Portfolio

Meredith Hamilton

UX research, design, and strategy

I bring a deep skill set to my work in UX. My experiences in visual journalism taught me to respect the power of research, and to break complex projects into manageable parts. I approach design using a balance of research, visualization, and strategy—and a healthy dose of common sense.

Developing volunteer personas:

A mixed method approach

I developed and introduced a set of personas at New York Cares, an organization devoted to volunteerism. The personas help frame recruiting, fundraising and product design.

Building tools for volunteer management at scale

Sole UX designer on a small tech team that developed a webapp. I researched and wireframed the entire project and chaperoned it from sketches to mature shipped product.

Matching search content

to user's mental models

Improved the efficiency of the volunteer-matching marketplace through content standards and design changes.

Service design and other small strategic tweaks

Changing just one step in a process can have a big impact. My content and design skills help move these small projects along, quickly. .

Illustration with an ethnographic eye

A long term award-winning series with Black Dog/Hachette Publishers. Other clients range from Steuben to Macys.

Book apps for kids: Deep dive into product development

A passion project. My love for high quality content for kids morphed into creating and releasing four wonderful animated book apps and a deep dive into product development.