Dominika Budzinsky

MFA educated art and design professional with 15+ years of UX design experience in the web and mobile application development. Looking to inspire students to achieve creative goals through multimedia exploration. Working painter with active studio practice, exhibition driven, and focused on expanding in private collections.

Summary:

• 15+ years User Experience (UX) design and planning, Information Architecture, UI, experiential design and branding to craft exceptional digital experiences, ensuring holistic and captivating user journeys.

• Experience in various industries, including Finance: Citi, Morgan Stanley, SAC Capital Media: Grey Advertising (Interactive), Times Mirror Magazines, MTV, Broadway Video (Lorne Michaels holding company - SNL, Tonight's Show etc.), Library Corp. Travel: Celebrity Cruises Technology: Symbol Technologies, VeriFone Media

• Experience working in an Agile environment, SAFe framework and user feedback loops to ensure rapid iterative designs, and continuous collaboration across diverse corporate disciplines and organizational levels.

• Ability to communicate effectively with Technology, Business, or Research teams to drive team cohesion and project execution.

• Ability to actualize C-level visions into tangible design solutions and user feedback into refined prototypes that align seamlessly with overarching business objectives.

• Focused on user-centric design, anchored in a deep understanding of customer requirements and behavior, to drive impactful design decisions.

• Practice aggregating requirements and conducting user research to synthesize customer requirements and user feedback into solutions using personas, journey mapping and scenarios.

• Experience writing and conducting task-based usability prototype testing. 

• MFA Design, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

• BFA, York University, Toronto, ON. Specialized Honors program in Graphic Design. Major: Visual Arts.