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    Lead UX Designer & Researcher

    Hi, I’m Elise.
    I design tools for work that gets complicated.

    Airport payments, customer-care workflows, and AI that still leaves room for human judgment. I spend time with the people doing the work, find where the handoffs break, and turn what I learn into calmer, clearer products.

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    Featured Work

    Three case studies that show the range: responsible AI in an enterprise workflow, a connected service journey, and cross-device field research.

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      CareConnect

      AI-assisted enterprise workflow with verified post-rollout handling-time evidence.

      Verified outcome25% lower average handling time · 13:29 → 10:05

      Role: Lead UX Designer & Researcher

      • AI-enabled support
      • Enterprise UX
      • Trust & compliance
      View Case Study: CareConnect
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      Receipt & Inquiry Portals

      Connected guest and agent service journey, from interviews through UAT.

      Research scope5 agent interviews · 16 documented UAT scenarios

      Role: UX designer and researcher

      • Enterprise systems
      • Workflow redesign
      • Guest & agent experiences
      View Case Study: Receipt & Inquiry Portals
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      Cargo Payment Portal

      Cross-device field research across desktop, iPad, and payment reader.

      Research scope5 agents + 3 customers · desktop, iPad, and reader

      Role: UX designer and research lead

      • Payments
      • Research
      View Case Study: Cargo Payment Portal

    How I work

    The work makes more sense when I can stand beside the people doing it. I’ve watched airport agents move between desktops, iPads, card readers, and conversations with customers. Those handoffs—especially the awkward ones—are usually where the real design problem lives.

    More about me
    • High-stakes workflows

      I learn the real workflow fast—including the edge cases people don’t talk about—and design so the hard moments take less out of the person having them.

    • Research that drives decisions

      Field visits, interviews, and usability studies grounded in what people actually do, turned into a prioritized list a team can build from.

    • Responsible AI

      AI that takes the repetitive parts off someone’s plate while they keep the context, the review, and the final call.

    • Clarity teams can trust

      Clear states, recovery paths, and decisions written down, so the tool stays reliable on a bad day, not just a good one.

    I work best with

    • Product and design leaders who need a senior designer to own complex workflows end to end
    • Ops leads and product owners building internal tools where clarity affects performance
    • Agencies seeking an embedded UX lead for enterprise or AI engagements

    Evidence at a glance

    A measured outcome, and the research behind the work.

    Measured outcome · CareConnect

    25%

    lower average handling time

    In a verified post-rollout review, average handling time fell from 13:29 to 10:05—while mandatory review and human accountability remained part of the workflow.

    Read the CareConnect case study

    Research scope

    • 5 + 3

      Agents and customers observed across desktop, iPad, and reader.

      Cargo Payment Portal
    • 5 · 16

      Agent interviews and documented UAT scenarios.

      Receipt & Inquiry
    • 6:54

      Mean failure-to-success time across 6 controlled-study participants.

      QR Pay-by-Link
    • 7

      Stakeholder interviews synthesized into a shared research baseline.

      Atlas 2.0

    Let’s build something real

    If you care about clarity, integrity, and tools people actually trust—especially in high-stakes environments—I’d love to connect.

    elise.ivory14@gmail.com

    For agencies: I’m happy to share detailed work samples and process documentation privately under NDA. Just reach out.

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