Hi! I’m Averie

I am a UX and graphic designer with 3+ years of experience designing engaging, creative, and accessible digital and print tools.

Currently, I am a UX/UI Designer at CU Boulder, working with our UX team to improve the clarity of existing and new campus tools. Daily, I use tools like Figma, Adobe Illustrator, and Qualtrics.

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A.digitally drawn cartoon version of Averie Dow. Side profile of a woman with red hair and cartoonishly pink cheeks and lips.

Featured Projects

Planned Parenthood SITE AUDIT

Improving access to Planned Parenthood appointments and educational materials through persona analysis, heuristic evaluations, and accessibility reviews.

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The CHeyenne Mountain Zoo

Conducted user research and iterative design process to update the usability and aesthetic of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s website. Specific focus on the purchasing tickets flow.

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CU Boulder Safe

Visual redesign of a prebuilt safety product, AppArmor, to tailor the CU Boulder Safe app to the CU student experience. Synthesized user research and collaborated with CU Boulder Police department.

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Current Projects!

  • Pink presentation slide titled 'Girlreez Capstone Project' with star illustrations, listing students' names and course information

    House Rules: Digital Paper Games

    My senior capstone project I’m developing with Katie Fischer, Lucy Wade, Bailey Shelden, and Adri McCarville to create a customizable digital interface and photo/memory database to allow for paper community games like Fish Bowl and We Aren’t Really Strangers to be played in a web application with unique images and inside jokes.

  • Slide title 'Sephora Design Audit' with subtitle details including date, names, and professor

    Sephora WCAG AAA Audit/Redesign

    Semester-long project for Design for Accessibility course taught by Prof. Jonathan Zong. We are doing a WCAG AAA accessibility audit on the current site and completing a full redesign following AAA best practices to maximize accessibility. Conducting user research through usability tests and connecting with accessibility professionals on campus for review.

  • Screenshot of Planned Parenthood website featuring a woman in scrubs, information about reproductive health services, donation options, and an email signup form.

    Planned Parenthood Redesign

    For User Experience 2, I am completing a brand-aware and best practices audit on the existing experience of the Planned Parenthood website in order to increase access to healthcare efficiently, safely, and easily. Creating a professional-level site audit and then performing a redesign as fit.