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Experience

Director of Product Design

June 2020 – Present

Oversee company-wide product design strategy and lead the product desgin team in solving challenging and complex user problems for 26+ B2B publications.
Establish standard, processes and strategy for all steps of the product design cycle, from discovery, to problem validation, ideation, and implementation support.
Collaborate with the VP of Product and VP of Engineering on the product roadmap and optimizing collaboration between our teams of 20+ individuals.
Strategize with our Marketing and Data team to measure success of design iterations and research our target readers and clients through surveys and user interviews.
Ensure high level product design execution through hiring, coaching, and the development of craft and soft-skill training programs for individuals.

Senior Product Designer

September 2019 – June 2020

Product Designer

December 2018 – September 2019

Conduct UX research through user interviews, stakeholder workshops and data aggregation to refine project requirements and determine next steps.
Design mockups for new product features and annotate them for engineering handoff. Iterate on designs based on team critiques and stakeholder feedback.
Create a design system by defining components, writing documentation and technical implementation. Establish an internal site to ease collaboration between the engineering and design team.
Plan and facilitate workshops with senior executives to define product strategy.

Front-End Designer

May 2017 – December 2018

Front-End Design Intern

May 2016 – August 2016

Conducted UX interviews and analyzed results to inform stakeholder decisions and created static mockups for proposed solutions.
Implemented front-end mock-ups using HTML5, Sass and JavaScript best practices.
Designed and coded email templates sent to thousands of readers on behalf of Fortune-100 clients. The average email file size was reduced by 33%.
Led UX interviews with C-suite and director-level staff to redesign an internal subscriber data tool.
Increased performance of multiple sites by responsively serving images.
Communicated with multi-disciplinary teams of developers, designers, project managers, and stakeholders on a daily basis.

Graphic and Web Design Specialist

January 2016 – May 2017

Designed print collateral for conferences of over four hundred people.
Developed logos and advertising materials for programs targeted at over eight hundred faculty members.
Increased traffic to website through page optimization and banner image design.

Nasdaq.com Web Design Intern

May 2015 – August 2015

Created HTML mock-ups of pages as well as redesigned and coded already existing web-pages for a site that reaches millions of people a year.
Implemented third-party JavaScript widgets and revised them to be consistent with the website design and company brand.
Critiqued and redesigned the CSS Style Guide and developed a consistent, clean style.

BS Computer Science, BA Graphic Design

Minor Mathematics

GPA: 3.93, University Honors Program