Budding UX Designer & Current Northwestern Grad Student
BORIS N. KOYFMAN
US Citizen & Native English Speaker
UX & Front End Portfolio at: ------------
Git at: ------------/boriskoy
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Austin, TX 78758
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OBJECTIVE
Current Northwestern grad student and neophyte UX Designer & Front End Developer with
eCommerce & start-up experience is seeking to attain a UX internship to further learn how to design
delightful and addictive user experiences via research, user testing, prototyping & iteration.
SKILLS SUMMARY
UX Research:
User Interviews, Market Research, Competitor Analysis, Usability Testing, Information Architecture, User Testing, Pre-Mortems
UX Design & Graphics:
Low-Fidelity & High-Fidelity Wireframes, Photoshop, Sketch, Invision, Illustrator, Marvel, Excel
Front End Development:
HTML, CSS, Bootstrap 4, jQuery
CMS:
Wordpress, Magento, Sellercloud
EXPERIENCE
Eastwood Roofing & Exteriors
Salesman & Roof Inspector
March 2019 � Present
Austin, TX
- Scout residential roofs that may need replacement or repair.
- Offer free roof inspections door-to-door.
- Inspect roofs and assess if damage can be covered by home insurance.
- Sell new roofs and roof repairs.
Victoris eCommerce - Amazon Marketplace and eBay March 2018 - Present
Owner, eCommerce Listing Specialist
Austin, TX
- Create product listings for books and electronics.
- Photograph and retouch product images.
- Effectively communicate with customers to ensure maximum satisfaction.
- Ship products to customers in an expeditious manner.
MFZ Trading Corp. | eCommerce Electronics & Accessories Retailer
Aug. 2013 � Present
Digital Designer & eCommerce Supervisor
Brooklyn, NY
- Designed & coded www.CameraShopNY.com � created with Magento, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Photoshop & Illustrator.
- Performed user research on common customer complaints and how users interacted with Amazon & eBay listings.
- Implemented a new product imaging system based on aforementioned user research.
- Created user-friendly product manuals & inserts based on user research.
- User-tested product inserts & manuals.
- Managing & creating product listings on Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Groupon, Jet & B------------.
- Delegating front end & photo retouching tasks to several employees.
- Created & implemented an eCommerce-pertinent aptitude test for new hires.
- Created detailed, user-friendly, Amazon, eBay & SellerCloud posting & product photo tutorials & evaluations for new employees.
- Designed and coded eBay Listing Template and eBay Storefront.
ScriptUX.net
June 2015 � Present
UX Designer, Digital Product Designer & Front End Developer | Freelance
- Developed ideas for several apps; professional and academic projects.
Mobile Apps: Man of Style, Pinch! Social Media App, Bloomify Plant Watering Scheduler.
- Performed market research, formulated competitor analyses and pre-mortems.
- Developed personas and job stories.
- Wrote and conducted user interviews.
- Sketched low-fidelity wireframes by hand and Balsamiq.
- Designed high-fidelity wireframes via Sketch, Photoshop, Invision & Marvel.
- Administered user testing.
- Reiterated above processes to attain MVPs (Minimal Viable Products).
Counter Strike Map School | www.CSGOmapS------------
Dec. 2016 � Present
Founder, Owner, Designer & Front-End Developer
- Created, designed and fully coded this gaming/education website that helps Counter Strike players quickly learn map callouts/terms.
- Developed with Twitter Bootstrap 4, HTML, CSS, Javascript & jQuery.
- Site is a work in progress but 2 map learning modules and quizzes are currently up.
EDUCATION
Northwestern University
Jan. 2019 to May 2020
Master�s in Information Design & Strategy
The City University of New York
Sep. 2001 - Dec. 2005
Bachelor's Degree, English Literature
Pratt Institute New York, NY
Sep. - Dec. 2017
Digital Product Design
Researched, designed & user-tested Bloomify mobile app.
New York Code & Design Academy New York, NY
April - June 2015
UX Research & Design
Researched, designed & user-tested Man of Style mobile app.Web Design, jQuery and Visual Design
BORIS N. KOYFMAN
US Citizen & Native English Speaker
UX & Front End Portfolio at: ------------
Git at: ------------/boriskoy
------------
Austin, TX 78758
------------
OBJECTIVE
Current Northwestern grad student and neophyte UX Designer & Front End Developer with
eCommerce & start-up experience is seeking to attain a UX internship to further learn how to design
delightful and addictive user experiences via research, user testing, prototyping & iteration.
SKILLS SUMMARY
UX Research:
User Interviews, Market Research, Competitor Analysis, Usability Testing, Information Architecture, User Testing, Pre-Mortems
UX Design & Graphics:
Low-Fidelity & High-Fidelity Wireframes, Photoshop, Sketch, Invision, Illustrator, Marvel, Excel
Front End Development:
HTML, CSS, Bootstrap 4, jQuery
CMS:
Wordpress, Magento, Sellercloud
EXPERIENCE
Eastwood Roofing & Exteriors
Salesman & Roof Inspector
March 2019 � Present
Austin, TX
- Scout residential roofs that may need replacement or repair.
- Offer free roof inspections door-to-door.
- Inspect roofs and assess if damage can be covered by home insurance.
- Sell new roofs and roof repairs.
Victoris eCommerce - Amazon Marketplace and eBay March 2018 - Present
Owner, eCommerce Listing Specialist
Austin, TX
- Create product listings for books and electronics.
- Photograph and retouch product images.
- Effectively communicate with customers to ensure maximum satisfaction.
- Ship products to customers in an expeditious manner.
MFZ Trading Corp. | eCommerce Electronics & Accessories Retailer
Aug. 2013 � Present
Digital Designer & eCommerce Supervisor
Brooklyn, NY
- Designed & coded www.CameraShopNY.com � created with Magento, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Photoshop & Illustrator.
- Performed user research on common customer complaints and how users interacted with Amazon & eBay listings.
- Implemented a new product imaging system based on aforementioned user research.
- Created user-friendly product manuals & inserts based on user research.
- User-tested product inserts & manuals.
- Managing & creating product listings on Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Groupon, Jet & B------------.
- Delegating front end & photo retouching tasks to several employees.
- Created & implemented an eCommerce-pertinent aptitude test for new hires.
- Created detailed, user-friendly, Amazon, eBay & SellerCloud posting & product photo tutorials & evaluations for new employees.
- Designed and coded eBay Listing Template and eBay Storefront.
ScriptUX.net
June 2015 � Present
UX Designer, Digital Product Designer & Front End Developer | Freelance
- Developed ideas for several apps; professional and academic projects.
Mobile Apps: Man of Style, Pinch! Social Media App, Bloomify Plant Watering Scheduler.
- Performed market research, formulated competitor analyses and pre-mortems.
- Developed personas and job stories.
- Wrote and conducted user interviews.
- Sketched low-fidelity wireframes by hand and Balsamiq.
- Designed high-fidelity wireframes via Sketch, Photoshop, Invision & Marvel.
- Administered user testing.
- Reiterated above processes to attain MVPs (Minimal Viable Products).
Counter Strike Map School | www.CSGOmapS------------
Dec. 2016 � Present
Founder, Owner, Designer & Front-End Developer
- Created, designed and fully coded this gaming/education website that helps Counter Strike players quickly learn map callouts/terms.
- Developed with Twitter Bootstrap 4, HTML, CSS, Javascript & jQuery.
- Site is a work in progress but 2 map learning modules and quizzes are currently up.
EDUCATION
Northwestern University
Jan. 2019 to May 2020
Master�s in Information Design & Strategy
The City University of New York
Sep. 2001 - Dec. 2005
Bachelor's Degree, English Literature
Pratt Institute New York, NY
Sep. - Dec. 2017
Digital Product Design
Researched, designed & user-tested Bloomify mobile app.
New York Code & Design Academy New York, NY
April - June 2015
UX Research & Design
Researched, designed & user-tested Man of Style mobile app.Web Design, jQuery and Visual Design