Objective A full-time position within an organization that shares my love of people and applies a human-centered methodology to design products that inform, excite, and delight. Education Master of Human-Computer Interaction Aug 2009-Dec 2010 Carnegie Mellon University … Pittsburgh , P A • QPA 3.61 Bachelor of Science, Cognitive Science Sept 2004-Jun 2009 University of Ca lifornia, San Diego … La Jolla, CA • Specialization in Human-Computer Interaction, Minor in Political Science • GPA 3.45 (3.67 in Cognitive Science) UC Center Rome Study Abroad … Rome Italy• Instruction in Italian lang uage, history, and culture Experience User Experience Consultant Aug 2010-Dec 2010 Black Locus … Pittsburgh, PA • Interviewed small businesses to discover pricing, marketing, and inventory needs • Conducted heuristic analysis to quickly identify usability issues prior to launch • Developed personas and scenarios to share research results with the client • Restructured the client’s information architecture to better support its users User Research Lead Jan 2010-Aug 2010 Microsoft Studio Capstone … Pittsburgh, PA • Coordinated ethnographic user research of communication patterns in Millennials • Analyzed and synthesized interview data with afnity diagrams and activity models • Developed personas to shape the design and communicate with the client • Compiled and edited nal report and white paper for client Ethnographic Researcher Jan 2009-Jul 2009 UCSD Interactive Cognition Lab … La Jolla, CA • Conducted a three-week ethnographic study of a small dance company• Analyzed video data for phenomena in the eld of creative cognition • Provided preliminary research for an interactive installation Instructional Assistant Mar 2009-Jun 2009 UCSD Cognitive Science … La Jolla, CA • Guided 2 4-student teams in application of User-Centered Design (UCD) techniques • Developed and delivered lectures to teach students UCD methodologies • Evaluated and graded applications of UCD in 10-week-long student projects Behavioral Researcher Apr 2008-Jul 2009 UCSD Cognitive Development Lab … La Jolla, CA • Videotaped mother-infant interactions for a nalysis of shared attention • Analyzed video for infant facial affect to later compare with cortisol sampling • Managed and processed participant questionnaires at 3, 12, 16, 18, and 24 months Financial Assistant May 2007-Feb 2008 HIV Neurobiological Research Center… San Diego, CA • Maintained working nancial records for all projects • Assembled and proofread grant materials during application cycles • Filed nancial paperworkSkills User Research and Usability Contextual InquiryUser Interviews EthnographyActivity Modeling Afnity Diagramming Think Aloud Protocol Heuristic Evaluation Scenario Building Persona Development Prototyping Sketching Paper Prototyping OmniGrafe/Visio PowerPoint Flex/Flash Photoshop InDesign HTML & CSS Coursework Carnegie Mellon - Completed HCI Capstone Project HCI Methods Activating Environments Adaptive Service Design Basic Interaction Design Communication Design Fundamentals Designing for Service Inventing the Future of Services Methodology of Visualization Programming Usable Interfaces UC San Diego - Completed Cognition in Multimedia Design Cognitive Engineering Cognitive EthnographyHCI - HistoryHCI - Programming amy lew Portfolio amylew.com Contact [email protected]415.215.1322 121 S 22nd St. Pittsburgh, PA 15203 Interests Knitting and Crocheting Tabletop RPGs International T ravel Cooking and Baking
