About Me

Nicole Vest

Creative UI/UX Designer

I am a curious, creative, and compassionate digital strategist with a talent for telling moving visual stories and turning messy problems into elegant, intuitive solutions. I have been recognized for my dedication to greatness and my skills in uncovering a client’s underlying goals and turning them into successes.

Experience

FindLaw - May 2018 to Present
  • Create home page and internal page designs and communicate design rationale to law firms.
  • Collaborate with project managers, marketing specialists and content strategists to create cohesive user experiences.

Benchmark Auto Service - May 2014 to Present
  • Increased customer base by 400% by conducting user research, writing relevant copy and coding for SEO.
  • Created a unified company brand and communicated it through a compelling website, active social media accounts, photography, and printed materials.
  • Visualized and analyzed data from Google Analytics and Shop Key Pro using Google Data Studio to recommend and execute business and marketing decisions.

Allen Edmonds - March 2017 to May 2018
  • Design & code responsive landing pages for 600k+ monthly visitors.
  • Build, communicate and refine wireframes to create intuitive and dynamic user experiences.
  • Communicate a cohesive brand message by working closely with a small 20+ team including senior management, copywriters, marketers, analysts, buyers and designers.
  • Improve the e-commerce shopping experience by conducting 1-2 monthly A/B tests.
  • Use Javascript to track over 5 million monthly Google Analytics events.
  • Speed up updates to the master product spreadsheet by writing VBA macros.
  • Speed up image editing times by creating Photoshop scripts.
  • Photoshop 20+ weekly images to fit the dimensions of various devices.
  • Conduct SEO research and execute it by using up-to-date, ADA compliant web standards.

FurnitureDealer.Net - Sept. 2014 to Dec. 2016
  • Spearheaded the company’s rebranding with the rollout of a new website along with new communication graphics, videos and memorabilia.
  • Simplified the admin user experience for 500+ furniture retail employees by creating intuitive and engaging mobile-first UX designs.
  • Created an inspirational shopping experience for over 25 million unique yearly consumers by conducting market research and executing responsive digital merchandising strategies.
  • Maintained top search rankings for websites of 100+ furniture retailers by conducting keyword research, writing relevant copy and coding for SEO.
  • Visually communicated each retailer’s unique story by putting myself in their shoes, asking digging questions, and creating moving and unique homepage designs.
  • Pushed the company towards its vision and fostered teamwork by leading groups of 2-10 people on innovative UX projects and delegating tasks.
  • Upheld a high standard productivity and morality by efficiently and compassionately training new employees on tool operation, work execution, and company assimilation.
  • Produced a clear vision of a UX project’s goals by conducting user research and developing journey maps and user personas.

Newsletter Designer & Math Tutor - Aug. 2013 to July 2014
  • Communicated news and events to 175+ AmeriCorps service members in Minnesota via the layout and design of the “Public Spirit” newsletter.
  • Fine tuned Wordpress designs by learning HTML and CSS3 independently.
  • Promoted “Public Spirit” with MailChimp email marketing.
  • Mentored and supported 4th and 5th grade math students by creating and implementing lesson plans.

Education

2011 BA Fine Art
Math Minor
College of Saint Benedict

President’s Scholarship

Sister Colman O’Connell Art Scholarship

Fall 2009 Semester Abroad Spiddal, Ireland

Technical Skills

Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, Indesign, PHP, Moqups, After Effects, Excel, VBA, XSL, Premiere Pro, Wordpress, Google Analytics, Google Data Studio

Expertise

UX Architecture, UI Design, Front End Web Development, Digital Merchandising, SEO, Data Analysis & Visualization, User Research, A/B Testing, Illustration, Marketing

Volunteering

Jordan Public Schools
Feb. 2018 to May 2018
Summit Academy
Business & Marketing Mentor
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