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Leonard Brown
UX Researcher with experience in research design, evidence quality, synthesis, influence, and product decisions. Practical work includes Interaction design, Prototyping, User research, Accessibility.
Experience
Amazon
Seattle · United States
UX Researcher
Mar 2022 - now
- Defined the account-setup problem from 24 support cases and documented hypothesis definition and research design before recruitment; separated unclear error messages from identity-verification failures and piloted the task script with two participants.
- Conducted usability testing on account-setup prototypes with eight participants and an in-depth interview after each session; coded observed errors separately from stated preferences and linked findings to timestamps for product-development stakeholders.
- Wrote a recruitment screener tied to the research question, coded interview evidence with a second researcher, and separated observed behavior from participant opinion in the findings.
- Owned follow-up surveys using a piloted questionnaire, analyzed 42 responses by prior product experience and resolved a leading question before fielding. Reported conflicting interview evidence and sampling limits with the findings.
- Published research findings using tagged observations, chosen research methods and disconfirming cases in a searchable repository; reduced stakeholder evidence lookup from 12 to 4 minutes in a timed task and linked accepted recommendations to product development decisions.
Adobe
San Jose · United States
UX Researcher
Jan 2019 - Feb 2022
- Facilitated evidence reviews with 7 product teams before prioritization. Connected the change to attributable downstream demand.
- Annotated the delivered design with spacing, type and interaction decisions, reviewed the first implementation with engineering, and corrected differences that affected comprehension or accessibility.
- Tested a revised layout with realistic long text, empty content and error states, annotated the places where the hierarchy broke down, and adjusted labels and spacing while preserving the established design system.
Selected project
UX Researcher — independent case study
Project owner
Feb 2024 - Jun 2024
- Built a searchable repository for 96 studies with evidence strength and recency
- Ran seven-day diary studies with six volunteers using training accounts; coded interrupted setup tasks and follow-up questions, excluding incomplete entries and recording the limits of a convenience sample.
- Applied ethnography through consented contextual observation in two everyday settings; compared field notes with diary entries and retained contradictory cases rather than treating observed habits as population-wide preferences.
- Audited the study evidence matrix against consented field notes, resolved two inconsistent codes and completed a traceable link from each recommendation to observations and sampling limits.
Education
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio · United States
B.S. Communication Design
Sep 2013 - Jun 2017
Relevant coursework: Typography, visual communication, interaction design, design research
Skills
Role expertise
Interaction design · Prototyping · User research · Accessibility · Design systems · Figma
Certifications
IAAP Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC)
International Association of Accessibility Professionals
Jun 2024
Publications
- Published a personal methods note explaining recruitment bias, observation coding, contradictory evidence and which product decisions the small study could not support.


