Stacy Tomasi
MS UX Candidate · Kent State '26
Resident button pusher.
Designer of cause and effect.
Interaction Design · UX · Usability
Featured Work
August Smart Lock
Redesigned the guest access and device-switching flow for a smart lock app — physical paper prototype to polished Figma prototype in one semester.
Philz Coffee
Moderated usability study of the Philz Coffee mobile app. Uncovered a critical "UI Disconnect" where users failed to recognize interactive elements — and mapped a path to fix it.
StubHub A11y Annotations
Accessibility annotation set for StubHub, written for developer handoff. Applied WCAG 2.1 standards to real product screens with actionable, implementation-ready specs.
Coursera Cognitive Audit
Cognitive accessibility audit of Coursera's web and mobile platforms — introducing original frameworks: the cognitive budget, Search Tax, and Interaction Tax.
Yelp Usability Study
Unmoderated usability study evaluating Yelp's core discovery and decision-making flows. Identified friction patterns across real task scenarios.
Meatball
Master's capstone in progress. Check back when it's ready — it's worth the wait.
The Playground
The real world is just a bigger playground. Scraped knees everywhere.
Here's who got sent to the nurse's office, and how I slapped on a band-aid.
About / Résumé
- Name
- Stacy Tomasi
- Location
- San Jose, CA
- Degree
- MS UX · Kent State
- Focus
- Interaction Design
- Status
- ● Open to Work
Hi, I'm Stacy. Bad UX makes me irrationally angry, and I can't unsee it. So I'm becoming an interaction designer and usability tester, because apparently this is a whole career, and I'd rather get paid to be annoyed than keep doing it for free.
My method? Equal parts curious, stupid, and brave. Push the red button, break things apart, put them back together. Grew up on innovation and duct tape. I learn by doing, I'm rooted in logic, and I fly by gut. Don't give me a long presentation on the problem. Hand me the broken thing, say "this doesn't make sense," and let me get consumed by the puzzle of figuring it out.
I'm the one who shows up with the red pen. I'll find the mistakes, help you fix them, and tell you when your fly is down. Respectfully.
Toolkit: Figma, usability testing, accessibility audits, heuristic evaluation, WCAG, NN/g, Apple HIG, Material, Buffy the Vampire Slayer trivia.
Get in Touch
Let's make something
worth noticing.
✉ hello@tomiux.com
Whether it's a project, a question, or just a good IxD debate — I'm here.