What I Do
Content strategy
Assessing the structure of both the content on the page and the behind-the-scenes workflow of how it gets there.
Managing the content-first redesign of a department website
Auditing 150+ unstructured profiles to create one adaptable content type, plus a survey to collect new data
Continuously evaluating, revising, and maintaining content for a suite of public-facing websites
Usability testing
Using the appropriate tasks and questions to determine if a feature really works
Comparative testing of approaches to search results pages to inform long-term strategy
Pivoting from in-person usability testing to remote protocols within a month of COVID lockdown
Assessing a new navigation structure through tree testing
User interviews
Learning from users and stakeholders about their goals and needs
Interviewing stakeholders for a suite of research websites to identify historical challenges and context for a redesign
Leading a team of colleagues in interviewing 25 students and faculty members on library discovery, establishing foundation for long-term development goals
Analytics reporting
Using pageviews and clicks to understand use
Implementing custom events to track link clicks and referring pages, allowing for the removal of 250+ unclicked documents
Creating custom LookerStudio dashboards for 12 sites to report efficiently on common statistics
Product management
Translating user needs into feature requirements, then plotting a roadmap
Initiating and leading weekly meetings of cross-functional stakeholder group to unblock development on 10 key features relating to item status for a new library ILS
Developing specifications based on new feature requests from users, and evaluating resulting work based on the precision of those specifications