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Sienna Walsh

UX Design Intern
Chicago, IL, United States

Professional Summary

Design student and UX Design Intern focused on user research, wireframes, and usability testing for consumer apps. Comfortable running moderated sessions, synthesizing insights into Figma flows, and partnering with PMs and engineers to ship clearer onboarding and task flows. Known for tidy documentation, FigJam affinity maps, and turning messy feedback into prioritized design recommendations.

Employment History

UX Design Intern
Brightloop Labs · Chicago, IL
Jun, 2025 · Present
• Planned and ran 18 moderated usability sessions for a consumer savings app redesign; cut critical onboarding drop-off findings into a ranked issue log used by PM and eng. • Built mid-fi to hi-fi Figma prototypes for 4 core flows (sign-up, goal setup, transfer, help); reduced average task completion time in follow-up tests by ~27%. • Facilitated 6 stakeholder synthesis workshops in FigJam; produced journey maps and opportunity areas that shaped the Q3 roadmap. • Contributed 12 reusable components to the product design system (buttons, empty states, form patterns) with usage notes for the wider design team. • Partnered with a research mentor to draft screener criteria and discussion guides; recruited 40+ participants across student and early-career segments. • Documented weekly design critiques and shipped a living Notion research library so future interns could reuse interview clips and insights.
Design Lead
Campus Product Studio (University of Illinois Chicago) · Chicago, IL
Sep, 2023 · May, 2025
• Led redesign of the club’s event discovery app onboarding; guerrilla tests with 35 students cut first-session confusion reports by ~40%. • Ran biweekly design critiques for a 6-person volunteer team; established a simple Figma file hygiene checklist adopted studio-wide. • Produced wireframes and clickable prototypes for membership signup and event RSVP; collaborated with student developers on HTML/CSS front-end polish. • Organized 3 campus usability pop-ups; captured 90+ qualitative notes and turned them into a prioritized backlog for the spring release.
Barista (Part-time)
Lakeview Roasters · Chicago, IL
Jan, 2022 · Aug, 2023
• Served 80–120 customers per shift; practiced clear service recovery and active listening that later informed empathy-led interview techniques. • Trained 4 new hires on POS flow and peak-hour pacing; wrote a one-page shift guide that reduced new-hire questions during rushes.

Education

B.S. Interactive Design (HCI focus)
University of Illinois Chicago · Chicago, IL
May, 2026
Expected May 2026 | GPA 3.7 Relevant coursework: Human-Computer Interaction, Visual Communication, Prototyping Methods, Research Methods for Design

Skills

Figma
FigJam
User interviews
Wireframing
Usability testing
Affinity mapping
Journey mapping
Basic HTML/CSS
Notion
Miro
Design systems
Stakeholder synthesis
Guerrilla testing
Prototype handoff notes