Gabriel Zev Kenny

Providing quality user research, discovering pain points and creating solutions for both users and stakeholders alike. With my previous experience as a musician and creative, I can get to the core of user needs, adapt to new technologies and also bring an empathetic and fun perspective to the workplace. User interviews are my favorite part of research because I am passionate about people and how we interact with the world and our devices. 

UX Skills: User Research, Heuristic Evaluation, Product Design, Interaction Design, Customer Data, Style Guides, Design Systems, Customer Data, Typography, Design Principles, C&C Analysis, Affinity Mapping, Personas, User Scenarios, User Flows, Journey Mapping, Card Sorting, Feature Prioritization, Information Architecture, Wireframes, Feedback, Design Thinking, Optimization, Brand Identity, Data-Driven, Functional Specifications, Mobile, Desktop

UI Skills: User-Centered Design, Web & Mobile Design, Illustration & Sketching, Prototypes

Tools: Figma, Fig Jam, Miro, Mural, InVision, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Pen & Paper, Microsoft Suite, G Suite, Google Forms, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Analytics, Mac & PC, Sketch, Slack, Zoom 

Professional Experience

Totem (Freelance) • Remote January 2022 - present

UX Researcher 

  • Conducted User interviews to discover user pain points and user needs for mental health alternative app

  • Usability Testing with users with upcoming app 

  • Sorted and synthesized user data to form affinity maps to better inform business needs

  • Worked in close tandem with CEO managing frequent correspondence with clients via Slack, weekly meetings on Zoom for production insights and important stages of the project

  • Completed training program for meeting moderators

  • Training Instructor for multiple cohorts


Squeak-E-Clean Productions • Nite Jewel • Los Angeles, CA August 2016 - June 2021

Composer, Musician 

  • Researching genre-specific music to create into compositions for commissioned advertisements

  • Live performance with synthesizers, samplers and background vocals in an electronic indie band.

  • Performing in venues and radio stations worldwide. Tours including North America, Australia, Europe and U.K.

Additional UX Projects

ChattyKathi (Pro Bono) • Remote August 2021

UX/UI Designer • Researcher • Project Manager

  • Created new look and feel for the ChattyKathi administration portal, delivering medium and high fidelity prototypes using Figma, flow reorganization and applied iterations to create a fully functioning high fidelity prototype with multiple user flows to illustrate onboarding and typical administrational tasks

  • Worked in close tandem with teammate and stakeholders managing frequent correspondence with clients via Slack, facilitating weekly meetings on Zoom for production insights and important stages of the project

  • Conducted user interviews and business analysis to research user behavior, needs, pain points to ideate our MVP


Chopra – (Concept project) iOS Mobile App July 2021

UX/UI Designer • Researcher • UX Writer

  • Created a screener survey using Google forms followed by user interviews to research behavior, needs and pain points of meditation app users

  • Used in Miro and Figma to organize research data through affinity mapping and card sorting to create a persona to find a problem statement to address new feature

  • Prioritized new features based on user data and executed these in Figma to create low to high fidelity prototypes

  • Tested high-fidelity prototypes and iterated design of new feature based on usability tests


Education

San Francisco State University • Bachelor of Arts in Music 

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile • studies in Spanish, Music 

General Assembly • User Experience Design Immersive Certificate