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