Mina Beard

About Mina Beard

Mina Rebecca Beard (Yaghoubzadeh) is a Los Angeles based User Experience designer, specializing in mobile apps and websites. Mina utilizes data to represent the voice of the customer and to generate positive experiences for users.Mina believes in over-communication and collaboration between team members tocreate thoughtful, accessible, and flexible designs. She is an initiator, a teamplayer, and will be persistent when it comes to defending user-centric design.

Experience

1. Lead User Experience Designer

   Hilton

   Jul 2021 — Present · Los Angeles County, CA, US

   Works with UI, content, accessibility, product, development and research teams tocreate user-centric experiences on Hilton’s Android and IOS mobile applications.• Leads the UX design and strategy for the mobile team’s design library and process;including dev/design communication and cadences• Leads and contributes to multiple feature designs on the Hilton apps and websites,like search/book a hotel, Digital Key, Hilton Amex credit card details, mobile applanding page, and more.

Education

• Tel Aviv University

  Middle East Studies

  2008 — 2009

• Reichman University

  Bachelor's degree, Communications

  2009 — 2013

Skills

• English
• Java
• User Experience Design
• Microsoft Office
• Final Cut Pro
• Strategic Planning
• User Interface Design
• Writing
• Sketching
• Wireframes
• Photoshop
• Social Media Marketing
• Squarespace
• Research
• Digital Sketching
• Outlook
• Windows
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• User Experience
• Microsoft Word
• User Experience Testing
• Wordpress
• Information Architecture