
Nice to Meet You
I'm a recent graduate from Miami University who loves telling stories, solving problems, and creating memories. Everything tells a story, which is why I am passionate about making ideas reality.
My Story
Graduated from Miami University in May of '24, I am passionate about working at the intersection of creativity, design, and business. I love storytelling, and am looking to continually share stories through unique mediums.
Studying Emerging Technologies in Business & Design and Entrepreneurship, my undergraduate experience has been unique. Having foundations in digital design, creativity, and corporate innovation, I am an excellent problem solver with a high growth mindset.
Completing an internship abroad was a pivotal experience for me creatively. While spending a semester interning abroad, I was fortunate enough to travel to +12 European countries. Traveling by train, plane, automobile, boat, and on foot, I've immersed myself in many international cultures and developed my own unique perspective. Being able to problem solve, communicate with users, and build empathy is key to developing great solutions.
As a UX and UI designer, creating user centric experiences that are concise, thorough, and bespoke is at the heart of what I do. Whether it is digital design, onset film production, or developing startup businesses, I love elevating new ideas and creating captivating experiences.
Regardless of whether it is in my job title or not, the themes of design thinking are prevalent and applicable in all the work I do.
With experience working with project management, themes from the AGILE framework are consistent throughout my workflow. When I was developing an efficient and streamlined Salesforce workflow for Archoustic Mid America, I interviewed and worked closely with project managers and other stakeholders to understand their duties, and create a tailored experience for them.
With each new experience I've gained, there are indirect themes and traits that are applicable to many roles going forward. Explore BenGrime.com and my Portfolio to see summaries some of my works, and view a case study above.
Consulting and Internships
June 2024-Now
Salseforce Consultant
Archoustics Mid America & RHContract
Developed and implemented Salesforce for sound masking design and installation project management. Created workflow integrating the user experience of multiple stakeholders, implementing automation, confirmation points, and change logs to improve efficacy.
Established KPIs and procedures to create a lean CRM workflow for lead tracking, sales, planning, project management, while automating data collection and reporting. Edited Visualforce pages written in Java and XML based on experience in JS and HTML.
January 2024-May 2024
Entrepreneurial Consultant
NDA
Established application capabilities, then created storyboards and user journey maps in Mural. Developed wireframes for landing page and several user experience flows in Figma for A/B testing.
Led a multi-disciplinary team in finance, marketing, and design in ideation sessions and client meetings.
Independently created logo, palette, and typography to create branding inline with startup mission.
August 2023-December 2023
Product Design Intern
Allgemengwuel Agence
Conducted user interviews to identify pain points, key application features, and refined priorities for lead users of a sustainability self reporting application.
Designed key application pages in Figma, enhancing user experience through key features and KPIs. Redesigned navigation for GlideApp low code web application. Attended No-Code Summit in Paris.
May 2023-August 2023
Design Intern
Archoustics Mid America & RHContract
Implemented SketchUp to create pre-visualizations of sound solutions, delivering medium and high fidelity renderings on a quick turnaround. RHContract designs and installs sound solutions, so I would calculate the amount of sound absorbing material necessary, determine optimal panel array placement, create a quote, then develop SketchUP renderings.
For Archoustics Mid America, I implemented a custom AutoCAD plugin, and developed 38 layouts of prospective sound masking systems. This reduced project backlog, and drastically increasing company output. Initiated software training for coworkers through live demonstrations and training documentation creation.
June 2022- May 2024
Web Designer
Ollier Distributors
Built a catalog style website for distributor of Aldo Bernardi luxury light fixtures using Wix.com. The goal building with Wix was to leverage the CMS and dynamic page features to build an easily manageable, scalable, and trackable system for displaying light fixture systems.
The website was created with SEO in mind, and during this I gained practical experience in web design, no code tools and SEO.
FEATURED WORKS
