Chesley Kalnen

Prototyping and building an easy-to-manage bilingual website for a children’s literacy organization

Discovery | Testing | Technical Acumen

We were challenged to create a bilingual product that would be easy for the client to manage and friendly to users with lower technical literacy.

An exercise in gathering and prioritizing user needs for a mobile app

Discovery |  Wireframing |  User Testing

I completed a mobile app design exercise based on a Viget UX project prompt. The exercise included a concept presentation, design (annotated wireframes), and a validation presentation.

Pushing back effectively, and winning: problem solving with data

Data Analysis |  Stakeholder Management

I provided value to a client by digging into their goals and delivering an impactful solution that centered on user needs, and reinforced my decisions with data.

Increasing user engagement on company blog

Data Analysis |  Wireframing |  Team Collaboration

I led the redesign of my company's blog, using wireframes to communicate my ideas to the design team and the company’s partners, and benchmarked data to evaluate performance.

Sharing knowledge and writing for a target audience

Early in my career, I was curious about usability and accessibility and deeply explored both topics. I realized that these were important things for our agency clients to be aware of and understand as we talked about projects. I wanted to share what I learned, and also create a tool for existing and prospective clients. I interviewed a developer who led an accessibility workshop, and wrote a blog post with client decision makers in mind.