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United States

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Woodland Hills, Ca, Us

Expert UX Designer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022). Design lead for the internal IW Design system and game Notification system. Additional projects include new Battle Pass and Loading/Failed to load states.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Design lead for Google Pixel and Android onboarding experience for over 3 billion devices. •Partnered and collaborated with Product, Engineering, and Research on the 2021, 2022, and beyond onboarding roadmap; including device setup experience, Pixel Tips, and education frameworks.• Partnered and collaborated cross product area on the setup experience for new devices.• Streamlined 1P partner process by providing onboarding resources.• Developed first Design System including component and template libraries for 1P partners for the setup wizard experience.• Led and facilitated working sessions and design sprints to ideate across the onboarding experience.• Designed and developed the first Onboarding Education framework for Android, including; tooltips, in-context education, interaction education, and more.

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Design lead for Mobile platform and Design System team. During tenure viewers increased from 12 million to over 37 million.Design System Lead:• Responsible for Design System roadmap and work-stream. Managed teams work and deliverable.• Led the strategy, execution, and launch of the Hulu design system Muse. Resulted in more efficient and consistent design across feature teams and platforms. Included component libraries, color and type systems, consistent naming conventions, UX documentation and more - across design, product and engineering.• Designed and implemented a cross team design delivery process, Blueprint, resulting in a more efficient implementation process, quicker iteration, and consistent method across product design and ENG teams. Facilitated working sessions with Mobile, Web, and TV engineering teams.• Continued to lead efforts around Design QA including working with all design, ENG, TPM, and QA teams.Mobile Design Lead:• Platform lead for Mobile; leading efforts around content discovery, downloads, personalization, and more.• Responsible for Mobile Roadmap and work-stream. Collaborated and partnered with Product, Program Management, and Engineering leads. Prioritized and worked with Feature Design Managers to ensure Mobile Design work was scheduled within their team's roadmap.• Facilitated working sessions to develop documentation for Mobile UX and best practices.• Provided guidance and design direction, and critique to feature designers working across the Mobile platforms.• Facilitated/Hosted Hulu's first Mini-Hackathon across Product Design, Product, and Engineering which produced amazing concepts added to Hulu's product roadmap.• Ensured best practices were used across iOS and Android mobile apps and created a best in class experience for streaming on mobile devices.• Oversaw contributions to Mobile component library.• Mentored associate and mid-level designers.

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Led the Mobile design team in creating a best in class streaming experience across iOS and Android devices resulting in increased viewer engagement.Mobile Design Lead:• Responsible for Mobile Roadmap and work-stream. Prioritized and worked with Feature Design Managers to ensure Mobile Design work was scheduled within their team's roadmap. • Reviewed, provided feedback, and design critique across all Mobile Design work.• Partnered with and oversaw all work from Mobile Designers.• Platform lead across a number of different features within our mobile experience; Content Discovery, Playback, Live TV, Profiles, and more.• Design lead for Mobile Downloads and Offline viewing. Included re-architecting the mobile UX to work with no Wi-Fi or Cellular connection. Resulted in increased content engagement and viewing across Mobile.Design System Lead:• Led a team of designers to create to first Hulu Design System for all platforms, including; Component Libraries, UX documentation, platform best practices, etc.• Facilitated physical prototyping working session; Layering and Spatial Concepts for the Mobile platform.• Designed and implemented a cross team design delivery process, Blueprint, resulting in a more efficient implementation process, quicker iteration, and consistent method across product design and ENG teams.• Continued to lead efforts around Design QA including working with all design, ENG, TPM, and QA teams.

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

• Launched the Hulu UX redesign of 2017 with the addition of Live TV for the Android platform. • Led and designed improvements to Content Discovery across our mobile platforms; iOS and Android, leading to increased engagement and ease of use with our viewers. Included prototyping, ux research, iteration, and implementation.• Created and maintained the first Hulu Mobile design system; including component additions, updates, delivery, and contribution processes.• Developed and implemented the Design QA process across design and ENG.

Sacramento, California, Us

Design lead for Ooyala's Program Manager, CMS for managing video assets, rental and streaming dates, and more. Part of their media platform suite of tools. Designed in a direction that is both intuitive and collaborative for the companies that rely on Ooyala's services.• Partnered with Product and Engineering to define the Program Manager product roadmap• Worked with clients on understanding the needs and goals of their job and requirements for Program Manager.• Produced user journeys and wireframe prototypes for testing and iterating. • Created visual design language for suite of media platform tools.• Complete visual and UX overhaul to Program Manager - including better navigation, asset management, offers and rental management, and more.

Palo Alto, California, Us

imo.im is a cross platform messaging app focusing on high quality video and voice calls, fast messaging and fun stickers.Conceptualized, designed, and prototyped design needs for the company, affecting over 150 million+ imo users.Only designer at the company for more than half my tenure; individually responsible for all company design needs, including mobile mock-ups, iconography, illustrations, and stickers, leading interaction and architecture at all phases.Worked closely with mobile engineering team to re-design the look and feel of iOS and Android, along with imo’s main website, using Illustrator, Photoshop, and Pixate, Invision, Proto.io for prototyping.

Venice, Ca, Us

Designed and developed Pogoseats main website and individual team/venue pages. Designing included; wireframes, user flows, prototyping, high fidelity mockups, and HTML/CSS. Designed in photoshop and illustrator. Languages used to develop website: HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Designed and developed Marketing materials; ad banners, emails, and newsletters.

Mobile app and web design, consulting, and front end development. Specializing in Android, iOS UI/UX, interaction and motion design , and prototyping.