Resume

Saskia Mick

UX/UI Designer

saskia.mick@gmail.com

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Education

University of California at Berkeley Extension Campus / Certificate in UX/UI Design

University of Colorado at Boulder / B.A. in International Affairs

Oregon State University / 50+ Credits in Fine Arts & Graphic Design

Certificate, UX Strategy | Fountain Institute

Certificate, Facilitating Workshops | Fountain Institute

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Experience

UpTogether / Lead UX Designer

October 2023 - December 2025

● Conducted cross-collaborative user research, regularly running focus groups with 10-20 users to advocate for user

needs and inform design strategy.

● Facilitated collaboration across departments by leading 1-2, quarterly interactive workshops to identify digital platform problems and design efficient, engaging solutions.

● Partnered closely with the Director of Product and Engineering team to ensure smooth design handoff, rapidly resolve issues, and effectively balance design ideals with development constraints'

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UpTogether / UX Designer

December 2021 - October 2023

● Collaborated with a cross-functional team of one UX Researcher, two designers, and one content designer, to

understand and advocate for user needs throughout the design process.

Utilized Figma to create wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes, ensuring consistent application of brand guidelines.

● Synthesized complex data from user research to inform design decisions and improve the overall user experience.

● Updated surveys feature to be more user-friendly, and enable users to access multiple surveys at once.

● Quickly updated the home page, and created new virtual wallet access with a new vendor within 4 weeks.

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Neuflect / UX/UI Designer

February 2021 - July 2021

● Owned full design process for the Frame app launch including user research, wireframing, high-fidelity design,

usability testing, and design system creation.

● Delivered production-ready designs and facilitated handoff to engineering within 6 months.

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UC Berkeley Extension Campus, University of Oregon / UX/UI Bootcamp Teaching Assistant

April 2020- November 2021,  San Francisco, CA

● Mentored 32-48 UX bootcamp students through a 6-month intensive program, providing 1:1 guidance on user

research, prototyping, and case study development.

● Assisted in the transition to a fully remote class by creating supplemental instructional videos.

● Graded 150+ projects across two cohorts.

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