Managing a team across a portfolio of products that enable marketers and advertisers to reach over 1 billion users through experiences in the feed, messaging, connected TV, and campaign management tools. Focusing on helping marketers create, launch, and measure successful marketing campaigns.Facilitating team alignment by building clear visions across three strategic priorities, driving clarity and cohesion throughout the organization.Leading discussions on product quality, resulting in investments in new product surfaces and empowering research to conduct comprehensive usability studies. Ensuring accountability for teams executing work in production.Managing and coaching leaders, individual contributors, senior, and principal designers, as well as managers, to foster growth and development across the design organization.Leading internal group and individual mentorship programs for emerging cross-functional product leaders, enhancing professional development opportunities within the organization.Partnering with Product and Engineering leadership on planning and capacity management to align with strategic priorities and maximize team effectiveness.Co-founder of Black by Design, an internal community group aimed at building a network for Black designers both internally and externally. This initiative also establishes a pipeline for emerging talent and builds stronger talent brand connections across the industry.

Technically Speaking is a podcast centered around the human experience. The episodes feature guests that are movers and shakers within the design and tech industry. We discuss topics around UX, entrepreneurship, management, research, and everything in between.

Drove customer success, satisfaction, and retention for over 7,000 customers by launching industry-leading experiences for enterprise sales teams on web and mobile. Partnered with the CEO and CPO to develop concept proposals for prospective clients, resulting in multiple $1M+ Annual Recurring Revenue deals.Scaled and managed the design team from 1 to 5 designers following the company’s relocation to Silicon Valley, building a strong talent brand and pipeline to attract and recruit top designers.Collaborated closely with the development team in Poland to create a design system that significantly accelerated development speed and efficiency.Partnered with the marketing team to build and execute an effective go-to-market strategy aligned with product launches.Engaged with stakeholders across sales, customer success, and product management to develop a product roadmap that met both customer and business objectives.

Works with a variety of small to large businesses and organizations to create and execute ideas. This includes, but isn't limited to social media marketing, graphic design, web design and development.

Served as a UIF resource for applying creativity and innovation to Internet and Intranet use, online-based web marketing, and web page development. Led a major, responsive website redesign and CMS implementation in the Spring of 2013. In addition to this Wheeler helped leverage platforms of online engagement through Facebook applications and award-winning micro-sites.

Independent concert production and promotions company responsible for bringing emerging acts such as Macklemore, J. Cole, Wiz Khalifa, Mike Posner, and Big Sean around the state of Iowa. To decrease the amount of financial risk with every show, Wheeler led an effort to develop an online ticketing platform. The ticketing platform helped raise additional funds per show and better engage concertgoers through newly established online marketing channels.

Assisted in marketing plan development and implementation for University Book Stores and Iowa Hawk Shops. Main responsibilities included the ongoing promotion of technology products and coordinated events centered around the University of Iowa community with companies that included Apple, Dell, and HP.

Designed and maintained websites for various student organizations and university departments. Involved in the planning and execution of numerous campaigns, advertisements, news interviews, and radio interviews.