COUNTRY Financial · UX Analyst I → II · 2017 – 2020

The mobile app that won Best In Show — and the fastest promotion on the team.

I served as UX Analyst for COUNTRY Financial Mobile, the app that won Best In Show at the 2019 IMCA Showcase Awards — while earning the Client Focused Delivery Award and a promotion from Analyst I to II in 18 months.

Objective

Elevate the mobile experience for insurance customers in a legacy-constrained enterprise.

Outcome

Best In Show, 2019 IMCA Showcase Awards; Client Focused Delivery Award, 2019.

Success looked like

Industry recognition, rapid career progression as internal validation, and mobile experiences customers measurably preferred.

Design inside constraints

Insurance is a legacy industry — 15-year-old systems, regulatory weight, and processes built for paper. The award didn't come from ignoring those constraints; it came from designing gracefully within them, finding the moments where mobile could genuinely serve customers better than any channel before it.

Earning the next level

The promotion from UX Analyst I to II in 18 months reflected a pattern I've repeated everywhere since: deliver beyond the role, and the role expands. I was already leading interns, presenting to directors, and shaping research direction before the title said I should.

Ask me about what it takes to ship award-winning work inside a legacy enterprise.