Lead Product Designer, Art Director with 10+ years of experience

Resume

12+ years of experience as a creative problem solver and designer

Education

Massachusetts College of Art & Design  Boston, MA  |  2007 – 2011
BFA Degree in Graphic Design

Buckinghamshire New University
England, UK  |  2005 – 2006
Completed 1 and 1/2 YRS of Advertising & Design Program

East Berkshire College
England, UK  |  2003 – 2005
National BTEC Diploma in Art & Design, AS/A2 Level in Traditional Dark Room Photography, Key Skills Level
Qualification in Computing

Skillsets

Product Design
UX/UI Design
Design Strategy
Ideation Workshop Facilitation
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Mobile Design
User Research
Persona Development
Usability Testing
Prototyping
Agile Methodology
Hiring & Team Building
Mentorship / Coaching
Remote Work Best Practices

Tools of the Trade

Adobe Creative Suite
Figma
FigJam
Sketch
Invision Prototyping
Principal
Whimsical
Zeplin
Keynote
Microsoft Suite

References

Available upon request
LinkedIn recommendations

Experience

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Feel free to reach out if interested in discussing any opportunities.


eBay  |  Staff Product Designer

Remote  |  Mar 2023 –Present

Design lead on the Fashion category team, contributing across a broad spectrum of product/design needs from strategic product vision, innovative concept development, viable design executions.


Twitter  |  Staff Product Designer (2022), Senior Product Designer (2021–⁠2022), Product Designer (2020-2021)

Remote  |  Sep 2020 –Nov 2022

Design lead on the Ad Formats team, contributing across a broad spectrum of product/design needs from strategic product vision, innovative concept development, viable design executions.

- Led various strategic focused initiatives through facilitating ideation workshop sessions, identifying opportunity areas and prioritized concept execution as well as building leadership alignment
- Creation and execution of innovative new Ad Formats
- Led Collection Ads into development with strong performance results
- Systematically improved and set the standard for collaboration with engineer partners
- Team mentor, coaching and up leveling designers across our team


BetterUp  |  Senior Product Designer

Remote  |  Sep 2017 – Apr 2020

BetterUp is a people experience platform for professional coaching, immersive learning, and insights designed for everyone.

  • Designed and launched relationship-driven product mental model across iOS/Android/Web in under 4 months

  • Developed prototypes for usability testing and stakeholder presentations

  • Built foundational best practices around persona research methodology

  • Led discovery and qualitative research studies with strategic approaches

  • Defined research criteria, conducted recruitment, scheduling and generative interviews

  • Identified and synthesized insights that impacted product strategy and design

  • Core member of product design hiring panel, helped grow team to 10+ designers


Fitbit  |  Senior Product Designer (2016–⁠2017), Product Designer (2015–2016)

Boston, MA  |  July 2015 – Sep 2017

Fitbit designs products and experiences that track and provide guidance for everyday health and fitness. 

  • Led UX/UI design on Personal Goal Setting feature, launched/showcased at CES

  • Designed enhancements to weight/nutrition/hydration features to improve user engagement

  • Partnered with management to develop strategy/product roadmap for weight & nutrition features

  • Conducted exploratory research for foundational user research

  • Key contributor to weight & nutrition specific user personas research effort

  • Developed custom interactive prototypes for stakeholder and leadership management


Delush Polish  |  Founder & CEO

Franklin, MA  |  Jan 2013 – Present

Delush Polish is a successful, eco-conscious, vegan nail brand that specializes in providing customers with unique shades that embrace creativity and individuality.

  • Designed, manufactured from scratch and launched over 150+ products

  • Built brand following across social media platforms to 45k+ followers

  • Crafted brand identity and developed product roadmap and yearly strategy

  • Photograph and edit all creative promotional collection imagery quarterly

  • Processing, packaging and shipment of products at a high volume

  • Expanded wholesale distribution and launched product in 10+ countries globally

  • Daily social media management and social media content creation

  • Customer care service provider


Isobar  |  Senior Visual Designer (2013–⁠2015), Visual Designer (2011–2013)

Boston, MA  |  May 2011 –  July 2015

Isobar is a global agency that delivers experience-led transformation, powered by creativity.

  • Conceptualized and executed compelling interactive experiences

  • Lead designer on NBC Sports' on-demand fitness streaming platform, Radius

  • Projects spanned web, mobile, tablet and streaming on-demand platforms 

  • Select clients: NBC Sports, HBO, Avis, Royal Caribbean, Reebok, Scottrade and Fidelity.


Wallwork Curry McKenna  |  Creative Studio Intern

Charlestown, MA  |  Jan 2011 – Apr 2011

Designed marketing initiatives and created digital/print assets for clients such as Summer Infant, Crystal Run Health Care, Harvard Pilgrim and AAA.


The Barbarian Group  |  Creative Design Intern

Boston, MA  |  Sep 2010 – Dec 2010

Created digital assets for branding materials for clients such as Sears, Kashi and Lenovo.


Brightcove, Inc  |  Creative Design Intern

Boston, MA  |  Sep 2010 – Dec 2010

Conceptualized and designed for digital and print marketing campaigns and provided user experience support.