Led & grew a multidisciplinary team of UX designers. My work is focused on creating tools and services for advertisers that democratizes video ad creation, aids quality, performance and scale, and development of automation/AI to aid in generation of no/low-effort, successful ad campaigns. I have successfully taken multiple products from both 0-1 and 1-2 with design execution grounded in user research, adherence to/evolution of design patterns & systems, strong strategic partnership with PM, Eng, Sales and gTech—all with a passion for building the best experiences for our users that in turn drive business value, whilst shaping a team & UX org culture around DEI, career growth, and inspiration.

Overseeing a team of Product Designers focused on our Worker and Growth experiences for iOS, Android, Desktop and Mobile Web.

Lead design and contribute to product strategy for Glassdoor's Android and iOS apps.

• Lead design for Yahoo Sports app & several fantasy apps/web experiences• Ideate and design new features and sports offerings for a global audience• Collaborate on mobile design pattern libraries and style guides for iOS and Android• Drive our startup-minded, cross-functional team to establish a stronger collaborative environment that blends great design with agile development• Directly address user feedback via email and Twitter to help establish better rapport with our users and adapt their concerns into our UI Some of my accomplishments include: • Designed an industry-first mobile Fantasy Football (soccer) experience allowing players to create, draft and compete solely on the device • Designed Yahoo!’s first cash-prize fantasy offerings: Fantasy MLB & NHL• Helping lift global installs and engagement 40%+ YoY through multiple features including: Tourney Pick’em, Soccer, World Cup and Fantasy integration• Completed Xcode for Designers course to assist our engineering team in the development process and the fit-n-finish of our app• Honored as a Yahoo Super Star• Helped lift global installs and time spent 40%+ YoY, increased app rating by 0.7 stars

I led design for Network Services & Social Strategies groups. I was responsible for the visual and interaction design of Yahoo!'s pillar social products including social feeds (Y! Updates), social aggregation (Facebook, Twitter), profile (Y! Pulse), network identity, relationship models and user preferences & settings management.Worked with cross-functional teams comprised of product, engineering, and UED to deliver our products across Yahoo! and with it's partners.My charters not only included the user experience for these products but also collaboration with senior leadership on product strategy for Yahoo!'s complete suite of social products. My role allowed me to work from end-to-end with product management teams, engineering, other internal design and research teams.Some of my accomplishments in this role include: * Designed Yahoo!'s first social feed from the ground-up with continual enhancements* Key team member in determining social aggregation UX, working with internal/external customers* Worked with a cross-functional, international team to merge several profile & social networking sites into one unified, global product* Lifted search and revenue number significantly with design of network-wide header* Filed several product patents* Contributed to the process and structure of the network design pattern library* Drove completion of numerous common user experience components* Received "You Rock" awards for outstanding work on two key Yahoo! initiatives

Animated banner ad designer for Digital City & AOL Local