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Bethany Lankin Resume

Highlights


Project types

  • Net-new digital product design (0 to 1)
  • Redesigns of legacy systems and outdated products
  • Mobile-first
  • Responsive web
  • Native mobile app design (iOS,Android)
  • Design systems creation and maintenance
  • Accessibility audits and improvements
  • i18n (Internationalization/multilingual)
  • E-commerce flows
  • Data visualization and dashboards
  • Chatbots
  • Form-intensive enterprise software
  • Design for compliance-heavy environments
  • Interactive prototypes for usability testing
  • Product-market fit exploration/customer segmentation and discovery
  • Scalable design


Strategy activities

  • Stakeholder interviews & alignment
  • Heuristic evaluations
  • Competitive analysis
  • Persona creation
  • Journey mapping/experience mapping
  • Service blueprints
  • Usability testing (remote/in-person)
  • Card sorting
  • A/B testing and analysis
  • User surveys
  • Contextual inquiry/field research/shadowing
  • Co-creation workshops
  • User segmentation
  • Heart framework


Deliverables

  • Wireframes (low to high fidelity)
  • Interactive prototypes (Figma, Axure, InVision)
  • Site maps / IA diagrams
  • User flows / task flows
  • Customer journey maps
  • Personas
  • Style guides, design systems, and pattern libraries
  • UX audit reports
  • Heuristic reviews
  • Accessibility reports (WCAG compliance)
  • Design specs/annotations and redlines for development handoff
  • Presentation decks for stakeholders
  • Documentation for design systems

Methodologies practiced

  • Design Thinking
  • Agile / Scrum 
  • Lean UX
  • Double Diamond
  • Human-Centered Design
  • User-Centered Design (UCD)
  • Atomic design


Roles and Responsibilities

  • UX Strategist
  • Design Lead
  • Principal Designer
  • UX / UI / AI Designer
  • Visual Designer
  • UX Researcher


Business Outcomes

  • Increased conversion rates
  • Improved user retention / engagement
  • Streamlined customer support flows
  • Increased accessibility compliance
  • Improved NPS / CSAT
  • Simplified complex workflows


Company types 

  • Fortune 500 corporations
  • Design agencies
  • Consultancies
  • Financial institutions
  • E-commerce/DTC companies
  • Retail 


Industry types

  • Fintech (banking, insurance)
  • E-commerce / DTC
  • Travel and hospitality
  • Retail