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Brenna Threatt

UX Designer · Making Moves
Open to Explore Remote

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🧢 UX Designer
🧢 Product Designer
🥳 Designer

Interests

Priorities
INDUSTRIES
Education, Leisure, Travel and Tourism, Philanthropy
EXPERTISE
User Research, Creative & Design, Education
LOCATION
Remote
Open to Explore
Culture Values
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Inclusive & Diverse
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Work/Life Harmony
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Empathetic
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Mission Driven
Benefits & Perks
🕰
Paid Time-Off
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Medical Insurance

Bio & Skills

UX Designer | Product Designer

Passionate about creating innovative products that transform the lives of users. With a background in education and childcare, I am excited to take my strengths of empathy, compassion, creativity, and quick thinking to a design role.

Creativity Empathy Quick Learning
Core Skills

"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." - Steve Jobs

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Experience

Various Schools
Various Schools
Grand Rapids, MI/ Cleveland, OH · 7 years, 9 months
Substitute Teacher/Student Teacher August 2017 — Current time
About the role Teaching: Wrote original unit plans, created lessons to meet student needs, led full classes PreK-12th grade, some in multiple-week placements, adapted lesson plans as needed Data Collecting: Adjusted lesson plans as needed, based on student performance, left detailed notes and observations for the permanent teachers, performed regular assessments for 25 students
Wyma Properties/Kenowa Builders
Wyma Properties/Kenowa Builders
Grand Rapids, MI · 1 year, 7 months
Administrative Assistant May 2022 — December 2023
About the role Development: Designed workflows for the company using LeadSimple, created new organizational systems for monitoring client selections, studied client feedback to design more effective workflows and systems, presented new methods to improve company success, all of which improved company efficiency by at least 50% Content Creation: Scheduled daily posts and regular stories for the Facebook and Instagram for Kenowa Builders (11k followers), collaborated with other pages to improve reach, updated and maintained the company website, drafted and edited important communication Office Management: Responded to emails and phone calls, assembled documents for audits, invoices, and meetings, coordinated and planned full company events, processed applications, issued leases and lease renewals, handled client requests and concerns, wrote listings for available properties, scheduled and performed showings
Goddard School
Goddard School
Grand Rapids, MI · 5 months
Early Childhood Teacher August 2020 — January 2021
About the role Classroom Management: Assisted with lesson planning for early childhood classrooms, led activities and facilitated learning, documented student progress, reported growth and learning to parents, organized student files, prepared for events
The Pines
The Pines
Welkom, South Africa · 3 years, 8 months
Operations Assistant May 2015 — January 2019
About the role Web Development: Designed a new website for the organization using WordPress, wrote unique copy across the site, photographed original content for the website, formulated user flow systems across the website, developed a web design to best serve the user needs Fund Raising: Sent appeals for partnership opportunities to potential donors, crafted newsletters and social media updates for supporters, led presentations of fundraising needs to churches and organizations, documented $1000s of donations Education: Constructed tutoring schedules and lessons for students, assigned volunteer roles
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Private Families
Grand Rapids, MI/Evanston, IL · 9 years, 3 months
Nanny January 2013 — April 2022
About the role Facilitating: Coordinated educational activities throughout the day, researched and planned age-appropriate outings, monitored children for appropriate development, developed a deep understanding of and relationship with charges, led day-to-day care tasks including meal prep and laundry, prepared the family for trips and vacations, assisted families on trips and through moving
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Education

Coursera Google
Coursera Google
Professional Certificate · UX Design
2023 - 2023
Cornerstone University
Cornerstone University
Bachelors Degree · Elementary Education
2014 - 2017
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