Christian Davis
About Christian Davis
Christian Davis is a Senior UX Designer with extensive experience in user experience design and research. He has worked with various organizations, including Aquent, Legacy.com, and Aronson Advertising, where he integrated Design Thinking processes into core operations.
Current Role at Aquent
Christian Davis serves as a Senior UX Designer at Aquent, a position he has held since 2021. In this role, he focuses on enhancing user experience through design strategies and methodologies. He collaborates with cross-functional teams to implement Design Thinking processes into the company's operations, ensuring that user-centered design principles are integrated into product development.
Previous Experience in UX Design
Prior to his current role, Christian worked at Legacy.com as a UX Designer from 2019 to 2021. He was responsible for improving user interfaces and experiences. Before that, he served as the Lead UX Designer and SEO Strategist at Aronson Advertising from 2016 to 2019, where he led various design projects. His experience also includes a role as a Search Engine Marketing Specialist at OpticsPlanet, Inc. from 2014 to 2015.
Educational Background
Christian Davis earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, focusing on Rhetoric, Semantics, Linguistics, and Symbolic Logic from the University of Illinois at Chicago, graduating in December 2013. He also studied UX Design at Anglo-American University in Prague for 11 months in 2013, further enhancing his skills in user experience and design methodologies.
Key Projects and Contributions
Christian has led significant projects throughout his career. He designed the Total Rewards Dashboard, utilizing the full Design Thinking process from wireframes to a high-fidelity prototype in Figma. He conducted a comprehensive 115-slide UX Heuristic Evaluation of Scout, which informed the product roadmap and platform redesign for 2022. Additionally, he facilitated user interviews for the Job Discovery UXR initiative and established a user research repository in EnjoyHQ.
Early Career and Internships
Christian began his career with various roles that laid the foundation for his expertise in UX design and communications. He interned at UIC Athletics Communications from 2012 to 2013, gaining experience in communications. He also worked as Executive Editor & Journalist at REVIA Magazine from 2014 to 2015, where he honed his writing and editorial skills.