Designer working on Siri

Design Manager working on Siri

As a Co-Founder and Director of Design I bring my passion for design in at the ground floor to help establish solid product design principles and an interesting brand identity. I help define the vision, product, and roadmap for the company and implement and ship features regularly.Accomplishments- Create and maintain all design assets including marketing and branding- Develop design processes and disciplines for product design and user experience- Implement designs to ensure a high bar of quality for product design- Was accepted into TechStars class of 2016 in Boulder, COSkills- Product Design- Product/Project Management- User Experience Research- Marketing/Brand Design

I started at Braintree on the design team when it was still in its younger years. Through out my time there I helped grow the design team from 5 people to 13. I eventually moved out to San Francisco to help start a local design team in the San Francisco office.Accomplishments- Built a culture of design within an engineering focused company- Helped grow the design team from 5 to 13 people- Began building a local design team in the San Francisco office- Re-designed the developer experience properties to help increase integration speed and ease- Re-imagined the onboarding experience for European merchants, increasing conversion by ~30%- Worked closely with marketing, brand, and design teams to create a cohesive vision for Braintree designSkills- Product Design- Front-end development- Management/Leadership- User Experience Research- Marketing/Brand Design- Hiring/Interviewing

As a Freelance Web Designer & Front End Developer I was in charge of managing projects, timelines, assets, clients, development, design and deployment of websites.

Adjunct Professor teaching a fundamental digital design course.

Accomplishments- Designed and developed a new marketing site and landing pages, increased sign up conversion rates by ~11%- Designed new features for the web app streamlining user experience- Designed a new onboarding flow for mobile users increasing engagementSkills- Product Design- Front-end development- User Experience Research- Marketing/Brand Design

Responsible for the Digital Photography Lab Teaching Assistants during shifts, providing help for students and faculty members, and Imaging and Deploying image to the Lab computers.