LUCIA GARZON
lucia-garzon.com lg852@drexel.edu linkedin.com/in/luciagarzon
EDUCATION
- Drexel University, GPA: 3.96 — B.S. in User Experience & Interaction Design — Anticipated Graduation: June 2027
SKILLS
- Figma, UserTesting, Asana, & Monday
- Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Audition, & Premiere Pro
- Miro, Balsamiq, WordPress
- VSCode for: JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3
- User flow diagrams, wireframing, prototyping, UX writing
- User testing, user interviews, competitive analysis
- Market research, ethnographic research, survey design
- Microsoft Office Suite and documentation
- Proficient in Spanish
WORK EXPERIENCE
UX Designer Intern, Amazon, June 2024 — September 2024, New York, NY
- Utilized Figma to propose 5 user-friendly mobile concepts for delivery instructions, informed by usability heuristics & UX writing conventions to reduce delivery issues for customers within the Delivery Experience team.
- Conducted market research (analyzed 5 competitors & 50+ customer insights), ethnographic research and reviewed 5+ usability studies to synthesize key customer problems.
- Employed UserTesting with 8+ customers to collect user feedback, using AI features to summarize and initiating project handoff by sharing those insights in a comprehensive final project brief to the team.
- Collaborated frequently with 2 product managers, 2 UX researchers and 10+ UX designers to create data-driven user flows, conceptual diagrams, wireframes and mockups, managing the project using Asana.
Marketing Design Intern, ZeroEyes, April 2024 — June 2024, Philadelphia, PA
- Implemented Figma, WordPress, After Effects, Canva, Photoshop, & Audition to create brand-focused designs, including 10+ marketing templates and 50+ social media posts that drove user acquisition across all channels.
- Collaborated with content and partnership teams to design wireframes and mockups for a high-visibility Partnership webpage, utilizing Figma and WordPress based on feedback from 5+ stakeholders.
- Prioritized customer understanding by storyboarding in Figma & animating a product setup tutorial in After Effects, involving live-action footage and sound design, while also applying Audition to enhance the company's podcast.
- Produced assets quickly and accurately, keeping user experience and elevated brand identity at top of mind, and sharing progress with team using Monday.
UI/UX Intern, Coded By Kids, May 2023 - August 2023, Philadelphia, PA
- Ideated with cross-functional team using Miro, to develop an after-school program-finding website for middle-grade kids, supporting working parents in Philadelphia.
- Worked in Figma to design a comprehensive wireframe, mock-up, and final prototype website design supported by desk research and competitive usability testing.
- Participated in daily collaborative meetings to enhance proficiency in UI conventions, user testing, presentation skills and project management.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
UX Researcher & Designer, Drexel University September 2024 - December 2024, Philadelphia, PA
- Analyzed target users of Dropout platform, interviewing 5+ customers and collecting 200+ online survey responses.
- Created journey map, storyboard & animation frames in Figma
- Synthesized research findings into animated user story using After Effects, presenting overall UX outcomes to peers.
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
- UX Design I, UI Design I & II
- Human Factors Engineering, Storytelling for UX
- Interaction Design, Microinteractions
- Web Design I & II, Web Scripting I & II
- Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
- Design Thinking in Product Design