Nick Baker

Resume

Summary

Collaborative UX designer with 12 years of experience. I love building simple solutions to complex problems and creating intuitive designs. Good communication, both internally and with customers, makes the best products.

Experience

Freelance Designer

Aug 2023 – Present | Seattle, WA

  • Served multiple clients on projects ranging from graphic design to UX and prototyping.

Sr UX Designer

INRIX · Contract | Oct 2021 – Aug 2023 | Kirkland, WA

  • Created application features for INRIX’s SAAS offerings using Figma.
  • Collaborated with product managers and developers to craft solutions for customer needs.

Sr Designer

Microsoft · Contract | Nov 2018 – Jun 2021 | Redmond, WA

  • Crafted emails, forms, and landing pages for the Microsoft Visual Studio Developer Division.
  • Managed and maintained the Dynamics 365 Marketing automation platform.
  • Wrote documentation related to the platform for the Visual Studio team.
  • Onboarded new users and assisted them in running autonomously.

Sr UX Designer

Microsoft · Contract | Jan 2018 – Apr 2018 | Redmond, WA

  • Designed landing page experiences for Visual Studio.
  • Created A/B testing variants using Figma and Photoshop.
  • Implemented tests using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on the Optimizely platform.
  • Gathered qualitative and quantitative user acquisition data and distributed it to stakeholders.

Content Manager

Onvia · Full-time | Jul 2017 – Dec 2017 | Seattle, WA

  • Developed new portions of the website using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Conducted landing page A/B testing using Optimizely.
  • Ran reports on lead generation and user behavior from Marketo and Google Analytics.
  • Distributed weekly reports to the team.

Product Designer

Microsoft · Contract | Jun 2016 – Jun 2017 | Redmond, WA

  • Created features for Microsoft PowerApps using Adobe products, Sketch, and eventually Figma.
  • Designed dashboards to enhance usage and implement cross-product branding.
  • Developed landing page frameworks for easy A/B testing.
  • Designed and built email templates using Sketch and HTML.

UX Designer

Smartsheet · Full-time | Feb 2013 – Apr 2016 | Bellevue, WA

  • Led design efforts for the native Smartsheet mobile app (Android) and multiple web app features.
  • Collaborated with the marketing team on design and development.

UI/UX Designer

iLink Systems · Full-time | Jun 2012 – Jan 2013 | Redmond, WA

  • Designed user interfaces for native Windows applications and SharePoint frameworks.
  • Created interactive point of sale applications.

Tools

  • Figma
  • Sketch
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • HTML, CSS, jQuery
  • WordPress, Drupal

Skills

  • User Experience (UX) Design
  • Interaction Design
  • User Research
  • Wireframing and Prototyping
  • Usability Testing
  • Visual Design

Education

Bachelor of Science – Graphic Communication

Minnesota State University Moorhead