Feb 2024 – Jan 2026 · 1 yr 11 mos · Detroit Metropolitan Area · Hybrid

Jan 2019 – Mar 2024 · 5 yrs 2 mos · Orange County, California, United States

• Responsible for:
• Driving design and product strategy, ensuring that designs are innovative, user-centric, and meet core business goals
• Leading a team of designers and partnering on strategy across multiple financial products; Checking and savings accounts including banking tools; investing accounts with automated and custom portfolio builder experiences, child investing products and retirement products; Growth products and experiences (registration funnel experience, subscription center, settings); Shopping platform; and education platform.
• Leading and managing a team of product designers, providing guidance, mentorship, and feedback to help them develop their skills and grow in their careers
• Collaborating with other leaders across the organization to align design with business goals and drive innovation
• Partnering with user research and usability testing to gather insights and validate design decisions.
• Establishing and maintaining a design systems team with reusable components, style guides, and documentation to ensure consistency across products and platforms
• Staying up-to-date with emerging design trends, tools, and technologies, and apply them to your work

Apr 2017 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos · Orange County, California, United States

Oct 2016 – Apr 2017 · 6 mos · New York

• Designing experiences for MTV, VH1 and Comedy Central.

Apr 2014 – Sep 2016 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Foothill Ranch, CA

Mar 2013 – May 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos · Irvine, Ca

• Lead UX and visual design of Babblr desktop and mobile apps. Was responsible for brand identity creation and brand system implementation.

Sep 2010 – Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Santa Monica, CA

Jul 2009 – Mar 2013 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Orange County, California Area

• Creative direction and design

Jul 2008 – Sep 2010 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Trinet Internet Solutions is an award winning web development firm based in Irvine that has been in business for 14 years. WE WERE RATED AS THE 12th FASTEST GROWING WEB AGENCY IN THE COUNTRY FOR 2008 by INC Magazine! Our clients include leaders in three broad environments; corporate, ministry and non-profits!
• Trinet builds and maintains websites as well as provides strategic services to maximize web initiatives. Recent awards we've won: 2008 Inc 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies in America (#12 - Media Agencies) 2008 OCBJ Fastest-Growing Companies in Orange County (#31 Overall) 2008 Best of Irvine Award 2008 Davey Awards, Silver Award, Charitable Organization Category 2008 Web Award, School Standard of Excellence Award 2008 Davey Awards, Silver Award, Schools / Universities Category 2008 Web Award, Non-Profit Standard of Excellence Award 2008 Davey Awards, Silver Award, Charitable Organization Category 2008 Communicator Silver Award 2008 Stevie Award Finalist 2008 Communicator Gold Award 2008 Davey Awards, Silver Award, Self Promotion Category 2008 W3 Silver Award, Healthcare Services category 2007 Inc 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies in America (#41 - Media Agencies) 2007 Emerging Media Award, Summit International Awards, Innovator Award, Best B2B Website 2007 National Religious Broadcasters Best Website Award 2007 Convio Innovators Best Website Award 2007 Webby Award Honoree