Samantha J Louras

Experience Strategy Director

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Location:

27 Congress St, Portsmouth, NH 03801

Industry:

Design

Work:

Mad*Pow - Greater Boston Area since Jan 2012
Experience Design Researcher
Bentley University Design and Usability Center - Waltham, MA Sep 2009 - Dec 2011
Usability Consultant
Samantha Louras Photography Sep 2005 - Jan 2011
Owner
Shadley Associates Oct 2007 - Jan 2009
Marketing Assistant
Shimon Tammar Photography Jul 2006 - Jan 2007
Photographer's Assistant

Education:

Bentley College - Elkin B. McCallum Graduate School of Business 2010 - 2011
MS, Human Factors in Information Design Bentley College - Elkin B. McCallum Graduate School of Business 2008 - 2010
MBA, Marketing, Human Factors in Information Design Hallmark Institute of Photography 2005 - 2006
University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2002 - 2005
Bachelor of Arts, Advertising Through Photography Mount Saint Joseph Academy 1996 - 2000

Skills:

Usability Testing
User Experience
Experience Design
Usability
User Centered Design
Heuristic Evaluation
Interaction Design
Photography
User Research
Ethnography
Graphic Design
Information Architecture
Adobe Creative Suite
Human Factors Engineering
Human Computer Interaction
User Interface Design
User Experience Design
Contextual Inquiry
Persona
User Scenarios
Strategy
Accessibility
Design Thinking
Parallel Parking
Time Travel
Interviews
Experience Strategy
Service Design

Interests:

Health

Samantha Louras Boston, MA

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Work:

Bentley Design and Usability Center

Sep 2010 to 2000
Usability Specialist Samantha Louras Photography

2006 to 2000
Founder and Photographer Shadley Associates
Lexington, MA
Oct 2007 to Jan 2009
Marketing Assistant The Patriot Financial Group
Waltham, MA
Jan 2007 to Oct 2007
Marketing Assistant Shimon and Tammar Photography
New York, NY
Jul 2006 to Jan 2007
First Assistant

Education:

Bentley University - McCallum Graduate School of Business
Waltham, MA
Jan 2010 to Jan 2011
Master of Science in Human Factors in Information Design Bentley University - McCallum Graduate School of Business
Waltham, MA
Jan 2008 to Jan 2010
MBA in Marketing and Human Factors in Information Design Hallmark Institute of Photography
Turners Falls, MA
Jan 2005 to Jan 2006 University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Amherst, MA
Jan 2002 to Jan 2005
BA in Advertising and Photography

Skills:

Windows and Mac OS UX Software: NewTek Tricaster Studio, TechSmith Morae Balsamiq WebEx Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, LightRoom, Bridge, ImageReady, InDesign)