Design professional with experience in a fast-paced startup environment. Pushes multiple projects along independently to meet short deadlines, but also thrives in cross functional collaborative teams. Always interested in learning and expanding skill sets to fill needs within the company, some learned skills include marketing, graphic design, and project management.
Tools
Figma • FigJam • Adobe XD • Photoshop • Illustrator • InDesign • Premier Pro • After Effects • Jira • Smartsheet • TSheets • Notion • Microsoft Office • Miro • Mailchimp • Hootsuite • Solidworks • Fusion 360
Skills
User Interface Design • Visual Design • User Experience Design • Product Design • Mobile App Design • Web Design • Sketching • Storyboarding • Wireframing • Prototyping • Style Guides • User Personas • User Stories • Competitive Analysis • Usability Tests • User Research • Information Architecture
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design
Atlanta, GA | 2013 – 2017
Major GPA 3.9 | Overall GPA 3.7
Focused on creating person-centered evidence-based design solutions through user research, rapid prototyping, and testing. Projects included product, interface, experience and system design.
Experience
SimpleC, LLC
Atlanta, Georgia | Dec 2015 – Present
SimpleC is a senior care solutions and services provider recognized for its innovative digital health and wellness platform. The company’s comprehensive platform addresses the cognitive, behavioral and social challenges impacting older adults, their families and care partners at the community and home level.
Lead UX/UI Designer & Product Owner
Oct 2022 – Present
Manage all design and development projects:
• Design a digital signage management solution for memory care
• Design a software solution for restorative care in skilled nursing
• Wireframe, prototype, & test UX/UI solutions in Figma
• Reorganize & simplify the product backlog & ticketing system in Jira
• Create project plans, roadmaps, & cost analyses
• Lead design meetings between leadership, research, & development
UX/UI & Graphic Designer
Aug 2019 – Oct 2022
Manage all marketing projects and collaborate with R&D:
• Deliver UI concept sketches, wireframes, style sheets, & graphic assets
• Design new features for our mobile apps and data analytics dashboards
• Facilitate customer interviews, prototype feedback, & training sessions to drive product development
• Gather user research through customer implementations, site visits, & training sessions
• Design trade show booths and promotional materials
• Create various presentations and marketing materials for new channels
• Create a library of user documentation, training guides & demo videos for the entire product suite
• Expand marketing strategy to include a broader customer base & improve product perception
• Analyze onboarding flows to identify opportunities to scale implementation and optimize the UX
Junior UX/UI & Graphic Designer
May 2017 – Aug 2019
• Create sales presentations and marketing materials
• Update brand strategy & graphic assets to match the new company vision
UI & Visual Design Intern
Dec 2015 – May 2017
• Create infographics & product shots for grant proposals & presentations
• Design an AI-driven data analytics reporting interface for health tracking and population management
Additional Experience
Freelance
Sept 2015 – Present
Graphic design & illustration commissions:
- Book cover illustration – April 2023
- Children’s Book Illustration – October 2020
- Biomedical project poster design – April 2017
- Prototype laser cutting – April 2017
- Book cover illustration – December 2014
Medical Device Entrepreneurship Association
Sept 2015 – April 2017
Executive board member & head of event planning committee:
- Planned and ran the annual Medical Device Design Competitions
- Lead efforts to bridge the gap between industrial design and biomedical engineering
Healthcare Design Research
August 2016 – May 2016
Assistive ambulatory research team member & individual researcher
- Worked with a team of four Biomedical Engineers to research alternative and improved methods of ambulatory assistive devices
- Personal research project. Developed an ergonomic Pill Cap for elders with deteriorated hand dexterity
Contact
clapointe105@gmail.com
Linkedin: Chantal-LaPointe
Atlanta Metropolitan Area
Reference available upon request
