Amanda Perez

About Amanda Perez

amandaperezdesign.com | Digital:• UX Design Lead (UXC)• Designs & develops wireframes & conceptual web mock-ups for agile design reviews• Conducts user interviews, card sorting exercises & analytics research for web projects• Builds websites in HTML & CSS• Designs ebooks and graphics for social media campaigns• Creates digital interface designs for interactive audio & video exhibit stationsGraphics:• Designs graphic identities for exhibits (logos, interpretive panels, interactives, multimedia interfaces, online exhibits)• Designs & produces print exhibit catalogs, marketing materials & retail merchandising• Designs & publishes interactive eBooks and ePubs for exhibits• Produces visual materials for project presentations & stakeholder reviews• Creates illustrations & infographics for exhibit graphics• Creates graphic panel schedules for production, installation & maintenance• Produces & delivers final production files to graphic vendors• Supervises & approves all graphic proofs to final productionExhibits:• Designs concepts for exhibit spaces & environmental graphics• Researches materials, finishes, & techniques to produce color boards, material spec packages & final design • Creates drawings & specifications for signage, exhibits & interactives• Creates production & graphics schedules for cost estimates• Produces scope of work docs & detail drawings for RFPs & contract bids• Project art direction through concept to final design to installation• Manages the exhibit fabrication bidding process & installation as Contracting Officer\'s Representative (COR)Photography:• Photographer for exhibit content & 3D theatrical structures• Researches photos for exhibit content & obtains usage rights for images• Maintains project photo archive for graphic development & final production• Edits project photos & selects photos for final graphic layouts• Art directs photo shoots for use in exhibit graphics

Experience

1. Art Director Senior Designer

   Library of Congress

   Sep 2019 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Art Director and Senior Designer in the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Design Division, User Experience Design (UXD) Team. I am responsible for the UI and UX design for the Library’s Website and various applications used internally at the Library. In addition to UI and visual design, I document all requirements for design projects, write user testing plans, conduct user testing sessions for UI components and layouts in development and provide graphic design support for icons, information graphics and supplemental e-documents.• UX/UI Design: Designs UI and develops wireframes and mockups for various Library projects including the Library\'s campus digital touch screen signage, designed new UI for Packard Campus Workflow Application, ongoing UI design for the Library of Congress’ Website, UI and component design and user testing for the National Book Festival and By the People, UI design for various applications for the Digital Library Modernization Initiative, UI mockup design various migrations of legacy websites to the Library’s current website including the Law Library, Asian Reading Room and the Veterans History Project, completed redesign of the Gershwin Prize Website and Library’s Blog Platform that supports 19 blogs.• Visual Design: Creates graphic design solutions for various projects including the redesign of the format and collections icons used on LOC.gov and Online Catalog, created the Library of Congress UI component design system in Figma, provided visual design of digital signage and touch screens, designs solutions for accessibility advancements across Library\'s website and developing designs that support Library\'s branding guidelines.• Project Management: Contracting Office Representative (COR), managed contracting projects for Library’s Business Intelligence Plan and Expanded User Research for the Library Collection Access Platform (LCAP)

Education

• Parsons School of Design - The New School

  BFA, Photography

  1994 — 1997

• Syracuse University

  Photography, College of Visual & Performing Arts

  1993 — 1994

• University of the Arts

  MFA, Museum Exhibition Planning and Design

  2001 — 2003