LEA  GAINER

User Interface Designer

•

User Experience Designer

•

User Interface Designer • User Experience Designer •

I am a user experience and interface designer passionate about helping others through psychology and creative design.

“

My Resume

My Resume [PDF]

Education

  • July 2024 - January 2025

    A hands-on Coursera certificate program that covers the end-to-end user experience design process. In the course, I created Apps/Websites for two fictional clients using Figma. Throughout the 7 courses included in this program, I learned how to:

    • Empathize with users

    • Define user pain points

    • Brainstorm design solutions

    • Construct wireframes, mockups, and prototypes

    • Conduct usability studies

    • Iterate on my work using feedback

  • September 2022 - May 2024

    Related Courses

    • Cognitive Psychology

    • Social Psychology

    • Behavioral Economics and the Brain

    • Research Methods

    • Conflict and Negotiation

  • September 2018 - December 2021

    Related Courses

    • Cognitive Psychology

    • Sociology

    • Research Methods

    Social Media Coordinator

    • Student-Athlete Advisory Committee

    • Cheerleading

    • Live Well Abington

Pro Bono Work

  • Marketing Advisor
    August 2024 - Current

    • Sitting as the foundation’s first official marketing and communications advisor

    • Creating marketing content, event invitations, and any necessary event content

    • Consulting on the structure and design of the foundation’s website

  • Design Consultant
    April 2025

    • Provided advice and solutions to improve the experience and design of the company’s website

  • User Experience Designer
    February 2025

    • Updating the structure and design of the Atomic’s website

Work Experience

  • February 2025 - Current

    In February, I began working with small businesses to offer freelance user experience design services.

    I provide:

    • Website Designs

    • Website Installations

    • Logo Designs

    • Consultations

    Software:

    • Figma

    • Canva

    • Procreate

    • GoDaddy

  • April 2025 - Current

    Since April, I have been working part-time as a User Experience designer for a startup eGRC platform.

    My duties include:

    • Creating Figma wireframes and prototypes for platform workflows

    • Collaboration on new and legacy features

    • Leading and building out our user feedback function

    • Research

    • Problem solving

    Software:

    • Figma

    • Bubble.io

    • Whimsical

    • HubSpot

    • v0 by Vercel

    • Slack

  • October 2022 - April 2025

    Conducting research on potential candidates and supporting various stages of the recruitment process.

  • March 2017 - June 2022

    Aquatics Trainer/Supervisor January 2020 - June 2022

    • Lifeguard Instructor, certifying classes in American Red Cross lifeguarding and first aid courses

    • Overseeing 50-100 employees within the park on any given day

    Aquatics Assistant Supervisor July 2018 - January 2020

    Lifeguard March 2017 - July 2018

Skills

    • Auto layout

    • Variables

    • Styles

    • Components and variants

    • Plugins

      • Iconify

      • Material Design Icons

      • Remove BG

      • Stark - Contrast & Accessibility Checker

      • Unsplash

      • Content Reel

      • Figmotion

      • Autoflow

      • html.to.design

  • Design

    • Procreate

    • Canva

    Website Building

    • Squarespace

    • GoDaddy

    • Bubble

    Brainstorming and organization

    • Whimsical

    Collaboration and integrations

    • Slack

    • Zapier

    Client feedback

    • SurveyMonkey

    • HubSpot

    AI Tools

    • V0 by Vercel

    • Research

    • Competitive analysis

    • User personas

    • User flows

  • Design

    • Paper wireframes

    • Digital wireframes

    • Visual design

    • Mockups

    Prototyping

    • Low-fidelity prototypes

    • High-fidelity prototypes

    Testing

    • Prototype testing

    • Feedback collection

    • Iteration

    • UX/UI design principles

    • Cognitive psychology

    • Behavioral psychology

    • Social psychology

Continued Learning