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Shauna Cheatham

User Experience/Interaction Designer at United Airlines

Skills

Work
  • User Research

  • Interaction Design

  • Information Architecture

  • User-Centered Design

  • Heuristic Evaluation

  • Usability Testing

  • Responsive Design

  • Accessible Design

  • Human-Computer Interaction

  • Competitive Analysis

  • Site Map

  • User Interviewing

  • Product Design

  • Feature Prioritization

  • Alignment & Grid

  • Data Analysis

  • Agile Development

  • A/B Testing

  • UX Design Process

Software

  • Figma

  • Adobe XD

  • Sketch

  • Python

  • CSS

  • HTML

  • JavaScript

  • Invision

  • Google Tag Manager

  • Balsamiq

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Google Analytics

  • Jira

Experience

2023 - Present

United Airlines - CORE UX

User Experience/Interaction Designer
  • Lead redesign of United’s partner ads to improve ad engagement and brand consistency.

  • Increased ad click-through rate by 238%, surpassing travel industry average.

  • Lead redesign and modernization of over a dozen of United’s website pages

  • Improved readability, accessibility, brand consistency, and site engagement.

  • Visualize ideas using various design tools for rapid ideation.

  • Initiate innovation based on research, analysis, and competitive reviews.

  • Identify user needs and business requirements to inform design approach.

  • Ensure digital touchpoints align with United's UX and brand standards.

  • Develop intuitive, engaging interactions for consistent customer experience.

  • Drive design of navigation schemes, patterns, and templates for products.

  • Create low/high fidelity interactive prototypes in a rapid, collaborative process.

  • Present design work to UX team, product team, and executives for feedback.

  • Communicate harmoniously with stakeholders throughout the design process.

  • Provide guidance and mentorship to junior designers; collaborate with cross-functional teams.

2022 - Present

RheoHero

Product & Web Designer, CMO
  • Develop intuitive, usable, and engaging interactions and visual designs for RheoHero mobile application using Figma

  • Design and develop RheoHero's website using user-centered design principles

  • Redesign led to a 15% website sales conversion rate, 233% increase in site sessions, 134% increase in unique visitors, and 101% increase in average session duration

  • Proactively review, refine, and recommend new user experience concepts across multiple web pages and mobile interfaces

  • Create company logo, brand design, and style guide

  • Design social media graphics and templates

2020-2022

Hopscotch

​UX/UI Designer, Marketing Manager
  • Designed Hopscotch SaaS website landing page

  • Created prototype of Hopscotch Family app re-design using user interviews, heuristic evaluation, and user-centered design process

  • Created multi-device interface designs of Hopscotch Parent Guide

  • Designed graphics for social media, print materials, digital ads, and other marketing assets

  • Created wireframes of child therapy games with feature requirements for developers

  • Participated in product development brainstorming sessions

  • Create style guide for visual brand identity

  • Create product walk-through video tutorials and help text to increase consumer retention

2020-2021

Fit.M8

​User Experience Designer, Business Development Intern
  • Created wireframes and working prototypes of virtual workout session app feature using Figma

  • Designed surveys and conducted user research to understand health habits and needs of college students

  • Participated in weekly developer meetings to communicate development needs and share prototypes

Education

2016-2019

Cornell University

Bachelor of Science in Industrial & Labor Relations

Ann S. Bowers College of Computing & Information Science Courses

  • Human-Computer Interaction

  • Advanced Human-Computer Interaction

  • Short Course in Python

Cornell "Hack Our Campus" Hackathon

  • Team lead for 4-day Hackathon to improve virtual learning experience for college students

  • Prototyped app to help students increase productivity when working from home

  • Workshops: Digital Product Design, React Development, iOS Development, Android Development, Brainstorming for Social Impact

Certifications

Agile User Experience Design & Research
Becoming an AI-First Product Leader
CSS Essential Training
HTML Essential Training
JavaScript for Web Designers
User Experience for Web Design
Figma for UX Design
Figma: Handing Off to Developers
Systems Thinking for Product Designers
UX Deep Dive: Analyzing Data
UX Deep Dive: Mapping
UX Design: Implementation & Planning
UX Foundations: Interaction Design
UX Foundations: Multidevice Design
Design Thinking: Understanding the Processes
UX Research Methods: Interviewing
Front-End Development Assessment Badge

Email 

LinkedIn

  • LinkedIn
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