Hi there, my name is Michael Levy, I'm a service and interaction designer living in Brooklyn, NY. My work experience is below, if you'd like to say hello you can reach me at michael@mjlevy.com
Fjord
Senior Interaction and Service Designer
March 2015 - April 2019
Lead Interaction and Service Designer
April 2019 - Present
Client collaboration - Planning, facilitating, and synthesizing co-creation workshops for up to forty people; leading co-creation workshops and collaborative exercises with clients
Design research - Planning, executing, and synthesizing design research; coordinating multiple, simultaneous research teams working internationally
Interaction design - Building and iterating on digital prototypes; conducting useability analysis; creating multi-channel wireframes; designing user-flows
Leadership and culture building - Starting and leading a practice of regular, studio-wide critique sessions; porting this model to other studios; leading UX work-streams within project teams; leading full project teams.
CNBC
Lead User Experience Designer
January 2014 - February 2015
Interaction design - Aligning digital identity with on-screen brand; designing new cross-channel app and browser-based experiences; conducting iterative design research; building wireframes and collaborating with developers
User experience design - Creating taxonomies of data; developing new, user-centric hierarchies of information; advocating for a user-centric approach within traditional media environment
Freelance
User Experience Designer
March 2013 - December 2013
User experience design - Wireframe development for sites across mobile, tablet, and desktop (Maybelline); designing tablet app paired to in-person experiences (Woodford Reserve)
SYPartners
User Experience Designer
August 2011 - January 2013
Design strategy - Shaped market positioning and communication for new digital tools being developed in-house
User experience design - Iterative prototyping of digital tools; conducting long-distance user testing; creating wireframes and collaborating with developers
General Motors
Interaction Designer
July 2008 - July 2011
Interaction design - Creating and patenting novel information patterns for driver information clusters; designing digital tools for drivers to engage with relevant driving data while not in the car
Design research - Conducting ethnographic research across cultures (domestic and international); developing in-car prototyping platform for conducting contextual inquiry
University collaboration - Designing curriculum for Carnegie Mellon design students focused on autonomous driving; advising and collaborating with students throughout semester-long project
Carnegie Mellon University — 2004-2008 — BFA, School of Design