Resume

Michael Garrard

Idaho Falls, ID

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering

Brigham Young University-Idaho

July 2022

Rexburg, ID

EXPERIENCE

UX Designer - Family Tree app

FamilySearch

Oct - Dec 2021

Remote

Researched, designed, and tested a user-friendly tutorial to combat low user retention
Redesign process

User Interface Evaluation & Design - Teaching Assistant

Brigham Young University-Idaho

Sep - Dec 2021

Rexburg, ID

QA Engineer Intern - Information and Communication Services

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Aug - Dec 2019

Riverton, UT

Participated in daily Scrum meetings discussing our goals and progress on missionary referral software
Provided real-time experimental analysis of software by observing problems firsthand from users, allowing our QA team to focus on relevant issues

PERSONAL PROJECTS

Website Redesign

Waggle

Dec 2021

Utilized breadth and depth searching/designing processes to secure an improved user experience
Extensively tested the software, exploring the user/interface relationship

UI Redesign

Simple Metronome

Oct 2021

MISC

Primary software

Figma, Adobe XD, Photoshop, InDesign, Wireframing, Zeplin, Webflow, Slack, Trello, Git, Sketch, Agile, C++, Java, Javascript, HTML5, CSS, SQL

Non-UX interests

Guitar, vocals, performing/composing/recording music, scary video games, nerdy shows, sweets, saving money