Hi, I’m Micah
I’m a Chicago based UX designer with a passion for making visually stunning and effective digital products!
As a visual thinker, I’ve gravitated towards comics and animation since I was a kid. This lead me to studying traditional animation at Columbia College Chicago, where I learned foundational skills in storytelling, visual design, and animation. After graduating I found out about UX design, and realized that my degree gave my a lot of transitional skills. After a lot of contemplation, soul searching, and planning, I realized my heart was set on transitioning into UX design, and began studying to fill out my remaining skill set!
This lead me to Interapt’s UX/UI Design Cohort, where I was able to study alongside many other talented designers and graduated the bootcamp into a UX Design apprenticeship. I’ve had the opportunity to work with clients including CVS Health, USWorldMeds, Area of Expertise, and excited to work with more in the future!
In my free time, I write and illustrate personal comics, explore on nature walks, and hoard house plants.
Experience
UX Designer, IT Consulting
Interapt, Louisville KY - June 2023 to June 2024
Created design work for clients, including card sorting workshops and site redesigns
Partnered with the lead designer to establish documentation practices for past and future designs
Collaborated with marketing team on social media visuals and informative internal documents
Junior Product Designer, Contract
CVS Health, Buffalo Grove IL - June 2022 to May 2023
Designed and iterated on external and internal software products
Assisted in developing responsive design and accessibility documentation practices
UX Design Apprentice
Interapt, Louisville KY - Feb 2022 to April 2022
Participated in a UX design intensive immersive program involving collaborative group projects and designing a group capstone project from discovery to an MVP prototype
Design Intern
Snapbrillia INC, San Francisco CA - Dec 2021 to Jan 2022
Designed and iterated popup modules in Figma based on redesigned style guides
Certificates
User Experience Certificate
Nielsen Norman Group June 2021
Google UX Design Professional Certificate
Coursera February 2022
Volunteer
Executive Board Member
Animation Association Jan 2019 to Dec 2019 Assisted other executive board members with writing monthly reports, reserving space, and hosting workshops
Represented the club at monthly student organization meetings as Chief Secretary
Education
Columbia College Chicago
September 2017 to December 2019 BA in 2D Animation, Cum Laude (GPA: 3.76)
Software Proficiencies
Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Canva, Figma, Miro, Google Suite, Microsoft Outlook, Visual Studio Code
