🌱Julia Sessions

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Product Designer @ Centah

  • Education

    • University of waterloo stratford school

      2017 - 2021
      Honors bachelor of global business and digital arts digital arts

      Multidisciplinary design and international business program with a focus on UX Design and Research, specifically Iterative and Human Centered Design.

    • Malmö university

      2019 - 2020
      Exchange semester storytelling: narration across media

      Technical and theoretical study of the mechanics of storytelling in different forms of media.

  • Experience

    • City of mississauga

      Sept 2015 - Aug 2019

      Ensuring safety and quality of swimming lessons and aquatic programs. Managing Lifeguards and Swim Instructors to ensure safety and quality of care during aquatics recreational programming.

      • Lifeguard/Swim Instructor

        Sept 2015 - Aug 2019
      • Deck Supervisor

        Sept 2015 - Aug 2018
    • Essential accessibility

      Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
      Accessibility research intern

      Educated designers, developers and management of corporations on accessibility best practices that could be incorporated into products and services. Researched new innovations and strategies for accessible design.

    • University of waterloo stratford school

      Sept 2020 - Jan 2021
      Teaching assistant

      Working with students to support learning design principles for mobile and web and answering questions about front end implementation of designs using HTML and CSS.

    • Black professionals in tech network (bptn) inc

      May 2021 - Aug 2021
      Digital recruitment and engagement intern

      Showing up to provide support for Black professionals, facilitating the hiring of Black talent in the tech industry by assisting recruitment, marketing and partner success teams.

    • Auvenir

      Oct 2021 - Feb 2024
      Product designer

      Designed multiple financial SaaS products; Auvenir’s cloud based financial assurance solutions and custom build financial statement audit software for an enterprise client.

    • Centah inc.

      Feb 2024 - now
      Product designer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • G license

      Ontario ministry of transportation
      Aug 2019
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Graphic Designer

      Issued by INKspire on May 2020
      INKspireAssociated with 🌱Julia Sessions
    • Camp Counselor

      Issued by City of Mississauga on Jul 2014
      City of MississaugaAssociated with 🌱Julia Sessions