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Experience
HashiCorp
Senior Product Designer, HashiCorp Design System, June 2022 - Present
- Spearheaded the design and development of new components, patterns, and elements in Helios, HashiCorp's enterprise design system.
- Created educational video content for designers, focusing on technical design aspects, engineering collaboration, and design-to-code implementation.
- Strategized and developed comprehensive technical documentation for design system components and patterns.
- Provided consultative support to designers and engineers during transition from legacy system to Helios, ensuring seamless implementation.
T-Mobile
Senior User Experience Designer, Design System & Framework, August 2021 - June 2022
- Championed design system principles and best practices across designers, developers, and product teams, driving consistent user experiences for over 100 million cross-platform users.
- Led a cross-functional team in redefining T-Mobile's design system through foundational UX exploration, component styling, pattern definition, and design system tooling.
- Spearheaded migration from Adobe XD to Figma, publishing 6 libraries adopted by designers, agencies, and partners - streamlining collaboration, increasing consistency, and accelerating time-to-market.
- Managed system update requests and strategic roadmap to meet needs of 6 agile design teams operating in a complex environment.
Jove
Senior User Experience Designer, July 2020 - September 2021
- Partnered with product, leadership, and engineering teams on go-to-market strategy and design for Jove's Creative Insights product, driving 63% increase in active users.
- Spearheaded strategy, implementation, and launch of new brand guidelines and a modernized design system across the product.
- Implemented consistent documentation standards for design system and in-app copy, boosting cross-team collaboration and user retention by 25%.
- Conducted extensive user research, testing, and interviews to uncover market needs and user perspectives, directly informing product roadmap and marketing execution.
New Engen
Senior Web Designer, November 2018 - July 2020
- Designed and developed end-to-end web solutions to drive sales and evaluate market viability for enterprise clients including Nestlé, Rothy's, and Proctor & Gamble.
- Crafted design and brand systems for use across digital platforms including marketing websites, e-commerce, and mobile applications, resulting in successful product launches and continue 3x growth in conversions.
- Manage projects and teams in a fast-paced environment to deliver high-performing marketing and sales collateral for both clients and internal initiatives.
View work in my portfolio during my time at New Engen
Visual Designer, November 2017 - November 2018
- Partner with an agile marketing team to execute high-performing marketing creative and brand expression.
- Manage complex client relationships, creative briefing, and hand-off in a rapidly iterating agency environment.
- Management and organization of a small team of designers to handle out-of-the-box tactical projects.
Education
University of Northern Colorado
Bachelor of Music, Jazz Studies & Saxophone Performance
2008 - 2012
Toolkit
Design
- Product & UI Design
- Design Systems Management
- Technical writing and Microcopy
- UX Research & Usability Testing
- Information & Schema Design
- Advanced Prototyping
Tools
- Figma
- Sketch
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Premiere
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
Development
- JavaScript
- React
- NextJS
- EmberJS
- Svelte
- HTML
- CSS