Proxibid
My time at Proxibid began as a humble product intern. I was currently studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Missouri - St. Louis, and was on the job hunt to try and find something while I was back in Omaha for the summer of 2014.
After applying to power companies, marketing roles, and anything else I could find, I had actually accepted a position to assemble bikes at a local bike shop for the summer. A few days after accepting, I got a call that I had gotten the role for a job at Proxibid that I had interviewed for a few weeks back.
I was estatic on the phone, but I remember accepting the job still not really understanding what a product intern would actually do...
Well, it turned out to be mostly spreadsheets and watching the 2014 World Cup (my boss was from Brazil, so part of my job was keeping him up to date).
But, Proxibid was an online auction marketplace, and everyone else on this smaller product team was in charge of making improvements to the website.
I began interjecting where I could, saying ideas that I had, trying to take on design tasks that were pretty boring (I was the kid designing t-shirts in high school, so I kind of knew some of the software).
Eventually, my internship would complete, I went back to school, and I called up my boss the next year to see if we could run it back. They accepted, and I ended up moving back to Omaha, working at this job for about 30hrs/wk while in school.
More and more design needs kept coming up. I would create design concepts when other work was slow, and share any ideas I had. 
Time kept passing along, and Proxibid got to a point where they wanted to take on a site rebrand. When the project started, there was a UX developer and a brand manager they hired from New York in pace that were going to take on the project. I was just kind of this guy there that could maybe help.
I was able to carve a role for myself because I was a nice blend of the dev and design world. Both the UX developer and brand manager ended up taking jobs elsewhere while the project was going on, and I inherited the biggest career opportunity of my life up to that point.
I created mockups for all of the major pages on the site, but ultimately, the rebrand project never got the engineering resources to proceed.
But, I had learned anough along the way to transition to my next job, a UX Designer at LovelySkin.
Proxibid
My time at Proxibid began as a humble product intern. I was currently studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Missouri - St. Louis, and was on the job hunt to try and find something while I was back in Omaha for the summer of 2014.
After applying to power companies, marketing roles, and anything else I could find, I had actually accepted a position to assemble bikes at a local bike shop for the summer. A few days after accepting, I got a call that I had gotten the role for a job at Proxibid that I had interviewed for a few weeks back.
I was estatic on the phone, but I remember accepting the job still not really understanding what a product intern would actually do...
Well, it turned out to be mostly spreadsheets and watching the 2014 World Cup (my boss was from Brazil, so part of my job was keeping him up to date).
But, Proxibid was an online auction marketplace, and everyone else on this smaller product team was in charge of making improvements to the website.
I began interjecting where I could, saying ideas that I had, trying to take on design tasks that were pretty boring (I was the kid designing t-shirts in high school, so I kind of knew some of the software).
Eventually, my internship would complete, I went back to school, and I called up my boss the next year to see if we could run it back. They accepted, and I ended up moving back to Omaha, working at this job for about 30hrs/wk while in school.
More and more design needs kept coming up. I would create design concepts when other work was slow, and share any ideas I had.
Time kept passing along, and Proxibid got to a point where they wanted to take on a site rebrand. When the project started, there was a UX developer and a brand manager they hired from New York in pace that were going to take on the project. I was just kind of this guy there that could maybe help.
I was able to carve a role for myself because I was a nice blend of the dev and design world. Both the UX developer and brand manager ended up taking jobs elsewhere while the project was going on, and I inherited the biggest career opportunity of my life up to that point.
I created mockups for all of the major pages on the site, but ultimately, the rebrand project never got the engineering resources to proceed.
But, I had learned anough along the way to transition to my next job, a UX Designer at LovelySkin.