UX Designer & Researcher
6 years designing and researching digital products for the most fascinating subject on earth: humans.
Experience
UX Design (2022-2024)
2 years in client side environments merging business strategy with user needs to design digital products.
UX Research (2020-2022)
2 years in an agency environment uncovering meaningful customer insights for top brands
UX Design (2018-2020)
2 years in an agency environment merging business strategy with user needs to design digital products.
Personal Philosophy
A good designer is a mirror. We soak up information and pain points from our stakeholders, developers, product teams, and users. We then iteratively reflect back and solve the needs we hear through screens, user journey maps, personas, and other design assets.
Good ux design turns the invisible visible - it is translating people’s thoughts and wants into tangible goods. My work is 10% making and 90% listening.
Work Experience
AD AGENCY
VMLY&R
Senior UX Researcher // 2 years
Education
Bachelors of Science in Nursing
Western Governors University
2016
Associates of Science in Nursing
Sauk Valley Community College
2012
Quotes To Live By
We think of our design skills in five dimensions. Our designers are psychologists; we try to develop empathy for our users and try to see the world through their eyes. We are ethnographers, researching cultures, across the world. We are scientists, working with data to derive insights that help inform our experience. We are entrepeneurs, utilizing our understanding of people and markets to set strategy. And we are craftspeople, guided by aesthetics to build beautiful and usable experience.
-Ethan Eismann, SVP of Slack
Contact Me
Email Address
hellolydiacarlson
@gmail.com
Location
Kansas City, Missouri