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ALLISON JOY TOMLINSON 
Welcome!
I am a Design Strategist, Design Researcher, and Creative Facilitator for Social Impact, with a keen eye on how our systems are designed and how they can be designed and redesigned to better support marginalized communities.
See below for featured work:
SimVET Analysis evaluates healthcare technologies with frontline clinicians and patient safety experts using clinical simulation to ensure safety and effectiveness for Veterans. Their findings are compiled into reports used to inform purchasing and acquisitions decisions.
Our team designed a centralized hub for stakeholders and customers to learn about SimVET Analysis, have access to new and existing reports, and garner participation and feedback from the field.
Our team designed a centralized hub for stakeholders and customers to learn about SimVET Analysis, have access to new and existing reports, and garner participation and feedback from the field.
︎ VHA OHIL SimVET Analysis
︎ Booz Allen Hamilton
︎ UX Design, UI Design, Product Design
︎ November 2023 - October 2024
︎ Booz Allen Hamilton
︎ UX Design, UI Design, Product Design
︎ November 2023 - October 2024
A U.S. Navy program needed to establish stronger communication practices within their complex stakeholder ecosystem. Deemed "the backbone of the Navy," our client required effective communication to ensure combat-ready networks and sailors.
︎ U.S. Navy Client
︎ Booz Allen Hamilton
︎ Design Research, Design Strategy, Facilitation
︎ October 2022 - October 2023
︎ Booz Allen Hamilton
︎ Design Research, Design Strategy, Facilitation
︎ October 2022 - October 2023
In October 2023, the Aerospace Account in Booz Allen Hamilton was holding a Leadership Offsite to have senior leaders work through the biggest issues for their sector. They tasked our team with designing an interactive, creative, facilitated Activation where senior leaders could discuss the most pressing issues for the Aerospace Account.
We designed, planned and facilitated three “activations” centering on anticipating emerging changes, strategically planning to reach their goals, and empowering and supporting their people.
We designed, planned and facilitated three “activations” centering on anticipating emerging changes, strategically planning to reach their goals, and empowering and supporting their people.
︎ Booz Allen Hamilton Aerospace Senior Leadership
︎ Booz Allen Hamilton
︎ Design Strategy, Facilitation
︎ August 2023 - October 2023
︎ Booz Allen Hamilton
︎ Design Strategy, Facilitation
︎ August 2023 - October 2023
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How might we redesign work to better support and enrich MICA Staff?
My graduate thesis project centered on understanding the professional lives of the staff at the college I was going to. This project took a look at work through the lens of the pandemic.
My graduate thesis project centered on understanding the professional lives of the staff at the college I was going to. This project took a look at work through the lens of the pandemic.
︎ Center for Social Design
︎ MICA Staff Empowerment Council
︎ Design Research, Design Strategy
︎ January - May 2022
︎ MICA Staff Empowerment Council
︎ Design Research, Design Strategy
︎ January - May 2022
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How might we support BCHD Sexual Health providers and patients with PrEP Initiation?
The Baltimore City Health Department and MICA’s Center for Social Design collaborated on an initiative to help with PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) initiation for their patients at their two Sexual Health Clinics.
The six-month long project focused on how we could design with and for both the PrEP providers and patients.
The Baltimore City Health Department and MICA’s Center for Social Design collaborated on an initiative to help with PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) initiation for their patients at their two Sexual Health Clinics.
The six-month long project focused on how we could design with and for both the PrEP providers and patients.
︎ Baltimore City Health Department
︎ Center for Social Design
︎ Design Research, Service Design
︎ August - December 2021
︎ Center for Social Design
︎ Design Research, Service Design
︎ August - December 2021
︎ What does it mean to “CNH” for the Board?
In a three-week HCD Immersive experience, MICA’s MA in Social Design department partnered with City Neighbors Hamilton (CNH) to explore how we could improve their school culture. A charter school in a neighborhood in Baltimore, CNH already had a thriving and meaningful school culture, which prioritized and supported it’s students first and foremost. However, over the course of the pandemic, some of what had made CNH great was starting to fray.
In a three-week HCD Immersive experience, MICA’s MA in Social Design department partnered with City Neighbors Hamilton (CNH) to explore how we could improve their school culture. A charter school in a neighborhood in Baltimore, CNH already had a thriving and meaningful school culture, which prioritized and supported it’s students first and foremost. However, over the course of the pandemic, some of what had made CNH great was starting to fray.
︎ City Neighbors Hamilton
︎ Center for Social Design
︎ Design Research, Design Strategy
︎ September - October 2021
︎ Center for Social Design
︎ Design Research, Design Strategy
︎ September - October 2021
