Hi, I'm Emily Otero.
I am a User Experience Apprentice & Researcher with a passion for understanding how people interact with the world around them and how thoughtful designs shape behavior, influence habits, and improve daily experiences.
Some of the work I'm most proud of.
Medication Adherence
For this project, I created a mockup of an app that shows how well patients are adhering to medications.
My Role
Conduct research in HIPAA polices, create wireframes and final design elements.
Main Goal
Learn regulation requirements, educate users on medications, and improve adherence rates to medications.
Advising Dashboard
For this project, my team and I conducted research for a client aimed at preventing dropout rates among students on campus.
My Role
Facilitated user research, conducted quality assurance testing, developed user personas, low-fidelity wireframe, high-fidelity wireframes.
Main Goal
Improve overall student drop out rates.
HomePage Redesign
For this project I redesigned the homepage for an already existing website to improve its overall interface.
My Role
Conduct research on the target audience usability testing, and what user friendly interface should look like.
Main Goal
My goal was to create a successful redesign of Silver in the City homepage with simple navigation in the interface.
Nice to meet you.
I am currently a Graphic Design student at Ball State University, where I’m gaining hands-on experience through an apprenticeship with the Digital Corps. In this role, I collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams of designers, developers, and more to create a more user-centered solution. My work focuses on research-driven design, prototyping, and usability testing, these are skills that allow me to bridge creativity with functionality while designing meaningful user experiences.
