Amanda Schmutzler
Principal User Experience Designer
Amanda Schmutzler
Principal User Experience Designer
Creating user driven designs for over 15 years
Amanda Schmutzler
Amanda Schmutzler
About Me
As a meticulous individual with a relentless pursuit of excellence, I effectively understand and address clients’ needs. I thoroughly analyze and implement solutions, focusing on maximizing user experience and aligning with business objectives. With strong problem-solving skills, I ensure tasks are completed diligently and end-users are satisfied.
My proficiency in conceptualization and communication enables me to tackle diverse design challenges adeptly. With a proactive mindset, I thrive on challenges and constantly seek improvement. Viewing the world through a designer’s lens, I gather insights from everyday interactions, transforming them into valuable research.
I leverage knowledge, research, and experience to prioritize user-centered design, enhancing usability and satisfaction. I actively contribute to team success through creativity, passion, determination, and a commitment to product enhancement. For me, design is an ongoing journey of evolution and refinement.
Connect with me
- (805) 573-5617
- Los Angeles, CA
Projects
WALMART BRAND PORTFOLIO
SAAS
KAISER PERMANENTE GET CARE
RESEARCH / WEBSITES
RACECAR BUILD
MOBILE / SAAS
CAR DASHBOARD DESIGN EXERCISE
AUTO
KAISER PERMANENTE WELCOME PAGE
MOBILE / WEBSITES
KAISER PERMANENTE APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING
MOBILE / RESEARCH
KAISER PERMANENTE DOCUMENTATION PROJECT
STYLE GUIDE
DISNEY HEX
STYLE GUIDE
DISNEY DNOTE
SAAS
DISNEY RESIDUALS
SAAS
CAPITAL ONE
SAAS
MY LOOKING GLASS
MOBILE / RESEARCH
AXURE
EXAMPLES
ALEKS COURSE BUILDER
SAAS
ALEKS PPL
RESEARCH / SAAS
ALEKS STUDENT MODULE MOBILE
MOBILE / RESEARCH
ALEKS DASHBOARD
SAAS
ALEKS CMS
SAAS
ALEKS & ENGRADE INTEGRATION
SAAS
ALEKS STUDENT ACCOUNT HOME
RESEARCH / SAAS
ALEKS PIE REPORT
SAAS
ALEKS PROGRESS REPORT
SAAS
EXTRON PCS
WEBSITES
STYLED WHEELS
WEBSITES
Education
Master of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
Experience
- Principal User Experience Designer
- August 2022 - Present
- As the lead designer for the Walmart Marketplace Brand Portal, I enhanced the user experience by collaborating with diverse teams to ensure alignment with business goals.
- Through user research and usability testing, I gathered valuable insights to develop wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs tailored to Brand Portal.
- By understanding the unique needs and goals of brand partners, I created a user-friendly portal that provides intuitive and efficient tools for brand management.
- With a deep understanding of the Walmart Marketplace ecosystem, I ensured that the Brand Portal seamlessly integrated with existing features and aligned with the overall platform strategy.
- Maintained brand consistency across the platform while implementing accessibility standards.
- Design Manager | Senior User Experience Designer
- March 2020 - July 2022
- Utilized user-centered design principles to optimize and streamline the auto loan process, ensuring a smooth and efficient experience.
- Collaborated closely with product management and engineering teams to research and validate problems and solutions.
- Continuously evaluated designs and sought impactful improvements to benefit all participants in the car buying process.
- Senior User Experience Designer
- January 2018 - March 2020
- Improved the user experience in the medical industry by working closely with product managers, developers, and the design team to create and build UI/UX comps and prototypes for web and mobile devices.
- Ensured all deliverables were ADA compliant, allowing customers to access care anytime, anywhere.
- Senior User Experience Designer
- January 2017 - January 2018
- Collaborated with a team to enhance the user experience for Disney employees, aiming to “bring the magic inside.”
- Played a key role in translating business strategy into user-friendly products.
- Defined UX strategy, created platform-specific designs, developed interactive prototypes, and conducted user research and testing for the residual payments system and the Disney music group content management system.
- User Experience Designer
- November 2013 - December 2016
- Tackled interface design challenges, created intuitive designs and improved the user experience for web-based products in K-12, higher education and consumer markets.
- Led usability tests, integrated rapid prototyping to validate concepts and collaborated closely with product managers, UX managers, UX designers, researchers and developers.
- Interaction Designer
- June 2011 - November 2013
- Developed both low and mid-fidelity interactive prototypes using various prototyping applications to meet design and behavioral specifications.
- Established software requirements, behaviors and workflows.
- Engaged with stakeholders and developers throughout the software development process to create multiple software applications.
- Conducted usability tests and on-site user research.
- User Experience Analyst
- May 2010 - August 2010
- Identified problems and gathered insights to address complications across various technological devices.
- Facilitated focus groups and conducted usability tests to inform solutions.
Expertise
Process
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Empathize
Deeply understand user needs and motivations.
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Define
Summarize user empathy into clear problems and needs.
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Ideate
Create solutions to meet requirements and address issues.
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Prototype
Create testable versions of ideas for user feedback.
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Test
Gather user insights on designs and refine accordingly.
Recommendations
Amanda is a very capable UX Designer. I know I can reliably count on her for solving complex UX Problems, designing and documenting design system components, and prototyping large-scale flows at blistering speeds. She is a fast learner and comes with an ever-expanding toolkit. I would recommend Amanda for any experienced design team.
Amanda is a no-drama senior level experience designer that I have relied upon to consistently perform, meet and exceed expectations. She is diligent, organized and practical. You can always count on her to rationally present her work to stakeholders. Amanda is unassumingly awesome.
The Walt Disney Studios
Amanda is a great asset to our Experience Design team. I worked with her on building a complicated financial enterprise application. She is a quick learner and makes sure all the right questions are asked, then executed on the solutions. I am grateful for her technical skill and her ability to stay nimble to make adjustments in our fast-paced Agile environment. She was able to convey product needs through her design and deliver high-quality applications for our users.
The Walt Disney Studios
I worked with Amanda to bring life to my drawing in the shape of a developmental working platform prototype. Amanda has a mind that can take a number of moving parts and understand how to organize the digital experience to something practical. In the world of building new homes, simple and clean is everything when people don’t have time to look for answers. The final result of the job was so incredible that there is no way to properly express it while doing it justice. Full recommendations to anyone considering working with Amenda.
Racecar Build
Amanda was a valuable member of the UX Design team at ALEKS. She handled complex projects with ease and speed, creating high fidelity prototypes to illustrate concepts to stakeholders and for usability testing. She carried out moderated and unmoderated usability tests; incorporating user feedback into her designs. It was a pleasure working with her. She will be a great asset to any UX design team.
McGraw Hill Education
As a startup business with a need for an intuitive and fun iOS app, I had several UX designers present their vision for our mobile messaging and community. Amanda put together not only a plan but also a prototype to execute it. Working both individually and collaboratively, the result was on time and on budget. Importantly, she worked with the graphics designer to then breathe life into the project. Amanda is good at running with concepts and putting in the time to get it right. She would be a great asset to any design team.
The Looking Glass
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Amanda for 3 years on several projects where she was the lead designer and I managed research. She is an efficient worker with excellent problem solving abilities. She is adept at the agile process and works in quick iterations to make prototype updates so user research can test design to ensure an elegant user experience. When needed, Amanda steps in to assist with user research such as moderating, taking notes, and synthesizing data. She is a flexible worker and an asset to the team.
McGraw Hill Education
Amanda brought our team up to speed with Axure best practices very quickly, allowing our product design team to quickly deliver on a critical demo. Her contributions to the team are immeasurable, and will help us to continue to provide sophisticated product demos using Axure. Working with Amanda has been a delight, and I look forward to future opportunities.
Data Science
Was awesome working with Amanda, she is a talented designer and a team player. We worked together on a few projects and collaborated across others. She was a big help on a giant project I couldn’t handle on my own. She works fast and solves complex problems. She is a quick learner and has achieved a high level of prototyping skill in Axure. Pleasure to work with.
McGraw Hill Education
Amanda worked for me as a Researcher and Interaction Designer at Extron. While she was part of my staff, Amanda was able to research complex business problems and user problems to create intelligent design solutions. I got to witness her growth, both as a researcher and a designer on our team. Amanda has a passion and genuine empathy for users and would make a great addition to any UX team.
Extron Electronics
Amanda is outstanding. She created my website which resulted in increased referrals for my business. She is easy to work with, patient and responsive, quick and available. She works quickly and is a great listener. Very pleasant and easy to work with. I highly recommend her.
Psychologist
Amanda took several of my Human factors courses at CSUN. In all classes, Amanda demonstrated the ability to complete all assignments on time and with high quality. She has very good verbal and written communication skills, and demonstrated the ability to work independently as well as in a group. I would highly recommend Amanda for any position where she can use her considerable skills to support the design and validation of sophisticated user machine systems.
California State University, Northridge
Amanda was an outstanding influence on me as a designer. She advised me on several occasions regarding to areas of research and design. Amanada was ever Present, I never felt alone during the months that we were vitual and she had always taken the time to check in one me. Amanda provided excellent feedback which molded my growth as a designer
Capital One
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