Arabia Simeon

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I’m a creative and multi-disciplinary designer with an engineering background. I…

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Volunteer Experience

  • Smith College Graphic

    Black Students’ Alliance’s Conference Chair

    Smith College

    - 10 months

    Science and Technology

    February of 2019 BSA presented “Vibranium Visions: Art and Tech Through the Black Eye”, a conference centered on the nexus between art and tech, while creating a pipeline for an underrepresented community in these fields.
    Our conference consisted of interactive workshops, discussions, panels, networking opportunities, and the addition of an Innovation Symposium, where amateurs and professionals presented their artwork and projects, contributing to our objective.

    We exposed our…

    February of 2019 BSA presented “Vibranium Visions: Art and Tech Through the Black Eye”, a conference centered on the nexus between art and tech, while creating a pipeline for an underrepresented community in these fields.
    Our conference consisted of interactive workshops, discussions, panels, networking opportunities, and the addition of an Innovation Symposium, where amateurs and professionals presented their artwork and projects, contributing to our objective.

    We exposed our participants to new tech including VR/AR, video games, 3D printing, and more through the Innovation Symposium + trailblazers in their fields such as Kimberly Drew, Majora Carter, Lidia Bonilla, Kai Davis, Bree Newsome, Billy Dean Thomas, Franchesca Lamarre, The Rap Scholars, and more.

  • Girls Who Code Graphic

    Teacher

    Girls Who Code

    - 4 months

    Science and Technology

    Worked collaboratively with co-teacher to develop curriculum focused on the foundations of computer science, web development and video games, plan instruction, and train two TAs for our semester long club servicing 10-15 middle school girls in the Western Massachusetts area.

  • NYC Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice Graphic

    MAP Youth Leadership Council

    NYC Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice

    - 1 year 8 months

    Civil Rights and Social Action

  • NYC Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice Graphic

    NeighborhoodStat

    NYC Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice

    - 1 year 8 months

Projects

  • Da Cypher

    We are dedicated to empowering the youth by bridging the gap between art, fashion, and tech for disadvantaged communities. Our first youth initiative, Da Cypher Youth Creative Fund(DCYCF) was created as a resource for BIPOC youth who need funding to support their creative projects as a response to Covid-19, protesting racial injustices, and police brutality.

  • PoGo - Politics on the Go

    - Present

    Pogo is an app that connects Millennial and Gen Z voters to local and national candidates. PoGo is a quick, transparent, and accessible, way to research politics. Taking politics on the go, the app allows users to create a personalized voter-guide providing Millennial and Gen Zer's with the resources to make more informed voting decisions.

    Founder + UX Design

    ⋅ Managed a team of 2 in conducting user research and usability testing.
    ⋅ Lead 2 series of rapid prototyping…

    Pogo is an app that connects Millennial and Gen Z voters to local and national candidates. PoGo is a quick, transparent, and accessible, way to research politics. Taking politics on the go, the app allows users to create a personalized voter-guide providing Millennial and Gen Zer's with the resources to make more informed voting decisions.

    Founder + UX Design

    ⋅ Managed a team of 2 in conducting user research and usability testing.
    ⋅ Lead 2 series of rapid prototyping producing low-fidelity wireframes in Figma.
    ⋅ Created a full art asset list + explored over 25 designs and color palettes.
    ⋅ Pitched in the Draper Competition + Smith College Shark Tank.

  • 5 College CS

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    "Five-College CS" is a student-developed app that helps Western Massachusetts Five College computer science students, faculty, and organizations/clubs stay connected. The Five College Consortium includes Smith College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, and UMASS Amherst. The app is a platform that encourages connection, collaboration, and communication through a single all-inclusive resource app where you can find, post, and filter through academic, social, and career…

    "Five-College CS" is a student-developed app that helps Western Massachusetts Five College computer science students, faculty, and organizations/clubs stay connected. The Five College Consortium includes Smith College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, and UMASS Amherst. The app is a platform that encourages connection, collaboration, and communication through a single all-inclusive resource app where you can find, post, and filter through academic, social, and career events and information that will broaden your education, experiences, and opportunities in the five-college consortium.

    UX/UI Designer & Front-End Development

    ⋅ Designed and developed the login, landing, filter/search, and forum page’s user interface
    ⋅ Collaborated with teammates to produce the wireframe and color palette
    ⋅ Constructed and implemented art assets
    ⋅ Conducted usability testing, feedback was implemented into the code

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  • Everything's Fine

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    Created a video game, "Everything's Fine", a 2D side scroller game that explores a specific experience of anxiety, called atychiphobia. Chi is the main playable character, they're a college student struggling through their daily life as they suffer from atychiphobia, the fear of failure.

    Technical Artist & Programmer

    ⋅ Collaborated with the lead programmer to develop scripts for player movement, obstacles, dialogue, and animation
    ⋅ Designed and implemented art…

    Created a video game, "Everything's Fine", a 2D side scroller game that explores a specific experience of anxiety, called atychiphobia. Chi is the main playable character, they're a college student struggling through their daily life as they suffer from atychiphobia, the fear of failure.

    Technical Artist & Programmer

    ⋅ Collaborated with the lead programmer to develop scripts for player movement, obstacles, dialogue, and animation
    ⋅ Designed and implemented art assets
    ⋅ Presented at Smith College Collaborations and The Nolen Art Gallery Women in video games exhibition.

    See project

  • Doggo Dash

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    Doggo Dash is a 2d side scroller of a dog avoiding obstacles and receiving awards.

    Technical Artist

    ⋅ Designed and constructed the graphics for “Doggo Dash”, our original mobile video game made in Unity. Employed UX design
    techniques to ensure the game is user friendly.
    ⋅ Attended and participated in weekly stand-up meetings to discuss progress made and propose new ideas to increase game
    performance.

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Honors & Awards

  • Tryon Prize for Art

    Smith College Museum of Art

    A jury awards monetary prizes for installation, performance, video, sound, digital, internet and interactive art. Jurors seek a high level of artistic expression and presentation.

  • Fan favorite

    Five College Film Festival

    “MOLLY" is a split screen, "Call and Response", short film. The short film discusses the issues of sexual assault and domestic violence while showing two different sides of her experience in the world. The left is her external and the right is her internal. The poem is based off an accumulation of experiences and stories of both those told to me by friends and family members and mine. The two videos displaying side by side symbolizes the way that I and other suvivors move through the world. I…

    “MOLLY" is a split screen, "Call and Response", short film. The short film discusses the issues of sexual assault and domestic violence while showing two different sides of her experience in the world. The left is her external and the right is her internal. The poem is based off an accumulation of experiences and stories of both those told to me by friends and family members and mine. The two videos displaying side by side symbolizes the way that I and other suvivors move through the world. I wanted to show the contrast of what people see and what we actually go through.

  • Honor Roll

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  • National Honor Society

    The Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn

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