Experience

United Parcel Service (UPS) — UX/UI Co-op

November 2023 - Present | Parsippany, NJ

  • Revamp enterprise legacy systems to enhance operational eciency to ensure responsive design for mobile, desktop, and other devices.

  • Present UX artifacts to product owners, architects, and application teams on prototypes for upcoming sprints’ user stories.

  • Participate in Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups with the team to collaborate and provide updates.

  • Contribute to UX team meetings to present project updates, exchange feedback, and collaborate on design consistency and solutions.

  • Meet with product owners to identify business requirements, user needs, and pain points, and translate them into actionable design solutions.

United Parcel Service (UPS) — UX/UI Intern

June 2023 - August 2023 & June 2022 - August 2022 | Parsippany, NJ

  • Performed user interviews to create low and high-fidelity prototypes, mockups, wireframes, user stories, and user journeys for UPS international freight operations.

  • Worked with the application teams to ensure the components comply with UX/UI guidelines and standards.

  • Participated in Hackathon as team leader and presented the team project to company executives.

  • Regular meetings with senior UX sta to discuss enterprise standards and support other internal teams.

ICF (formerly SemanticBits, LLC.) — User Experience Intern

June 2021 - August 2021 | Herndon, VA

  • Designed wireframes and prototypes in Figma for two CMS projects.

  • Designed logos for CMS’ MAT & Bonnie project.

  • Designed an organization chart for SemanticBits and presented design options

    to the Human Resource managers.

  • Assisted in User Experience research activities such as user interviews, design

    working sessions, and design validation sessions.

  • Participated in Program Increment and Sprint planning events.

Education

Penn State University — BS in Human-Centered Design and Development (HCDD)

August 2020 - May 2024 | University Park, PA | Magna Cum Laude

  • Led and completed semester-long UX and programming projects applying Agile methodologies.

  • Utilized design and research tools such as Figma, InVision, LucidChart, UserTesting, Balsamiq, InDesign, Photoshop.

  • President Walker (2021) and President Sparks (2022) Award recipient.

  • PNC Technologies Merit Scholarship Award recipient.

Penn State University — Digital Arts Undergraduate Certificate

August 2020 - May 2024 | University Park, PA

© 2024 Melisa Tasel

© 2024 Melisa Tasel

© 2024 Melisa Tasel