NWEA

A year-long internship at a leading educational assessment company where I worked alongside UX Designers, Researchers, Product Managers, and Engineers on innovative learning experiences.

UX DESIGN & RESEARCH INTERN

MY ROLE

I had the unique privilege of working with a UX mentor who supported me so I could lead projects independently. As a UX Design and Research intern, I completed deliverables at every stage of the design process. Below, you can see work samples from the following UX methods that I completed during this internship. Due to privacy reasons, the majority of this work is protected with a blur. If you would like full access to the Figma prototype or my Case Studies, please reach out!

Empathize:

secondary research, competitive research, affinity mapping, research synthesis, problem statements, heuristic evaluation

Define:

sailboat ideation sessions, affinity mapping, how might we statements, ideation synthesis, ideation presentations, student personas, user stories

Ideate:

ideation sessions involving cross-functional teams, sketching, low-fidelity wireframes, crazy 8's, sitemap, red route user flows, information architecture, content organization, wireflows

Prototype:

high-fidelity clickable prototypes on Figma, design review with the internal UX team, collaboration with software developer

Test:

usability testing plan, usability testing sessions with students, research insights affinity mapping and synthesis, insights report to key stakeholders

Design Handoff:

involve developer from the start, constant partnership and collaboration, high fidelity prototypes, walkthroughs, reviews

IMPACT

Karen B.

SVP Solutions & Innovation

"Edgar is a humble, talented designer. He is someone who can listen to different perspectives and even vague expectations and provide clarity of those thoughts through his designs. He is thoughtful, reflective, and works iteratively to refine designs in a way that clarifies and helps articulate intention. As an educator, he has a unique understanding of educator user journeys and attends to and designs around journey challenges.

Edgar is curious and clever, takes initiative, works well independently and collaboratively, and is someone we all enjoy working with and learning from!"

Emily L.

Associate Software Engineer

"Edgar is an excellent designer because he naturally designs with the user in mind, incorporating what he knows about human-centered design and other best practices. At the same time, he draws on his extensive experiences as an educator to approach design with a deep level of empathy and understanding. Edgar is also extremely collaborative; as a developer, I thought he struck the right balance of being open to my technical feedback while staying true to his design principles."

Greg K.

Efficacy Evaluation Manager

"Edgar is a doer. He can dive into work, leveraging his unique experiences to create insight and drive positive change. His grasp of user-centered design helps him bring focus to those closest to the problems we seek to solve. Above all else, Edgar is a quality human who enriches conversation and productivity simply by showing up as his authentic self every day. "

Meg G.

Innovation Development Manager

"Edgar combines his educational experince and UX training seamlessly. He's great at thinking outside the box but grounding ideas in real world contexts. He takes a user centered approach to his work and is a fearless advocate for designing solutions to meet the needs of all users."