www.breannafaye.com
breanna faye
bfr @ alum.mit.edu
about I focus on user-experience through an architectural lens at intersections of design, cities, and technology. I help organizations understand and create human-centered design solutions that impact the livelihoods of individuals and the communities and cities they reside in. With an eye for design, a mind for strategy, and a passion for innovation, I merge creative intuition with research sensibilities to develop new products, services, and spaces across a multitude of scales and disciplines appropriate for the digital age.
experience Clarity Labs, Lead Designer and UX Consultant, 02/15 - Present Lead designer for a multidisciplinary tech consultant firm composed of creative technologists. Led design and development on vairous projects: Fidare (financial management startup) UX/UI and front-end development, and Divvyy (an online service-sharing platform) graphic design, ideation, branding and UX/UI and Feeding America campaign branding and 2D/3D visual design. MIT Mobile Experiences Lab, Design Consultant, 03/15 - 03/16 Led the UX research and strategy for Latin America, conducting ethnographic research and creating personas based on a series of interviews conducted in thirteen cities across the world to better understand the needs of Millennials worldwide. Read more at: http://mobile.mit.edu/trends Innovation by Design, Design Strategist, 03/15 - 09/15 Working as part of a team of cross-disciplinary designers to create a vision for the “future of citiesâ€? using a broad range of research methodologies, including ethnographic research, conducting interviews, creating personas, innovative trends research, and design and business strategizing, to form a five year design strategy based on key trends and market opportunity areas across 10 different key industries. La Victoria Lab: Intercorp Peru with IDEO, Designer-in-Residence, 01/15 - 03/15 Working in partnership with IDEO, I led a team in the research and design of an innovation trends database and exploratory website, managed a team of developers in the final production, as well as contributed in the design, ideation, and production of two full-scale prototypes and final pitchdeck, presentation, and exhibition to three different companies of Intercorp Peru: Real Plaza, Plaza Vea, and Oeschle. Panjia Labs: Tech-Education Start-Up, Lead UI/UX Designer, 01/2014 - 07/2014 Led the design and worked alongside developers to create a 3D visual search engine for lifelong learning. Managed overall UI, visual design, and branding, and assisted in market and business strategy to grow Panjia into 16-person team and create multiple functioning prototypes that use statistical algorithms to recommend personalized education paths based on users browsing history. education Master of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014 Bachelor of Design, University of Florida, Magna Cum Laude, 2011 Ecoles d'Art AmĂŠricaines de Fontainebleau, 2013 Vicenza Institute of Architecture, 2011