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Cupertino, California, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

BigCommerce is an ecommerce SaaS platform that powers our merchants’ online stores. Features include: Catalog management, omni-channel listing (Amazon, Facebook, and more), white label shipping, tax solutions, etc. As part of the product design leadership team, I lead a cross-discipline team of designers and user researchers in the Austin based studio.My responsibilities include:• Collaborating with counterparts in San Francisco, Sydney, and Kiev to establish, implement, and refine our product design process based on empathy, user research, and design thinking• Partnering with Product Managers and Engineering Leads to accomplish design-led initiatives • Fostering career pathways and assisting teammates in crafting and realizing OKRs and goals • Leading the Visual Design practice and BigDesign, our Design Language System• Articulating and demonstrating the value of design both within and outside the organization

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

I was hired as Product Design Manager for UA Record, the world’s first connected health and fitness system. I was later promoted to Senior Product Design Manager for MyFitnessPal, a nutrition tracking app with over 130M users. My responsibilities include:• Shepherding features through the design process from concept to execution, including research, ideation, wireframes, prototyping and user testing, visual design, documentation and redlines.• Defining and documenting UX patterns and visual design language systems• Managing and mentoring a team of product designers, including 1x1s with direct reports to provide coaching.• Overseeing designer scheduling and workflows• Collaborating with other teams to integrate UA’s fitness tracking hardware into our suite of products• Leading major strategic design initiatives across teams• Partnering with Product Managers and Engineering leads to accomplish design-led initiatives• Being an champion and influencer for design within the larger team environment

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

Freelance creative direction and design projects for clients and agencies including: NBA, WNBA, Goodby Silverstein Partners, Original Champions of Design, SXSW, Austin Film Society, Foxtrot Bravo Alpha, and a multitude of small business clients.

New York, Ny, Us

I was hired as a Senior Interactive Designer and later promoted to Interactive Design Lead with 3 direct reports. NBA Creative Services is an in-house agency servicing the leagues (NBA, WNBA, NBA D-League), the 58 teams they encompass, as well as league sponsors and partners including: Adidas, EA Sports, Hewlett Packard, Sprite, T-Mobile, etc. My responsibilities included:• Execution of digital marketing collateral from concept to production, including league websites, team websites, advertising campaigns, mobile apps, digital signage, interactive kiosks, etc.• Mentored junior designers• Articulating creative vision to clients, in-house development team, outside agencies, and vendors • Collaborating with international partners and vendors to ensure brand integrity across markets and platforms

Freelance creative direction and design projects for clients including: Air America Radio, Columbia University, Chris Dodd for Senate, Intralinks Digital Workspaces, Metropolitan Home Magazine, New York University, among others.

Designer & Project Manager for boutique creative agency based in New York City. Responsible for all aspects of the design process from concept to execution. Art directed and designed print ads, annual reports, brand identities, websites and interactive marketing collateral. Clients included: American Express, Deloitte Consulting, Hertz, Rolex Watches, Toyota, and The Wall Street Journal.

Waukesha, Wi, Us

Editorial designer for Discover Magazine, a monthly science magazine reaching 6.7M readers.