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 | Senior Staff Product Designer

Remote | Mar 2023 –Present

Design lead on the Fashion focus category team, contributing across a broad spectrum of product/design needs from strategic product vision, innovative concept development to launching personalization feature experiences.

Spearheaded the Size Personalization initiative, shaping strategic direction at the product level
Led a team of 4-5 designers, delivering the MVP for size personalization across fashion categories
Conducted robust competitive analysis on size personalization, identifying significant market gaps for product strategy
Set the standard for cross-functional collaboration across domain teams
Led planning and facilitation of workshop for fashion focus category team, defining team mission and values
Proactively improved organizational culture and development through strategic initiatives
Mentored rising designers within eBay and externally, supporting their career growth

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