Sarah Ann Jump


curiosity-driven user researcher
with experience in storytelling

featured projects ✨

Worthi by Citi x SVA

user experience research + design • 2020

Generative user research and usability testing throughout the collaborative product design process to create a tool to promote skills-based career growth.

Activity-based interviews

user personas

usability testing

Senior couple looking out window, yellow border, links to Love Is Not A Memory

Love Is Not A Memory

visual storytelling • 2018

The story of a husband caring for his wife with advanced dementia featuring documentary photograph and in-depth interviews.

in-depth interviews

ethnography

artifact analysis

Senior couple looking out window, yellow border, links to Love Is Not A Memory

Master's Thesis Project

User experience research + Speculative design • ongoing 2021-2022

Exploring how parents might help their children achieve financial well-being while also growing their own confidence around money.

literature review

survey

diary study

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Worthi by Citi x SVA

user experience research + design • 2020

Generative user research and usability testing throughout the collaborative product design process to create a tool to promote skills-based career growth.

Activity-based interviews

user personas

usability testing

Senior couple looking out window, yellow border, links to Love Is Not A Memory

Love Is Not A Memory

visual storytelling • 2018

The story of a husband caring for his wife with advanced dementia featuring documentary photograph and in-depth interviews.

in-depth interviews

ethnography

artifact analysis

multiple screens on blue background, links to Alaska IA

Master's Thesis Project

User experience research • ongoing 2021

Exploring how parents might help their children achieve financial well-being while also growing their own confidence around money.

literature review

survey

diary study

multiple screens on blue background, links to Alaska IA

Women's Parkinson's Project

evaluative ACCessibility research • 2021 • 🔓

Supported the accessible website design process and uncovered opportunities to improve the user experience through a heuristic evaluation, information architecture tree testing, and usability testing.

Heuristic Evaluation

accessibility audit

Tree Testing

multiple screens on blue background, links to Alaska IA

Persona Socialization Strategy

research communication • 2021 • 🔓

Created and implemented a scalable strategy to share research-driven user personas in an engaging way with the goal of creating alignment among teams at Interos, a supply chain risk management platform.

user personas

Strategy

Workshop

multiple screens on blue background, links to Alaska IA

New York Times Micropayments

mixed-methods ux research + design • 2021 • 🔓

User experience design ideation process driven by research — including a survey, competitive analysis, concept testing, and usability testing — for a new way to pay for access to the New York Times without a subscription.

Survey

Competitive Analysis

Usability Testing

multiple screens on blue background, links to Alaska IA

Alaska's Coronavirus Resources

Evaluative INFORMATION architecture Research • 2020 • 🔓

An evaluative research case study redesigning the information architecture of two state government coronavirus resource websites into one united system to better serve the residents and visitors of Alaska.

content audit

Card Sorting

Tree Testing