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Experience

User Experience Researcher

2022 to 2022
Montreal, Canada — Ubisoft

• Planning of several user tests for desktop applications and processes :
  • Identifying relevant participants (business or technician)
  • Writing the user testing protocols
  • Collaborating with stakeholders to plan the user tests and validate the protocol
• User tests sessions moderation, over video call :
  • Interviewing the participants while following the protocol
  • Record the session on video with screen and device recording
  • Encouraging participants to stay relaxed and focused during the session’s duration
• Requirements gathering :
  • Interviewing stakeholders
  • Interviewing target audience to gather needs, objectives and priorities
• Analysis and debrief of user research results ;
  • Gathering and consolidating results
  • Writing and presenting recommendations of next steps to stakeholders
• Establish standard practices ;
  • Collaborating with the larger UX research team to write down standard practices
  • Presenting and maintaining frameworks and various documents

User Experience Researcher

2017 to 2021
Montreal, Canada — CN

• Planning of several user tests for mobile applications, websites, and processes :
  • Identifying relevant participants (business or technician)
  • Writing the user testing protocols
  • Collaborating with stakeholders to plan the user tests and validate the protocol
• User tests sessions moderation, on the field or over video call :
  • Interviewing the participants while following the protocol
  • Record the session on video with screen and device recording
  • Encouraging participants to stay relaxed and focused during the session’s duration
• Requirements gathering :
  • Interviewing stakeholders
  • Planning and running workshops (design sprint or bespoke exercises)
  • Interviewing target audience to gather needs, objectives and priorities
• Analysis and debrief of user research results ;
  • Gathering and consolidating results
  • Writing and presenting recommendations of next steps to stakeholders
• Design of the user flow and interfaces ;
  • Designing UI elements and application flow based on standard practices
  • Using Sketch and Abstract to illustrate interfaces to be built
  • Collaborating with the scrum team and stakeholders to define UIs
• Establish standard practices ;
  • Collaborating with the larger UX team to write down standard practices
  • Presenting and maintaining frameworks and various documents

User Experience Designer (UX)

2017
Montreal, Canada — Alithya (at CN)

• Creation of a usability research lab : -Identifying needed hardware and software configuration to assemble a portable and repeatable, research lab that can be transported to various on-field locations
• Planning of several user tests for a mobile application :
  • Identifying relevant participants with technical profile
  • Writing the user testing protocols
  • Collaborating with stakeholders to plan the user tests and validate the protocol
• Analysis and debrief of user research results ;
  • Gathering and consolidating results
  • Writing and presenting recommendations of next steps to stakeholders
• Design of the user flow and interfaces :
  • Designing UI elements and application flow based on standard practices
  • Using Sketch, Adobe XD and Abstract to illustrate the interfaces to be built
  • Collaborating with the scrum team and stakeholders to define UIs
• Prototype development :
  • Coding a very early web-based prototype to help stakeholder decide on the overall experience of the application

User Experience Designer (UX)

2013 to 2017
Montreal, Canada — Tribalnova / HMH

• Creation of a usability research lab :
  • Design of a repeatable usability lab that can livestream the research sessions to other locations
  • Make the usability research lab setup portable so it can be moved to other offices or on-site locations (i.e. testing was performed in a school)
• Planning of user tests for iPad applications :
  • Identifying the relevant children participants from our database
  • Writing the user testing protocols
  • Collaborating with stakeholders to plan the user tests and validate the protocol
• Analysis and debrief of user research results ;
  • Assembling “best-of” videos of children interacting with our applications
  • Writing and presenting recommendations of next steps to stakeholders
• Training to user testing for teams in other locations :
  • Training colleagues in Texas to reproduce a similar user testing setup at their location as well as methods to run usability testing
• Design of the user flow and interfaces :
  • Designing interfaces and user-flow for multiple math-based games
  • Designing and updating an e-reader/tutoring iPad application
• Prototype development :
  • Coding games systems for user testing
  • Paper prototyping of simple reading applications

UX Designer – Frontend Developer (AS3/Flex)

2011 to 2013
Montreal, Canada — Tribalnova

• Advocate for the final user :
  • Being the voice of usability and accessibility first in development teams
  • Use standard practices to improve readability and accessibility of games and applications
• Design and mockup interface and user-flow :
  • Designing UI elements and application flow based on standard practices
  • Using Sketch and Axure to illustrate interfaces to be built
  • Collaborating with the scrum team and stakeholders to define UIs
  • Design early stages of the web-based central scoring and testing system for Maryland
• Lead developer on pbskidsplay.org :
  • Maintaining the application (fixing bugs and various errors)
  • Implementing new features and content as needed on both the website and the application
• Prototype development:
  • Prototyping multiple game using Actionscript 3 and Unity to explore the feasibility and interest
• Projects include:
  • I Read With, UX design on the iPad application ;
  • I Learn With, UX design consulting on the redesign ;
  • Maryland, design of the teacher and states experience on the central assessment system ;

Game Designer – Frontend Developer (ActionScript3)

2008 to 2010
Paris, France — Chugulu

• Design of advergames based on client goals and budget ;
• Development of advergames in AS3, fast paced production ;
  • Projects include games for Unilever (Axe) and SNCF
• Lead developer on blindtest.com ;

Education

Integrated Commercial Pilot Course (ICPC)

2022 to present
Moncton, NB, Canada — MFC

PPL

2019 to 2021
Montreal, QC, Canada — Alm Par Avion

Game Design Master Degree

2008 to 2010
Paris, France — ISART

DUT Service et Réseau de Communication

2006 to 2008
Vélizy, France — IUT de Vélizy

Other Skills

French: Native language
English: Bilingual

Microsoft and Apple office suites
Various development languages
Photo and video editing
French certificate for youth workers (BAFA)
Driving Licence

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