Tommy Koehler

Product Designer

Objective

I am a user interface, brand, and visual designer with over nine years of professional experience. I excel in end-to-end UI development, encompassing design, prototyping, development, testing, and analysis. Passionate about the human element of the process, I couple an artistic eye with technology to produce cutting-edge, interactive visual content. I am eager to apply my meticulous attention to detail and love for functional, elegant design to help clients achieve their goals and solve problems. At the end of the day, I just love the creative process and the excitement and collaboration it brings out in those it attracts.

Awards

  • 3 Marcom Platinum Awards for YouCanquit2 Campaign, Too Much To Lose Campaign, and Too Much To Lose Toolkit
  • Marcom Gold Award for Own Your Limits Campaign
  • Hermes Award and Digital Health Award for YouCanQuit2 Quit Plan
  • 1st Place KMPG Design and Implementation
  • American Advertising Silver for Venture Travel Site

Tools

  • Figma
  • Sketch
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • Photoshop
  • Lightroom
  • After Effects
  • Adobe Premiere
  • HTML/CSS
  • SCSS/LESS
  • Javascript
  • WordPress

Skills

  • Design System Creation
  • Pattern Library Management
  • User Experience
  • Interface Design
  • Interaction Design
  • Web and Mobile Design
  • Prototyping
  • Front End Web Development
  • Brand Development
  • Illustration
  • SVG Animation
  • Photography

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Experience

Booz Allen Hamilton

June 2017 to Present

Associate - Lead Technologist

Dec 2020 to Present

  • Lead the creation of integrated design systems, modernize websites, and organize content management systems for federal clients, optimizing user patterns and current trends.
  • Deliver digital products to federal clients, including ARPA-H, DARPA, CMS, The Department of Defense, NASA, NATO, USPTO, and various military health organizations.
  • Create rapid digital design projects and front-end hand-offs, collaborating with UX researchers to develop user-friendly solutions for complex site infrastructures.
  • Leverage modern design principles to quickly draft microsites and internal tools, generating new revenue streams.
  • Played a pivotal role in shaping the firm's design infrastructure and pitched our forward-thinking approach to a USWDS panel focused on federal initiatives.
  • Actively serve as a dedicated Career Manager, providing tailored guidance and mentorship to employees fostering their growth and success as designers and integral members of Booz Allen.

Senior Consultant - Staff Technologist

Jan 2019 to Dec 2020

  • Served as lead UI/UX designer and brand specialist on a multi-person marketing team benefitting the Department of Defense, designing and maintaining three marketing campaigns, all working simultaneously to support military health in the DOD.
  • Brainstormed and facilitated the development of a progressive web app geared toward helping service members quit tobacco. The app was built around a unique set of requirements dealing with DOD security, personal information, and technology available to the user base.
  • Applied UI/UX best practices to enhance and simplify a NASA online safety report form. Implemented a component-based library to make developing and updating critical forms more intuitive.

Consultant - Technologist

Mar 2018 to Jan 2019

  • Revitalized and generated user interfaces that were accessible, responsive, and functionally optimized to meet the diverse needs of federal clients.

Internship

Summer 2017

  • Developed a marketing strategy for an assistive navigation technology for the visually impaired and presented to Booz Allen Senior Leadership, placing within the top ten intern groups out of seventy.

Freelance Design Work

Ongoing

  • Design and develop intuitive user interfaces and brands for a variety of clients in the tech startup, food and drink, and entertainment space, enhancing their user experience and engagement.
  • Implement responsive web design techniques to ensure compatibility across different devices and screen sizes.
  • Built 8+ design systems and component libraries to maintain consistency and streamline the design process.
  • Manage multiple projects simultaneously, meeting deadlines and delivering high-quality work to clients.
  • Provide UX consulting services, offering insights and recommendations to improve user satisfaction and retention.

Education

James Madison University

2013 - 2017

B.S. Media Arts and Design

  • Interactive Design and Converged Media concentration

Music Industry Minor

  • Audio Production concentration