Aja Shamblee Experience Design

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I started my career seven years ago as a humble girl from Ohio with a degree in game design. I wanted to modal characters and map environments. But as I began forging my path in Chicago, my skills in multiple programs somehow led me to digital design. From there, my experiences grew and I was able to work on some amazing projects with even more amazing people. I designed with agencies like Razorfish, SapientNitro, Walgreens Digital Health, Rightpoint and eventually moved in-house with a company I have always loved–InVision. .

I’ve had the pleasure of leading and managing the design execution for mobile apps, enterprise products, digital workspaces and e-commerce experiences. At InVision, I serve as a design lead on the marketing platform team, where I’m learning how to bring design into business by driving key growth metrics, enabling our sales teams and fostering customer retention and activation. The work I produce shines light on our product capabilities, our amazing resource of design educational content and highlights the insights of top design teams across the world. I design a platform built entirely for designers.

I’ve engaged in everything from discovery, strategy, planning and design, all the way to development oversight and launch. Not only do I get to manage key accounts, but I also initiate, lead and manage improvements in our design teams process. I aim to increase efficiency, standardization, cross-discipline collaboration, training and promote inclusive design with all users in mind.

I realized quite quickly in my career that what I had always loved about game design still rings true today. The multidisciplinary experience. The problem solving. The passion. The story. Above all else, it’s connecting all of the interactions, sounds, visuals and content together so that they’re seemingly invisible, yet undeniably memorable.

In my regular life, I spend my time continuing to play games, kickboxing, eating Reese Puffs cereal, praying for a Bengals Superbowl ring, and traveling the world with my best friend and partner, John Ingraffia. He’s also an amazing developer. Aren’t we just the perfect match.
ExperienceSenior Comms Designer, InVision 2019 to present Support, monitor and build key growth metrics through platform user experience and visual design. Manage and evolve the InVision design system across CMS.
Sr. Art Director, Rightpoint 2017 to 2019 Art Director, 2016 to 2017 Sr. UI Designer, 2015 to 2016 User experience and interface design across various CRM (Sitecore, Episerver, Salesforce, Sharepoint), iOS and Android projects.
Sr. UI/UX Designer, Walgreens 2014 to 2015 (Contract) UI and UX design for Walgreen’s Digital Health and Balance Rewards experiences. Converted and established a WCAG compliant digital style guide to be implemented across all of Walgreen’s digital experiences.
Sr. UI/UX Designer, Razorfish 2014 (Contract) UX and UI design for the Hollistor Co. iOS and Android e-commerce app experience. Strong focus on site mapping, user-flows, and interaction experience to improve engagement and conversion.
Interaction Designer, SapientNitro 2013 to 2014 (Contract) Art direction and UI design for Dodge, Hyatt, and Abbott. Concept development, wireframing and design oversight through product launch and agile iterations.
Education Ohio University 2009 Bachelor of Science in Communication and Digtal Media Specialization in Video Game Sequencing and Special Effects
Clients Grant Thortan / Hub International / Abbott / Northwestern Mutual McDonalds / Loblaw / Sportslock / Hollister Co / Dodge /Walgreens / JP Morgan / Johnson Controls / Hyatt / Equity Group Investments / Brother / Principle Financial Group / InVision
Skills User experience design / User interface design / Design strategy Design workshop facilitation / Design systems / Prototyping and animation / Web Accessibility / Client and project management Branding / Photoshoots / User testing / Project planning
Tools Sketch / Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign / InVision / Principle Premiere / Animate (Flash) / AfterEffects / KeyNote / Microsoft Office Suite / JIRA / Azure DevOps (VSTS)
Recognition
2020 Neilson Norman Group's Top 10 Best Intranets Design Lead for Loblaw Companies Limited intranet
2018 Ragen Communication Overall Intranet Winner Mobile Sports Category for Sportslock Mobile App Design
20th Annual Webby Awards Official Honoree Mobile Sports Category for Sportslock Mobile App Design
Interests
Travel
Boxing
Graffiti
Sports
Video Games