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ARIELLE SAPORTAUX Designer | Front-End Developer
ariellesaporta.com | [email protected] | 312.307.4467
EDUCATIONColby College Bachelor of Arts2008-2011
PsychologyConcentration inNeuroscience Dean’s List
Designed and developed mobile web apps from concept through engineering in a sprint environment using Agile (scrum methodology). Conducted user research, personas, interaction design, user flows, wireframes, low and high fidelity prototypes, usability testing, and developed product roadmaps. Learned to take critique, communicated designs effectively with stakeholders. Thought strategically about the design process: deciphered when to choose low-fidelity prototyping versus high, triangulated user behaviors with quantitative data, consistently identified new ways to refine user experiences.
DESIGNATION Labs UX Designer and Front-End Developer 4.2015 - 8.2015
LEADERSHIP / AWARDS Best Paper Award | Zabelina, Saporta & Beeman (2016) | Memory & Cognition Carrie M. True Award | Colby College Dean of Students Office Head Resident of the Year Award | Colby College Campus Life Office Co-Chair | College Affairs Committee | Co-chaired with Vice President of Colby College President | Colby College Hillel
Programmed studies in JavaScript and integrated them with the department server.Evaluated study designs and collected, processed, analyzed, and reported behavioral and neuroimaging data (fMRI). Conducted data quality assessments using statistics, modeling, and regression and provided actionable recommendations to guide future study design. Increased data analysis efficiency up to 6x faster, doubled the amount of experiments run per quarter, managed all Institutional Review Board (IRB) operations.Mentored and trained 20+ Research Assistants. Lead up to 6 study teams at once.Drafted and coordinated writing, submission, and administration of grants.
Northwestern University - Creative Brain Lab Researcher and Laboratory Manager 10.2012 - Present
Nominated to teach internationally patented method to students ages 9-18.Created lesson plans for reading comprehension, writing structure, executive functioning, working memory, reading fluency, and visual and auditory processing.
Creating Independent Learners Educational Tutor 8.2012 - 8.2013
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EXPERIENCE
Designed a scalable mentorship app for a digital agency to improve motivation, self-efficacy, retention, and performance in the workplace. Used domain research to curate content and guide meaningful discussions between mentor and mentee. Validated content with testing. Conducted user research, created storyboards, experience maps, wireframes, and prototypes (low, mid, and high fidelity) followed by rounds of user testing. Gathered and incorporated feedback from stakeholders, guided and persuaded opinions, defended design decisions.
Northwestern University - Delta Lab UX Designer 7.2016-Present •
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TOOLSDesign SketchIllustratorAxureInVisionKeynoteBalsamiqMarvel
DevelopmentJavaScriptHTML5 CSS3jQueryD3.jsAJAX JSONAPIs
AnalyticsSPSSMATLAB SPM8Excel
SKILLSRapid prototypingUser testingUser InterviewsUser researchUser flowsWireframesStoryboardsApp mapProduct roadmapResponsive designExperimental designData scienceData analysisData interpretationData visualizationTeam managementPrototype in JSMultithreaded JS