interactions
- Ensured that all product-related decisions were driven by user-needs and feedback
- Create personas, conduct usability testing, user interviews, and result synthesis
- Collaborate with a development team to implement designs
- Promote effective communication & provide detailed specifications
- Work closely with product managers to prioritize feature implementation and user-story creation following agile methodologies
Graduate Researcher
Bowman Laboratory, University of Colorado
May 2015 – August 2017
- Managed a portfolio of research projects
- Researched & synthesized covalent adaptable network polymers, dual-cure shape memory polymers, & self-healing polymers
- Project manager/project lead for a collaborative project with Boeing
- Researched the needs of certain structural/mechanical properties for specific applications & tailored synthetic polymer materials to those requirements
- Data analysis of research results
- Produced publishable results which were communicated via quarterly reports, publications & presentations
- Attended conferences & presented research results
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Denver, Department of Chemistry
August 2014 – May 2015
- Developed lesson plans & instructed two Organic Chemistry laboratory courses per quarter
- Developed grading criteria & rubrics for laboratory assignments & examinations
- Enabled my students by hosting frequent office hours & offered extra help to those the struggled with challenging course curriculum
- Mentored students with scientific aspirations
Research Scientist & Instructor
U.S. Air Force Academy, Dept. of Chemistry
Sept 2010- Aug 2014
- Project Manager & Project Lead for a portfolio of research projects
- Researched organic electronic polymers, ionic liquids, forensic anaylsis of explosives & drugs, & explosive sensors
- Instructed material chemistry laboratory class
- Mentored senior level chemistry major students through their capstone research projects
- Managed a variety of scientific instruments
- Data analysis of research results
- Produced publishable results which were communicated via quarterly reports, publications & presentations
- Attended conferences & presented research results
Assistant Manager
Abercrombie & Fitch
January 2010- September 2010
- Managed a store with over 50 employees & millions of dollars of inventory
- Designed displays and visual merchandising of products
- Lead recruiting efforts & identified ideal candidates for hiring
- Interviewed applicants & trained new hires
- Identified & monitored sales metrics & projected sales goals
- Promoted an enjoyable customer experience while promoting excellence in customer service
Lead Student Supervisor
Information Technology Services,
University of Colorado
January 2010- September 2014
- Led & enabled a team of IT staff to maintain, implement, & troubleshoot issues with IT systems & equipment
- Designed & maintained over 70 computer laboratories
- Managed service requests by implementing & maintaining a swervice request/event calendar
- Delegated tasks amongst a team of technicians to achieve a common team goal
- Trained & on-boarded new hires
- Promoted an enjoyable customer experience while promoting excellence in customer service
Research & Development Intern
Septodont January 2007- March 2008
- Develop photo-curing materials with the proper mechanical properties for the application of dental materials
- Validate mechanical properties of novel materials
- Utilizing scientific methodologies & data analysis
- Compare research results to industry competitor products
- Communicate research results in reports & presentations
- Synthesis of novel monomers
- Formulation of dental material compounds with novel monomers
- Q&A testing of existing products
Awards
Grow with Google
Front-End Web Developer Nanodegree Scholarship
2018
Awarded a world-wide scholarship, sponsored by Google, to learn front-end web-development & design strategies. Was selected based on level of competency and skill demonstrated in the challenge course. 1500 out of 15,000 people were awarded this opportunity world-wide.
Grow with Google
Challenge Scholarship
2018
Awarded a world-wide scholarship, sponsored by Google to learn the basics of front-end web development.National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship
2015
Awarded a national scholarship/fellowship to cover tuition & provide a stipend while pursuing graduate studies in Material Science & Engineering. 5-10% selection rate of applicants nation-wide.Women’s History Month STEM Distinguished Honoree
2013
Honored for career accomplishments in STEM as a female entrepreneur.Department of Defense, Project of the Month
July 2012
Selected as the research project of the month across the entire Department of Defense.
Principal Investigator: Hannah Miller
Project: Novel Specimen Collection, Storage, & Analysis
Media
- “Kessel Run Hits Hyperdrive” – 11 May 2018, US Air Force News
- “The Air Force Learned to Code- And Saved the Pentagon Millions” – US Air Force News, 5 July 2018
- “Cadet Chemistry Could Help Catch Bombers” – Colorado Springs Gazette, 13 August 2012
- “Chemistry Research Center: Ionic Liquids” – Research at USAFA, 2012
- “Cadet’s Ionic Liquid Research Will Benefit DoD Investigators” – Academy Sprit, 22 March 2013
Publications
- “Bistable and Photoswitchable States of Matter”
Brady T. Worrel, Matthew K. McBride, Gayla B. Lyon, Lewis M. Cox, Chen Want, Sudheendran Mavila, Chern-Hooi Lim, Hannah M. Coley Charles, B. Musgrave, Tifu Ding, Christopher N. Bowman,Nature Communications 2018, 9(2804) - “3-(4-Bromophenyl)cyclopent-2-en-1-one” Shurdha, Endrit; Dees, Kelsey; Miller, Hannah A. ; Iacono,
Scott T.; Balaich, Gary J. Acta Crystallographica, Section E 2014, 70(6), o692-o693 - “Synthesis and thermal properties of new styryl-functionalized pentafulvene glassy carbon precursor” Shurdha, Endrit; Miller, Hannah A.; Johnson, Russel E; Balaich, Gary J.; Iacono, Scott T. Tetrahedron
2014, 70(34), 5142-5147 - “Thermal investigations of nanoaluminum/perfluoropolyether core-shell impregnated composites for
structural energetics” Kettwich, Sharon C., Kappagantula, Kerrti; Kusel, Bradley S.; Avjian, Eryn K.;
Danielson, Seth T.; Miller, Hannah A.; Pantoya, Michelle L.; Iacono, Scott T. Thermochimica Acta
2014, 591, 45-50 - “Synthesis and thermal properties of new styryl-functionalized pentafulvene glassy carbon precursor” Shurdha, Endrit; Miller, Hannah A.; Johnson, Russel E; Balaich, Gary J.; Iacono, Scott T. Tetrahedron
2014, 70(34), 5142-5147 - “Symmetrical bis(fulvene) chromophores: model compounds for acceptor-donor-acceptor dye
architectures” Shurdha, Endrit; Repasy, Brianne K.; Miller, Hannah A.; Dees, Kelsey; Iacono, Scott T.;
Ball, David W.; Balaich, Gary J. RSC Advances 2014, 4(79), 41989-41992 - “An Integrated Laboratory Approach toward the Preparation of Conductive Poly(phenylenevinylene)
Polymers” Knoezer, Timm A.; Balaich, Gary J., Miller, Hannah A.; Iacono, Scott T. Journal of Chem.
Ed. 2014, 91(11), 1976-1980 - “Metastable Nanostructured Metallized Fluoropolymer Composites for Energetics” Miller, H. A.; Kusel, B. S.; Danielson, S. T.; Neat, J. W.; Avjian, E. K.; Pierson, S. N.;
Budy, S. M.; Ball, D. W.; Iacono, S. T.; Kettwich, S. C. J. Mater. Chem. A 2013, 1,
7050. (INVITED TO BE FEATURED ON THE COVER)