Christine Khammash

I am experienced in leveraging UX research to identify customer needs, aligning stakeholders to a product vision and working with developers and designers to bring a product to reality. I incorporate an iterative approach to my projects to foster collaborative thinking in order to further the overall value proposition.


Experience

CMS Manager

ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Co-manager of the Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) web content management system. Maintenance of the system architecture, management of stakeholder needs, specification of new or upgrades to system components, Figma prototyping and beta testing.

2011 - Present

Project Manager

ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Co-lead for oversight of Digital Redesign Project for over 600 Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) websites; Includes concept development and design oversight, coordination and specifications for backend development of components and beta testing.

2020 - Present
ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Project lead for Search Project redesign and upgrade for AEM websites for ETH Zurich. Defined the project timeline, helped develop the search concept, managed the product development, performed beta testing and managed bug fixes in order to meeting product release.

2020
ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Project manager for the responsive redesign of AEM websites. Included the set up of the project planning and timeline, oversight for the development of the templates and components in the system, and performed the beta testing and managed the flow of bug tickets for the final product before the release.

2017
ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Project manager for migration of over 800 websites from Silva to Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) web content management system. Included the set up of the system architecture, creating protosite templates for various website types, organizing the migration of all websites into the system over an 18 month period and quality assurance of all websites before they go live.

2013 - 2015

Web Consultant

ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Consultant for over 4000 authors in the AEM system, providing quality assurance, guidance and technical assistance via an OTRS ticket system, online Q & A help sessions, and accessibility and general website quality checks. Developed and maintain the online AEM user manual and tutorial videos for ETH Zurich.

2011 - Present

Web Designer & Content Manager

Institute at University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Web designer and content manager. Included logo design and branding, as well as poster design for institute seminars.

2003 - 2011

Architectural Intern

Roseland Architects, Ames, Iowa, USA

Developed and honed CX skills in order to meet and satisfy client needs and expectations in design projects.

1990 - 1993

Architectural Intern

Popham Walter Architects, Houston, Texas, USA

Developed digital architectural product libraries for use in AutoCad. Design and drafting support for projects such as auto auction facilities, water treatment facilities, offshore oil platform living facilities, and retail buildings.

1988 - 1990

Education

Texas A & M University

Bachelor of Science
Construction Engineering and Management
1981-1985

Further Education

Google UX Design Specialization (7 courses), Google - online
Ongoing
Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere, Google - online
2021
Visual Elements of User Interface Design, California Institute of the Arts - online
2021
Designing Accessible and Responsive Websites, Gymnasium - online
2020
Building Web Applications in PHP, University of Michigan - online
2020
Introduction to CSS3, University of Michigan - online
2019
Programming Foundations with Javascript, HTML and CSS, Duke University - online
2018
Facilitating meetings and workshops, ETH Zurich
2016
Responsive Web Design, University of London - online
2016
Responsive Website Basics: Code with HTML, CSS and Javascript, University of London - online
2015
HTML, HTML5, XML and CSS, SBCC
2010
Digital Design, SBCC
2009

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
  • HTML 5
  • CSS 3
  • Javascript
Tools
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Sketch
  • Figma
  • Miro
  • Adobe Animate
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Powerpoint
Workflow
  • UX research
  • Prototyping for usability studies
  • Cross-Functional Teamwork
  • Agile Development & Scrum
  • Cross-Browser Testing & Debugging
  • Quality assurance

Interests

Apart from being a CMS manager and web consultant, I enjoy being outdoors. I love going for long walks and gentle hikes, as well as swimming in the lake.

When indoors, I love reading novels, watching sci-fi and fantasy genre movies and television shows, as well as Danish and Korean dramas. I love cooking and spend a good amount of my free time exploring the latest technology advancements in the web development world.