Danae Paparis
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Danae Paparis       

User Experience | Research, Strategy & Service Design

danaepaparis@gmail.com // LinkedIn

What I bring:

  • 7+ years of applied User Experience research work

  • Mixed methods approaches, specializing in Qualitative work

  • A degree in Design, concentrated in Social & Decision Sciences

  • A portfolio of projects that includes generative, evaluative, secondary and data analysis work spanning digital products in direct to consumer, B2B, 3rd party integrations and internal enterprise tools

  • Super thorough, clear communication 

  • Service design expertise specializing in complex service blueprints, technical SOP analysis and journey mapping - tying in end-user touchpoints to internal constraints and technological systems

  • Advocate of interdisciplinary research, bringing in stakeholders early and often

  • Comfort in speaking the language of enterprise UX, product managers, designers, customer service, B2B, sales, operations, portfolio management, and senior leadership in order to push product strategy and research forward

  • Experience building out a research democratization program from the ground up, complete with training sessions, learning materials, templates and processes to launch research in a net new channel

Resume

Work

Senior UX Researcher Adobe // 2023- Present // DC Area, DMV

UX Researcher IV Adobe // 2021- 2023// Bay Area, CA

UX Researcher I, II & III Thermo Fisher Scientific // 2016 - 2021// Pittsburgh, PA & Remote

UX Research & Strategy Consultant Krupa Global // 2018-2019 // Freelance, Part-time, Remote Collaboration

Visual Design Intern Cooper // 2015 // San Francisco, CA

Teaching Assistant CMU School of Design // 2015 - 2016 // Pittsburgh, PA

UX Design Intern PNC BANK // 2014 // Pittsburgh, PA

Design Research Assistant IDEATE Program // 2014 // Pittsburgh, PA

Design Consultant Swanson School of Engineering // 2014 // Pittsburgh, PA

Education

Carnegie Mellon University 2016

BFA Communication Design, Minor in Photography, Focus in Social & Decision Sciences // Honors: Andrew Carnegie Society, ACS Philanthropy Scholar 2015, Lee Goldman Scholarship, Marilyn Meltzer Award Grant 2014, BXA and School of Design Dean's list 2013-2015

Mentorship

Hexagon UX - SF Bay area, Spring 2021

ADPList.com (A design person) - volunteer mentoring, group mentoring in Research category, Fall 2021-Present

Proficiencies

Softwares Miro, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office 365, Qualtrics, Medallia, Userzoom, Verint, Sketch, XD, Axure

Skills User Testing, Survey Design, User Analysis, Customer Insights, User Research Methods, Design Research,Visual Design, Experience Design, Interaction Design, Service Design, Wireframing, Project Scoping, Project Coordination, Content Generation, Photography, Bilingual (Greek)