Senior Product Design Manager, responsible for design strategy and execution across multiple consumer and customer product teams. I partnered with senior management to provide thought leadership, define the product vision, and align product team efforts.- Lead for various high profile product initiatives to improve lead volume, quality, feedback measures, and dealer tools.- Partnered with cross-functional leaders to align internal processes and optimize tooling to improve overall customer experience. - Oversaw design and launch of the company’s first integrated Design System (Spark) - supporting design and development workflow for web, native apps, and platform applications.- Co-led company A11y initiative to ensure Cars.com ADA compliance to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) for site design and development.

Functional lead for a multi-disciplinary team of 11 designers. Responsible for supporting all design initiatives on Cars.com desktop, mobile, and apps across 12 product teams. Partnered closely with business, Research, SEO, and Analytics stakeholders to inform new features. - Worked with leadership to transform the product org to lean data-driven "test and learn” product development. - Co-Lead on responsive site redesign for the core shopping experience (awarded JD Power top-ranked third-party automotive mobile & desktop site)- Implemented rapid design to prototype workflow to validate design direction and ensure quality and speed in development- Led the launch of the Owner’s Manual Design Pattern Library. Responsible for governance and standardization of UI patterns, design, and workflow - Grew team to 11 designers and prototypers. Responsible for recruiting, hiring, coaching, mentoring, talent development.

Responsible for UI/Visual design and prototypes for consumer website, blog design, dealer site design, dealer ad products. - Worked closely with producers and developers to ensure quality product delivery- Championed brand alignment and consistency in product design, initiated the first design pattern library for UX

Designed print materials and decks for major accounts, events, and RFPs. Content manager for Midwest intranet, page design, graphics, and content updates.