Resume

Mary Vanderwall

Professional Experience

Digital Accessibility Intern / Michigan State University College of Communication Arts and Sciences / Digital Experience and Accessibility Team (June 2022 - Present)

♡ Guided professors in remediating their Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel, PDF, and D2L HTML content to WCAG 2.0 AA standards and design best practices.
♡ Led and created live and recorded accessibility trainings for Michigan State University faculty and staff.
♡ Supported professors finalizing captioning through guides, email support, and reminders for missing accessibility elements in recorded presentations.

Website Intern / Michigan State University
Department of Linguistics Languages and Cultures (August 2021 - May 2022)

♡ Ensured website sustainability and usability for visitors and staff editors through maintenance.
♡ Updated website while maintaining pre-established brand identity.
♡ Conducted user research and interviews with students and staff to create an easier navigating experience.

UX Designer / DK’s Wash-N-Shine
(September 2021 - February 2022)

♡ Created a new ecommerce website with Wordpress.
♡ Crafted personas, prototypes, lo-fi and hi-fi wireframes.
♡ Consulted with the client in every design stage.

UX Design Team Member / Michigan State University VIM Magazine
(September 2021 - December 2022)

♡ Communicated with the UX team across multiple platforms.
♡ Ensured a human-centered design approach by conducting user interviews for blog page access.

Photographer / Seattle Space Needle
(June 2021 - August 2021)

♡ Photographed customers in both indoor and outside settings and explained the photo download process.
♡ Communicated with clients to ensure they received quality photos and enforced COVID safety protocols.

Education

Minor: Graphic Design
Minor: Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Minor: Japanese
Michigan State University, East Lansing
Graduation: May 2023
GPA: 3.8 / Dean’s List (2019-2022)

B.A. Experience Architecture

UX Experiences

XA Club President / Michigan State
University (January 2022 - November 2022)

♡ Strategized with leadership team to plan club activities and goals for the year. ♡ Led Lens Studio AR workshop to introduce club members to AR technologies.

Spartan Hackathon / Spring 2022

♡ Our team designed a prototype of an item exchange website called “Barter” (within a weekend).
♡ Created lo-fi and hi-fi wireframes for the website interface.
♡ Coded the front-end of the homepage using CSS and HTML.
♡ Collaborated with back-end and front-end developers to create an accessible experience.

DubsTech Protothon / Summer 2020

♡ Our team redesigned a check-in system for COVID testing (within a 24 hour time frame).
♡ Crafted personas, wireframes, and conducted user research

Skills

Relevant Coursework: UX Design,
Interaction Design, UI Design, User
Research, Usability Testing, Prototyping,
Visual Design, Cognitive Psychology, Web
Authoring, Experimental Design,
Leadership, and Culture and Rhetoric.

Software: Figma, Adobe Creative Suite,
InVision, Microsoft Office, WIX, Wordpress,
Squarespace, Lens Studio, and Blender.

Programming: Basic JavaScript and Swift Intermediate HTML & CSS.