Elicia Caruthers
SENIOR UX/PRODUCT DESIGNER
PHONE:
816-582-6842
EMAIL:
LOCATION:
Kansas City, MO
DATE OF BIRTH
February 19, 1997
Background
Hi, I'm Elicia! I currently am a Senior UX/Product Designer at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. In 2023, I completed a certification in Human Computer Interaction at Iowa State University. I also graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 2019 with a Bachelor's of Science degree in two majors: Interactive Digital Media: Computer Science and Visual Imaging. In my day to day, I strive to create user-centered solutions and bridge the gap between the stakeholders, designers, and developers through collaboration. I am driven by my empathetic nature to resolve issues in business processes and create easy to use interfaces. In my spare time, I love to help friends and family out with any graphic design projects like resumes, invitations, or event signage. I even started my own business a couple years ago named EC Designs. I also enjoy family events, travelling, all things spooky, and catching up at local coffee shops.
Feel free to reach out to connect on all things UX or request some graphic design work on my contact page!
Work Experience
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY
JULY 2019 - PRESENT
NWMO REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
AUGUST 2018 - MAY 2019
DEPT. OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AT NWMO STATE UNIVERSITY
JANUARY 2017 - MAY 2019
GLYNN DEVINS
MAY 2018 - AUGUST 2018
CAREER SERVICES AT NWMO STATE UNIVERSITY
NOVEMBER 2017 - APRIL 2018
BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS CITY
JUNE 2017 - DECEMBER 2017
SSM HEALTH HOSPITAL
SEPTEMBER 2016 - JANUARY 2017
Completed research, design, user testing, and collaboration activities for 14 products. These products include treasury payment systems, internal marketing or info sharing sites, the public KC Fed site, and recruitment materials. During the course of this work, I have become an expert on UX within the agile framework, mockups, prototyping, manual accessibility and usability testing, use of design systems, and collaborative design.
Started off utilizing back-end development for maintenance of their current website. Then, guided the company leadership through a redesign of current website using site maps, wire frames, prototypes, and full build in WordPress.
Assisted over 40 students’ in understanding and debugging of HTML, CSS, and WordPress each semester.
Revitalized landing page templates by adding interactivity and modern design while maintaining low costs. Day to day, I customized over 20 current client websites and provided documentation.
Enhanced career services website features and designed posters, announcements, and emails (digital and print).
Won 2nd place in a company wide innovation competition with a presentation and prototype of a healthcare dashboard. Also, redesigned outdated content by creating wireframes and prototypes to better meet user goals. Then, reproduced those designs into user-friendly SharePoint sites.
Built the brand and crafted a vibrant and informational website for new
health program through iterative design process.