Elena Haskins 🧩

Elena Haskins 🧩

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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🟪 I'm a UX and product designer that helps SaaS-centric companies design and research…

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    Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

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    New York City Metropolitan Area

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    Greater New York City Area

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    New York, United States

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    New York, New York, United States

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    New York City Metropolitan Area

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    New York, United States

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Ithaca College

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    Greater New York City Area

Education

  • Ithaca College Graphic

    Ithaca College

    Activities and Societies: Ithaca Achievement Program, Leadership Scholars Program, International Toastmasters, HEARD Program, Ithaca College Television network, Buzzsaw literary magazine, Asian American Alliance, Intramural soccer


  • Activities and Societies: -Volunteer teachers assistant for English class for 4-5 year old students -Part-time private English teacher in 1-1 weekly classes including lesson planning, material preparation, game creation, execution, and speaking and writing exercises

    Seville, Spain

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • YWCA USA Graphic

    Student Refugee Mentor

    YWCA USA

    - Present 7 months

    Education

    Serving as a mentor to high school refugees from Afghanistan helping with homework, English, assimilation into American culture

  • GERMAN AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TULSA Graphic

    User Experience Designer and General Volunteer

    GERMAN AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TULSA

    - Present 1 year 10 months

    Arts and Culture

    - Conducted organization-wide feedback survey and made recommendations to optimize member experience
    - Support at events like Germanfest and Kriskindlmarkt

  • UX Mentor and Project Manager

    Launch Ahead

    - 5 months

    Social Services

    Leading UX team to create app to support foster youth transitioning out of the system

  • BROOKLYN BRIDGE ANIMAL WELFARE COALITION INC Graphic

    UX Manager

    BROOKLYN BRIDGE ANIMAL WELFARE COALITION INC

    - 3 months

    Animal Welfare

    - Leading team of 7 UX designers to build a website to help fosters select cats at animal rescue organization

  • SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity) Graphic

    Mentor

    SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity)

    - 1 year 9 months

    Education

    -Mentor 11th grade student in 1-1 sessions in person, over text, and email
    -Help mentee with college admissions process and preparation
    -Attend professional development workshops with students
    -Share experiences and build relationships that enhance personal and professional growth

  • Volunteer and Designer

    Bed-Stuy Strong

    - 1 year 4 months

    Disaster and Humanitarian Relief

    Bed-Stuy Strong is a mutual aid network of over 3,000 people from across Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, New York who are supporting our community during the COVID-19 crisis. We crowdsource donations and use them to provide no-contact grocery deliveries for vulnerable members of our Bed-Stuy communities.

    • Deliver groceries to neighbors that cannot leave their house during the pandemic because they are elderly, immunocompromised, or disabled.
    • Collaborate with designers for logo and brand…

    Bed-Stuy Strong is a mutual aid network of over 3,000 people from across Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, New York who are supporting our community during the COVID-19 crisis. We crowdsource donations and use them to provide no-contact grocery deliveries for vulnerable members of our Bed-Stuy communities.

    • Deliver groceries to neighbors that cannot leave their house during the pandemic because they are elderly, immunocompromised, or disabled.
    • Collaborate with designers for logo and brand guidelines
    • Create visuals for social media and posters

  • President

    HEARD Program: Prison Arts Organization

    - 3 years 8 months

    Arts and Culture

    HEARD: Human Expression Through Art: a Reciprocal Development Program

    -Facilitated and plan weekly arts programming at the MacCormick Secure Center, a juvenile detention facility for incarcerated males ages 14-20
    -Led executive board meetings to coordinate weekly program, events, and education workshops
    -Designed branding initiative including website creation and handbook
    -Managed over 35 volunteers with scheduling, paperwork, community building, questions, and…

    HEARD: Human Expression Through Art: a Reciprocal Development Program

    -Facilitated and plan weekly arts programming at the MacCormick Secure Center, a juvenile detention facility for incarcerated males ages 14-20
    -Led executive board meetings to coordinate weekly program, events, and education workshops
    -Designed branding initiative including website creation and handbook
    -Managed over 35 volunteers with scheduling, paperwork, community building, questions, and support
    -Increased volunteers by 4x in 2 years through messaging, advertisement, and community support
    -Hosted educational workshops to educate and advocate for topics related to incarceration
    -Served as a lesion between the state facility and Ithaca College to verify trainings, outreach logistics, and clearance
    -Independently organized and executed retreat training to educate volunteers, event plan, practice messaging, and build a sense of community
    -Planned education events on campus to spread awareness about incarceration topics through film and discussions, art shows, and fundraising events

    Key Skills: Project management, Illustrator, Photoshop, graphic design, branding, leadership, presentation development, public speaking, strategy

  • Awwwards Graphic

    Conference volunteer (UX)

    Awwwards

    - 1 month

    Arts and Culture

    -Assisted with wayfinding and crowd management in NYC UX conference

  • Student Teacher

    Colegio BVM Irlandesas Nuestra Señora de Loreto

    - 3 months

    Children

    Seville, Spain

    -Assisted teacher in English class of 8 students ages 3-4 years old
    -Encouraged growth in English through Speaking and listening activities
    -Helped students will activities and games
    -Provided discipline and enforce rules

Honors & Awards

  • Winner of Arkansas Children’s Innovation Center Digital Health Challenge

    Arkansas Children’s Innovation Center

    48-hour hackathon with nine teams competing for $10,000 prize to create digital solutions for healthcare workers at Arkansas Children's Hospital.

    Our team was comprised of a UX designer (me), a researcher, and two developers.

    "Arkansas Children’s Innovation Center, in collaboration with Cartwheel Startup Studio, Conductor, Startup Junkie Consulting, HealthTech Arkansas and the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Arkansas, offered the teams a list of…

    48-hour hackathon with nine teams competing for $10,000 prize to create digital solutions for healthcare workers at Arkansas Children's Hospital.

    Our team was comprised of a UX designer (me), a researcher, and two developers.

    "Arkansas Children’s Innovation Center, in collaboration with Cartwheel Startup Studio, Conductor, Startup Junkie Consulting, HealthTech Arkansas and the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Arkansas, offered the teams a list of curated and vetted problems that could be solved with digital solutions. Contestants problem-solved and created for 48 hours in an event known as a hackathon, alongside mentors from the partnering organizations before presenting their solutions to a panel of experts including clinicians, administrators and investors."

    https://www.archildrens.org/news/releases/2022/hackathon-winners

  • "Most Innovative" UX Project

    Empathy Jam

    My team won "Most Innovative" in the Empathy Jam UX Design competition in NYC.

    https://www.empathyjam.com/empathy-jam-2018.html

  • Campus Life Award

    Ithaca College

    The Campus Life Award is given each year to a select group of graduating seniors in order to recognize their outstanding contributions to the Ithaca College community through participation and involvement in campus life. Over the years, this award has become a coveted goal and a valued honor. In order to be nominated for this prestigious award, students must have been extensively involved in a number of areas of campus life and have demonstrated significant leadership abilities and…

    The Campus Life Award is given each year to a select group of graduating seniors in order to recognize their outstanding contributions to the Ithaca College community through participation and involvement in campus life. Over the years, this award has become a coveted goal and a valued honor. In order to be nominated for this prestigious award, students must have been extensively involved in a number of areas of campus life and have demonstrated significant leadership abilities and accomplishments.

    Link: https://www.ithaca.edu/sacl/services/cla/
    https://www.ithaca.edu/student-affairs-and-campus-life/campus-life-awards/past-campus-life-award-winners

  • Peggy R. Williams Award for Academic and Community Leadership Award

    Ithaca College

    The most outstanding students representing the College will be selected regardless of school or departmental affiliation. The names of students selected for the award will then be submitted to the national Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

  • Still Photography Senior Award

    Park School of Communications - Ithaca College

    Cinema, Photography, and Media Arts Program award for outstanding seniors

  • National Newman Civic Fellow

    Campus Compact: Newman Civic Fellowship

    "Newman Civic Fellows are nominated by college and university presidents and chancellors to acknowledge motivation and potential in public leadership. Newman Civic Fellows are nominated for their demonstrated commitment to finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country. These students represent the next generation of public problem solvers and civic leaders. They serve as national exemplars of the role that higher education can—and does—play in building a better…

    "Newman Civic Fellows are nominated by college and university presidents and chancellors to acknowledge motivation and potential in public leadership. Newman Civic Fellows are nominated for their demonstrated commitment to finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country. These students represent the next generation of public problem solvers and civic leaders. They serve as national exemplars of the role that higher education can—and does—play in building a better world.

    We view the Newman Civic Fellowship as a core component of our strategy to build a national network of engaged student leaders who can support one another in building transformational partnerships between campuses and communities. As we and our member campuses work to prepare students for lives of engaged citizenship, we believe it is critical to listen to students and to engage them as partners in this work. The voices of our Newman Civic Fellows inform our shared efforts."

  • Anne Siegel '81 Memorial Involvement Scholarship

    Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs

    -Awarded to a rising junior or senior who most closely personifies the qualities and attributes of Anne Siegel, including good academic performance and involvement in the extracurricular life of the College.

  • The Rashad G. Richardson "I Can Achieve"​ Memorial Scholarship Award

    Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs

    -Merit scholarship intended to recognize a high-achieving Ithaca College student representing the ALANA community.
    -The student receiving this scholarship will have made significant contributions toward improving the quality of life for ALANA youth in the Tompkins County Community.

  • Outstanding Academic Excellence: ALANA Academic Achievement Award

    Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs ALANA

    Recipient of award for both Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 semesters.
    Each awardee has been involved in ALANA student organizations or other campus activities that contribute to ALANA student success at Ithaca College and maintained a GPA above 3.25.

  • Membership into the Ithaca College chapter of National Residential Hall Honorary

    NRHH

    The National Residence Hall Honorary is a nationwide organization that recognizes leaders in the residence halls. Membership in chapters is limited to 1% of the school's residence hall population. The Ithaca College Chapter recognizes students who make outstanding contributions to the IC campus and residence halls. The society values student involvement in residence hall life through community service, community building, advocacy and educational programming. Members spend time working to the…

    The National Residence Hall Honorary is a nationwide organization that recognizes leaders in the residence halls. Membership in chapters is limited to 1% of the school's residence hall population. The Ithaca College Chapter recognizes students who make outstanding contributions to the IC campus and residence halls. The society values student involvement in residence hall life through community service, community building, advocacy and educational programming. Members spend time working to the college experience in ways that benefit others.

  • Student Leadership Institute Leading Others Certificate

    Ithaca College Office of Student Engagement and Affairs

    Completion of 6 credits in the Leading Others category of Ithaca College SLI sessions

  • NOW Service Award

    Service Saturdays at Ithaca College

    Given to a volunteer during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Recipient is chosen from their small service group

  • Of the Month Award

    National Residence Hall Honorary

    An award given to a first year student that excels in adapting to a new environment within their residence hall, takes an active role in their community, and positively impacts those around them. It also emphasizes academics, leadership, involvement, and contributions to community, floor, hall, residence life organizations.

  • Art accepted into the 2014 Congressional Art Competition Exhibit

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    Drawing accepted to the Congressional Art Competition show at the Muson-Williams- Proctor Arts Institute hosted by U.S. Representative Richard Hanna

  • Youth Advocate of the Year Award Honorable Mention

    New York State Reality Check

    An award given to students that have shown exemplary skills in leadership and advocation of Reality Check's message. Reality Check is a youth volunteer organization that fights against the tobacco industry and it's marketing to kids.

  • President's Volunteer Service Award

    The White House

    An award given to those who have achieved over 100 hours of community service within a year.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

  • German

    Elementary proficiency

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