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San Francisco, CA, US

New York, NY, US

Austin, TX, US

As the leader of the consumer design team - I set the strategic direction and design process of the consumer products for Keller Williams - the largest real estate agency in the country. My primary responsibilities:Craft and implement the mission and vision for UX and Product DesignCoach, mentor and grow the Design TeamSet the tone, pace and direction of.

New York, NY, US

• As director of product design at Kinship - I've been in charge of evangelizing design thinking to the Kinship leadership team and my colleagues. My main responsibilities are shaping company strategy for the next five.
• Helped develop five year strategy to position kinship as a powerhouse in pet tech products. Support product leadership in selling a vision of the next generation of petcare to the board.
• Dove headfirst into the petcare industry - running a variety of research initiatives from focus groups to user testing sessions to surveys. Meeting anyone and everyone I could possibly talk to - from cat breeders to.
• Built out our "design stack" with all the necessary tools to have a successful design operation from ideation to research to design to handoff. Revisited and adjusted for a post pandemic world
• Work and collaborate with branding, research and dev agencies to hit tight deadlines
• Helped launch a brand new successful company in April of 2019 at the beginning of the pandemic

New York, NY, US

• I was the lead product designer at Quidd - The world's largest digital toy store! Backed by Sequoia Capital, We work with Disney, Marvel, Naruto, Hasbro, the NBA, and many more to make digital goods for all ages to.
• Led end to end design process for over 20 shipped features. Owned the full design cycle for iOS, Android and Web.
• Worked closely with CEO, Live Ops, Head of Engineering, Creative Director, VP of Data and VP of Product to define kpis and the strategy to execute them.
• Redesigned the individual set screen resulting in a large lift in retention and spending.
• Redesigned the coin wallet resulting in a large lift in coin purchasing.

San Francisco, CA, US

• We make mortgage software that hundreds of people use each day to buy their first home. Our suite of products have reduced the time it takes to get a mortgage from 47 days to 24.
• Designed and shipped six ios, android and web products for Agents, Home Buyers and Lending Banks
• Built prototypes for internal testing and external product pitches that were used to win deals
• Interviewed users and studied data to unearth pain points
• Developed user journeys and product narratives to communicate how our product fit into loan orgination process
• Crafted design principles and maintained style guide to ensure consistency

San Francisco, CA, US

• Interviewed twenty new mothers to develop product features for school social network. Coded and organized results for clear presentation.
• Collaborated with company stakeholders in design sprints

I performed research to help them figure out how they could improve their conversion rate.

• End to end ios app redesign for a comic book reader app that could be used by people all over the world.
• Usability Testing
• Competitor Research
• Information Architecture
• Google Design Sprints
• Visual Development

San Francisco, California, US

3 months accelerated apprenticeship in Product Design working with startups as a Product designer and researcher.

New York, US

• A high tech risk management software company that leads the industry in business process automation technology
• Edited business documents to ensure they accurately communicated factual information to key clients
• Noted by company founder for highest level of productivity & professionalism | Strong work ethic

New York, US

• Planned and managed logistical/financial/creative matters.
• Developed and managed call sheets, production schedules, cast and crew, and travel arrangements.
• Staffed production assistants and ran casting sessions for extras and small roles.

Glendale, CA, US

• Supported over 100 artists onsite and cross-site at Glendale and Bangalore locations.
• Coordinated and ran dailies reviews for VFX Supervisor and Head of Lighting Department.
• Organized assets to allow producers to track progress of film.
• Helped ensure departmental productivity goals were consistently met.

Glendale, CA, US

• Directed five-person team responsible for all onsite facility management
• Trained incoming clerks in best practices of cataloging and distributing mail
• Facilitated mid-production move of more than 600 work-stations
• Developed moving strategy with head mover that hit deadline without disrupting production
• Designed logistical and promotional documents including maps, directories and flyers

• Assisted on over 50 video shoots for VISA, EPSON and other Fortune 500 companies.
• Answered phone calls in office, sent emails, managed tasks, Excel spreadsheets
• Performed offline editing.

High School

Bfa, Film Production