Alanté F

Senior Product Qualitative Researcher

Sep 2025 - Current (1 year 2 months)

Lead Design Researcher/Strategist

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Aug 2023 - Sep 2025 (2 years 2 months)

Leading creation of Human Centered Design practice within Inform & Disseminate division. Co-lead of Human Centered Design Community of Practice within the Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology (OPHDST). - Cultivated research strategy that includes survey development via Verint, in-depth foundational interviews, web analytics reviews, and multiple rounds of usability testing via usertesting.com for priority CDC web content that has received over 6 million views since publication. My colleagues and I received the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease People’s Choice Award for this work. - Facilitated cross-ag

Senior User Researcher, Mixed Reality

Microsoft

Mar 2021 - Apr 2023 (2 years 2 months)

Led, planned, designed, and conducted research and consultation through the entire Microsoft Mixed Reality product design cycle—with care to establish diversity and inclusion as top of mind to ensure next-gen products meet all user needs. - Deeply collaborated with designers, product managers, and engineers to lead and define the research strategy for a range of Mixed Reality (AR and VR) products and devices—prioritizing the healthcare and education fields. - Led, planned, and moderated evaluative and generative research studies that provided 100+ actionable insights on user needs and outcomes to inform product strategy. Methods included A/B prototype testing, ethnography, survey analysis, and in-depth interviews. - Communicated research in

Content Planner and UX Researcher, One Commercial Partner

Microsoft

Apr 2019 - Mar 2021 (2 years)

Created and led user experience research arm of Experience Design studio within the Partner Digital Experience & Program (PDEP) team within the fast-paced Microsoft One Commercial Partner organization while simultaneously leading the strategy and successfully shipping a Conversational AI experience known as Partner Bot. - Managed a series of cross-organizational, concurrent qualitative usability interviews that resulted in 50+ repair items for Engineering, Design, Marketing, and Content teams. - Drove creation of participant recruitment funnel for qualitative and quantitative usability research with goal to expedite research process. - Utilized agile methodologies by driving innovation in experience analytics/partner feedback by sourcing an

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UX Analyst & Researcher

University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business

Sep 2017 - Apr 2019 (1 year 8 months)

Established and built user research as practice and service within the Foster School to help drive prospective student interest and current student, alumni, and faculty satisfaction.
• Designed and deployed quantitative user research with prospective Foster students, current Foster students, and Foster alumni via surveys that reached ~100 participants per study.
• Designed, deployed, and moderated large qualitative usability research studies with typically 15+ interview participants each.
• Presented user research, findings, and recommendations to key stakeholders via interactive workshops, presentations, and reports.
• Developed and maintained a UX Dashboard to translate and share user research data and initiatives with

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Web Content Producer

University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business

Sep 2013 - Sep 2017 (4 years 1 month)

Collaborated with Marketing and Communications team, MBA, Master’s, and Undergrad academic program offices to build new content and websites for prospective, alumni, donor, and employer audiences.
• Led work with academic stakeholders to ensure relevancy and usability of website content through data analysis and regular content and site refresh cycles.
• Created and wrote blog series and interview pieces as part of demand-generation strategy for prospective student recruitment funnel, receiving over 10,000 unique views within 4 months
• Collaborated with stakeholders on channel strategy and audience targeting.
• Co-led social media channel marketing with a follower base of ~20,000 across Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Program Assistant (Temporary)

PATH

Jul 2013 - Sep 2013 (3 months)

Assisting Diagnostics team with data entry for Onchocerciasis project

Communications Associate

League of Education Voters

Aug 2011 - Jun 2013 (1 year 11 months)

» Point person for LEV website and maintenance using WordPress, HTML, and CSS » Drafted and scheduled content for the LEV blog, coalition websites, Facebook, and Twitter accounts » Conducted public relations and outreach support for public events, including generating free and paid media, writing email blasts, and handling onsite event logistics » Assisted with the creation and writing of field/community organizing and legislative print collateral, factsheets and tools, including videos using Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Power Director, and Windows Movie Magic » Generated weekly reports using Microsoft Excel, Google Analytics, Facebook Insights, Salsa database metrics, and other tools to track supporter engagement

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Upon request

More work and internship experience available on request

Jan 2010 - Aug 2011 (1 year 8 months)

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