I have been thinking about my career lately and trying to narrow down exactly what I do.
And it occurred to me that it would be impossible for to narrow down what I do into one category.
The skills and activities I think are valuable run wide and tall, they cross discipline boundaries and enable a holistic experience.

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
User Journey Development
Wire-frame Development
Information Architecture through Site-map Creation
Mental Model Visualizations

DESIGN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Facilitating brainstorms
Writing design process plan
Working with client to define deliverables
Setting milestones
Client communications

DESIGN RESEARCH
“Thinking out Loud” usability
Persona creation
Contextual Inquiry through focus groups and observation
Co-design sessions with users
Focus Groups
Low-high fidelity prototype creation

VISUAL DESIGN
Design of look and feel within technical and brand guidelines
Icon Creation
Stylesheets
Production of relevant visual assets for web-ready use.

Information Design
System visualization