Bloria Gordon

UX Designer & Front-End Consultant

New York City · bloria@bloria.com · bloria.com

Professional Summary

Human-centered UX designer and front-end consultant with 15+ years designing and delivering accessible, scalable digital systems. Proven ability to translate complex organizational, educational, and product challenges into clear, measurable outcomes. Experience spans institutional design, ed-tech platforms, and high-traffic consumer products.

Core Competencies

UX research, journey mapping, and information architecture
UI and interaction design (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite)
Front-end development (HTML, CSS/SCSS, Bootstrap)
Design systems and component libraries
Accessibility and universal design (WCAG 2.2)
Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder facilitation

Professional Experience

Eskolta School Research & Design

UX Designer & Front-End Consultant · July 2022 – Present

Strategic Product Design: Leading the end-to-end design and implementation of the Eskolta Learning Center, prioritizing user-centered methodologies and accessibility standards.
Systems Architecture: Designing scalable operational systems and processes to optimize the delivery and organization of educational materials.
Multidisciplinary Design: Executing high-fidelity web design and interaction strategies to drive engagement across a diverse portfolio of organizational projects.
Led UX and visual storytelling for a $100M+ educational initiative supporting adoption across 147 school districts.
Designed and architected performance-review tools, reducing preparation time by 30%.
Embedded universal design standards, raising accessibility compliance from 68% to 97%.

New Classrooms Innovation Partners

UI/UX Designer & Front-End Developer · August 2012 – February 2020

Designed student- and teacher-facing platforms used at national scale, increasing daily active usage by 22%.
Replaced spreadsheet-based workflows with custom internal tools, saving ~10 hours per week per analyst.

Freelance UX & Product Designer

January 2011 – June 2022

Delivered UX, UI, and front-end solutions for mobile apps, media platforms, and ad-tech products.
Scopely — Launch creatives for The Walking Dead and Dice With Friends, reaching 5M+ users.
StartApp — Developed mobile ad concepts, increasing click-through rates by 18%.

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Creative Director (UI/UX) · 2008 – 2011

Led UX and creative direction for a regulated financial trading platform, improving mobile conversions by 12%.

Education & Certifications

BFA, Graphic Design — Fashion Institute of Technology

AAS, Communication Design — Fashion Institute of Technology

Certificate, Mobile User Experience — Interaction Design Foundation