Hannah Patellis

Experience

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  Alexpete Technical Services & Consulting

  Sept 2005 - Feb 2013

  Information Technology Specialist and Consultant

  Provided technical services, consulting, and IT systems administration to home users and small businesses starting in Central Florida and growing to Savannah, GA.

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  Freelance

  Sept 2010 - Dec 2018

  UX/UI Designer, Developer

  Freelance UX/UI designer focusing on research, participatory ideation, information architecture, content strategy, prototyping, and testing.Freelance front end and back end developer using either the LAMP or MERN stack.

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  Push Creative Solutions

  Feb 2011 - May 2011

  UI and Graphic Designer

  Worked on projects for local restaurants and retail ventures

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  My Media Seminars, LLC

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2013

  Instructor, Designer

  Instructor of graphic design, branding, and marketing with social media to yearbook and newspaper students at the high school and college level. Worked as a graphic designer and social media manager for camps and other projects by My Media Seminars.

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  Offshore Risk Management

  Jun 2014 - Nov 2016

  UX/UI Designer, Principal Digital Systems Designer and Administrator

  Principal designer for web and native applications needed by Offshore Risk and its various divisions including CRM systems from ideation to production, including market and user research, content strategy, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing.Sole IT systems designer and administrator for all web servers along with local Microsoft SQL, Exchange, and Active Directory servers.Branding and graphic designer for all divisions of Offshore Risk Management.

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  Smoke Cartel, Inc.

  Apr 2016 - Mar 2018

  UX/UI Designer, Developer

  Designed web and native applications to power Smoke Cartel’s retail, wholesale, and various e-commerce operations and ventures through a process of user research, metric analysis, business process analysis and blueprinting, ideation with a focus on future-forward strategy, information architecture, ideation, and rapid prototyping.Developed some of the designed applications using primarily the LAMP stack or Node + Electron, and oversaw deployment on and administration of Debian-based hosted web servers. Oversaw development of React Native applications for Android and iOS. Show less

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  Georgia Tech Professional Education

  Jan 2017 - Sept 2021

  Instructor of UX/UI Design and Web Application Development

  Instructed UX/UI design bootcamp courses, as well as MERN stack web application development bootcamp courses

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  2U

  Mar 2018 - May 2022

  Designed user experiences and interfaces for 2U's internally built applications used by students, instructional teams, centralization teams, and internal employees. Tools used in this role include user research, analytics analysis, information architecture, business process blueprinting, rapid prototyping, and development handoff; among other tools.Worked closely with stakeholders, product managers, and developers to ideate, deploy, and iterate on applications. Directly managed mentors and instructional teams for all of 2U's online bootcamp offerings across over 15 major, accredited American universities. Served as a reserve instructor and taught a MERN stack web application development bootcamp at University of Denver and Northwestern University. Worked on 2U's Online Coding Bootcamp as the principal designer of Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, and React mentorship curricula through a process of user research sessions, participatory ideation, prototyping, and testing. Directly in charge of deployment and data analytics for the curricula. Served as an instructional coach working with instructors for major universities across the globe to better their performance and improve key performance indicators. Designed business processes through interview-led research, ideation, and prototyping to aid in more efficient onboarding and coaching procedures. These systems were used for all universities served by 2U with the goal of improving instructional quality.

  • Principal User Experience Designer

    Nov 2019 - May 2022

  • Academic Manager

    Dec 2018 - Nov 2019

  • Principal Curriculum Engineer

    Dec 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Instructional Coach

    Mar 2018 - Dec 2018
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  Clever Inc.

  May 2022 - Feb 2024

  Product Designer II

  Product Designer for Clever's Identity Management solution. Lead designer for Clever IDM's user management feature-set. Working with integrations for Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Azure AD, and Google Workspace. Creating new and innovative ways to sync with K-12 school districts' SIS (Student Information Systems) and manage account creation and synchronization in various directory solutions. Primary researcher for new feature discovery and evaluation of existing solutions and prototypes. Member of a ~7 member design team that collaborates on ideation and critique. Working cross-functionally with engineering to develop, deploy, and iterate solutions; customer success to understand obstacles and user needs; as well as marketing to ensure proper messaging and adoption along with collaborative research tasks. Show less

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  Seesaw Learning

  Feb 2024 - Jun 2024

  Senior Product Designer

  Senior Product Designer for Seesaw Learning’s Content Library offering for elementary school teachers. Crafted innovative ways for elementary school teachers to find content for their classrooms. Researched, including deep competitive analysis, for new Content Library features in addition to evaluating how well existing solutions operated. Augmented Seesaw's business model to incorporate new revenue sources. Worked deeply inside of a ~5 member design team that collaborated on ideation and critique. Worked alongside design researchers to plan, execute, and analyze relevant research for ongoing projects. Participated cross-functionally with engineering to develop, deploy, and iterate solutions; as well as other internal business teams including marketing and content creators to ensure deep understanding of the customer base and proper implementation of solutions. Show less