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I’m a Senior UX/UI Designer and Researcher with experience designing clear, intuitive workflows for healthcare, SaaS, gaming, and operational teams. I focus on simplifying complex systems, improving usability, and creating mobile and web interfaces that support real people doing real work. My background includes mobile apps, enterprise tools, and field-based workflows where clarity, speed, and accessibility matter. I’m comfortable working from a functional specification, an early idea, or an existing product that needs refinement. My process is grounded in thoughtful research, practical decision-making, and close collaboration with engineering and product teams. Here’s what I typically help clients with: User flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes in Figma Mobile UX for scanning, tracking, navigation, and step-based tasks Information architecture and workflow mapping UX research, usability testing, interviews, and surveys Product audits and recommendations for improving usability Clear documentation and handoff materials for engineering I work quickly, communicate clearly, and keep projects organized and moving forward. If you’re looking for a designer who can bring structure to complex ideas and translate them into clean, intuitive interfaces, I’d be happy to help.

Rigorously sourced research writing, grounded in fieldwork — every claim traceable to a primary source. I'm an anthropologist, editor, and research writer with 18+ years across academic, policy, nonprofit, and media work. I turn dense, complex, or sensitive material into clear, accurate writing a non-specialist can actually use: reports, explainers, field studies, literature reviews, grant narratives, curriculum, and high-level editorial rewrites. My core training is ethnographic — the qualitative, on-the-ground work most research can't reach. I do in-depth interviewing, participant observation, and applied and organizational ethnography: getting close to how people actually live and work, and rendering it faithfully and on the record. Eighteen months of field research in Papua New Guinea, and applied research alongside communities living next to large industrial and extractive projects, taught me to find sources, earn trust, and represent people accurately. That work rests on strict sourcing discipline. Every factual claim traces to a named source — a peer-reviewed study, government or agency data, a public filing, a named interview — in original wording throughout. I spent four years as a Research Associate at the University of Michigan's Center for Social Solutions, on the future of work and the legacies of slavery, separating what the data supports from how interested parties frame it. I also work fluently with AI as a research tool, held to strict human fact-checking and provenance. This is where the ethnographic and the analytical meet: the interviewing, verification, and judgment are exactly the human work software can't do. I've applied it on large-scale, multi-country research and reporting (AI-assisted analysis held to a human grading framework, delivered publication-ready) and on consulting briefs that condense dozens of conflicting sources into a single ranked, decision-bearing synthesis. Areas of focus - Qualitative & ethnographic research — in-depth interviewing, participant observation, applied & organizational ethnography, systems mapping - Research writing & cross-disciplinary synthesis — messy, multi-source material into clear, ranked, decision-bearing analysis, every claim's provenance kept - Fact-checking, source verification, and information literacy - AI-assisted research & reporting at scale — large multi-country report work with a grading framework and publication-ready editorial assessment - Editorial leadership — peer-review management, manuscript development, and rewriting across 25+ years; co-founded academic journals, independent presses, and research initiatives - Curriculum and educational content design - Grant narratives and policy-facing explainers - Clients come to me for fieldwork-grounded qualitative research, exceptional synthesis across disciplines, authoritative writing built on real sources, careful handling of complex or sensitive subjects, and editorial work that sharpens clarity, structure, and voice — delivered on deadline. Whether the material is a body of literature, an organization, or a pile of conflicting sources, the work is the same: make sense of a complex system and render it so someone can actually act on it.

I have worked in several areas of the publishing realm, including newspaper copyediting, magazine writing, literary agency and publishing house internships, ghostwriting, freelance editing, and proofreading for a business and marketing research company. I've also worked with local authors on their novels for publication. I tend to work on a fixed-price basis instead of hourly for editing, and I work on an hourly basis for formatting. There is nothing more pleasing to me than a stack of (digital) paper filled with errors waiting for correction. I am especially interested in editing long-form works of fiction and memoir. If you need formatting for Kindle Direct Publishing, I can format your Word file and create the layout for your eBook (minus cover design) using Kindle Create. Need to "humanize" your AI content? I can do that, too. This would fall under line editing, and I can offer you a quote based on word count. Please note before contacting me that I prefer to communicate solely through Upwork messaging, and I do not do voice calls. Thank you so much for your time and consideration!

With a foundation in electrical engineering and extensive experience at firms like Intel and ManTech, I am an engineering consultant specializing in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) for complex embedded systems. My work is driven by a deep-seated desire to solve challenging problems and a conviction that any system can be understood at its core. I bridge the critical gap between hardware and software, leveraging my skills in C/C++ , Python, embedded Linux, and AWS cloud services to deliver robust solutions.   My expertise in MBSE, using SysML and UML with tools like MagicDraw and Cameo EA, was honed while architecting large-scale counter-drone projects and reverse-engineering complex C++ applications for IoT devices. As the founder of Considerate Systems LLC, I apply this full-spectrum experience—from RF system design and PCB layout to cloud integration and machine learning—to help clients save time and reduce costs throughout the entire design lifecycle

I'm a professional copywriter, SEO content writer, and Squarespace web designer. I combine creative storytelling and research-based SEO strategies to create discoverable, click-worthy, high-conversion content for small to mid-sized businesses. Leave your keyword research needs and blog content planning to me! Ask me about my expertise as a content writer and copywriter for niches like: -Mental health + psychology + couples counseling -Personal finance + technology + SaaS -Clean beauty + nontoxic living -K-12 education + curriculum development I offer: -Blog content + management (everything from content planning and writing to posting!) -Website copywriting -Website design -Social media content (I offer beautiful, on-brand graphics in addition to optimized caption copy!) -Copyediting & proofreading -Keyword research -SEO website audits (up to 500 pages) I will: -Help you post fresh, SEO-friendly blog content CONSISTENTLY! -Research your competition and get to know your unique industry and audience segments. -Research and select high-impact, long-tail keywords that will build authority and drive targeted traffic. -Design a content strategy that helps you build powerful content clusters. -Write 100% insightful, data-driven, and creative content or persuasive copy people will actually enjoy reading. -Capture and refine your unique brand voice to bring your products and services to life. -Bring your brand vision to life with a stunning, optimized web design You can expect: ✔ Perfect score on Grammarly ✔ High interest copy ✔ SEO-optimization (if relevant) ✔Professionalism Please—explore my portfolio and get in touch. -Amanda