Visual Communications User Experience Design Written Communications
Welcome to my portfolio! Throughout my 15 year career, I have honed my skills to create visually stunning and impactful presentations, sites/apps, and a variety of written collateral to captivate audiences and leave lasting impressions. I have worked with a diverse range of clients, from small startups to Fortune 50 corporations, helping them effectively communicate their business ideas and goals.
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I take pride in my ability to exceed client expectations and deliver exceptional results every time.
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GLORIA CAIRNS
Portfolio Update: Animated presentations and Before/After presentation examples have recently been added and can be viewed here.
PRESENTATIONS
Know your audience
The first example contains a few slides taken from the Shapes of Stories presentation. The audience is an Enterprise Architecture team in need of help with storytelling. This concept comes from the rejected (but mathematically proven in 2016) Masters thesis of Kurt Vonnegut where he explains that all stories can be graphed to reveal its shape. If this topic fascinates you as much as it does me, I recommend watching this short video of Vonnegut describing his theory.
The next example is from a workshop titled the ABCs of Dissociation and EMDR: Assess, Breakdown, Collaborate. This workshop was developed by Dorinna S. Ruh, LCSW and her audience includes therapists and counselors who want to learn more about EMDR as a psychotherapy technique to treat patients suffering from trauma. Animation examples within this presentation can be viewed here.
The slides below are from a presentation describing the importance a well defined data strategy to a non-technical audience.
This final example includes corporate branded slides used as an introduction for potential clients.
UX DESIGN
Know your user
The UX projects highlighted below are from my time as the UX Designer at BDP International, a freight logistics & transportation management firm. BDP provides customers a portal to access its digital products, referred to as the BDP Smart Suite.
CONTENT WRITING
Know your reader
A tri-fold brochure describing the Smart Suite applications. This view is the outside of the brochure.
A tri-fold brochure describing the Smart Suite applications. This view is the inside of the brochure.
A handout used for a workshop on child counseling which includes an assessment for the parents to fill out.
A tri-fold brochure describing the Smart Suite applications. This view is the outside of the brochure.
MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
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Press releases
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Brochures
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Handouts
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Website copy
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Request for Information (RFI) responses
INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS
Digital product information updates
Monthly Known Performance Indicator (KPI) reports
Root Cause Analysis documentation
OCIO Communication Plan and matrix
System outage reports and notifications
Departmental Town hall content
Departmental intranet content management
IT personnel updates
