Hello, I am a multidisciplinary designer and strategist.

I steward and craft healthcare experiences that balance usability, viability, and feasibility, with a sharp focus on delivering measurable value to both users and stakeholders. By aligning human-centered design with clinical and organizational goals, I create solutions that are not only intuitive but also drive adoption, safety, and operational success.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Overview of Key Projects

Baxter Care Communications

As a senior designer on the R&D team, I led UX from Phase Zero for a new product that aids in caregiver communications. I also designed refinements for three systems of hardware, software, firmware and products with medical device classification to improve caregiver workflow with goals of reducing risk and improving patient outcomes.

New Product Development • Formative Research and Testing •  Human Factors & Ergonomics • Regulatory Compliance • Clinical Workflows • In-Lab Formative Research Assist • Technical UX Requirements Documentation • Sustaining Product Design
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Pew Charitable Trusts

Enhancing the reading experience

• Scrollytelling Enhancements
• Navigation Design and Sub Navigation Architecture
• Component Design
• Accessibility Improvements

Hillrom Precision Locating

Design Improvements to Existing Hospital Equipment and Mapping Software

• Icon Design Updates
• Color Palette Updates
• Component UI Updates
• Accessibility Improvements

Northwestern Kellogg University

Improved the academic department pages and user journey.

• User Interview Script
• Task Flow
• Stakeholder Interviews
• Wireframes
• Component Cleanup

Bausch + Lomb

Designing an ipad sales application for pharmaceutical representatives.

• Sitemap
• Wireframes
• ADA Review

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Sounds True Digital Library

Designed an interface from wireframes for users to easily purchase, consume content and track progress in app and desktop.

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Voalte Linq with Scotty Assistant

Formative UX Research, design, usability testing, animation and conversation design for voice assisted workflow technology.

Information Security Education Architecture

Lead Designer and UX researcher focusing on improving information architecture of leading information security education wiki.

Creative Digital Marketing and Print Design

Brand and marketing design for leaders and authors.

Atrius Health

Provider Network Information Architecture and Search Tool Design

• Sitemap
• Wireframes
• ADA Review

Glaxo Smith Klein

Provider Network Information Architecture and Search Tool Design

• Research Synthesis / Heuristic Evaluation
• Information Architecture
• Sitemap/Wireframes

Travere Therapeutics

Promotional pharma website to educate caregivers on risks of IgA Nepropathy to create demand for FILSPARI® (sparsentan)

• Heuristic evaluation of existing website
• Expert UX review
• Content strategy and information architecture
• WCAG ADA improvements and consulting
• New Wireframes
• Art Direction to enhance usability

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Tara is great at taking complex tasks and turning them into delightful and intuitive user experiences.

She also excels in working cross functionally with product, SME’s, engineers, and upper management. If given the option I would hire Tara again

Jared Klein
UX Manager at Baxter

I saw her rise to meet the challenge of a rapidly growing digital business.

Her user focused solutions were critical to the department's success. She handled diverse & challenging interactions from training new hires, client consultations, to presentations to leadership regularly with ease.

Gary Schomberger
Senior Program Manager,
Legal Shield

I've directly worked with Tara, she's a highly creative designer with an eye for detail.

She constantly contributed innovative ideas in daily meetings and standups, and she was always looking for ways to help others on the team. She was a highly motivated coworker that I really enjoyed designing alongside.

Matthew Scheffer
Senior Product Designer at Baxter
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Emerging Technology Design

From conversation design, voice user interface, small screens and prompt engineering my experience is in-demand.

First, try to pop ALL the bubble wrap. Then...

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