I’m Allen!
A design tech nerd with a focus on UX/UI, Design Systems, Prototyping, Figma, and WCAG standards.
Currently I’m a Product Designer at General Motors owning the in-vehicle Themes application
UX Design with a focus on customer and competitor analysis, user research, prototyping and wireframing, testing and iterating, UX/UI standards, component libraries, building and maintaining design systems, working and coordinating with engineering and stakeholders.
UI Design with a focus on web design, standards of web design, branding, visual design, color, typography, layouts, design research, graphic design
Other Areas: Software Design, Web Design, Graphic Design, Marketing, PowerPoint Design, Photography.
The personal stuff:
I love cooking and comedy. I think if I wasn’t a designer I’d love to do something in the culinary world, or maybe stand-up/writing comedy
I Speak Russian (First Generation Ukrainian, born in Chicago)
I am a huge football fan, especially the English Premier League
Favorite Shows: Better Call Saul, Succession, Entourage, Homeland
Favorite Foods: Shawarma, Tabbouleh, Sushi, Cheese Pizza, Caesar Salad
Favorite Films: Sicario, The Martian, Icarus
I love Photography and have over 10 million views on Pexels
I love to run everyday
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