Anna Effort

Product Designer

San Francisco, California, United States11 yrs 7 mos experience

AI Enabled

Key Highlights

Expert in designing tools for developers.
Led significant accessibility improvements in product design.
Proficient in React.js and prototyping with code.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Designer with expertise in SaaS and user experience design.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DesignUser Experience Design

Other Skills

Artificial Intelligence for DesignPrototyping with codeReact.jsFigmaWorkshop FacilitationCustomer Journey MappingHTMLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Web DesignUser Interface DesignUsability TestingInteraction DesignWireframingAdobe Creative Suite

Experience

11 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

9 mos

Current Experience

Ibm

Senior Product Designer

Aug 2025 – Present · 9 mos

(DataStax acquired by IBM)

Datastax

Senior Product Designer

Jan 2024 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

Artificial Intelligence for DesignPrototyping with codeProduct Design

Mezmo

Senior Product Designer

Jun 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

Product Design for new data pipeline product, log analysis tools, and analytics

Cloudflare

2 roles

Senior Product Designer

Apr 2021 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

Led the design side of accessibility improvements
Design system work
Shipped bulk URL redirects product experience

Product Designer

May 2018 – Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 11 mos

SSO, OAuth, API Tokens, MFA, sessions, and account access recovery
Scalable notifications design
React-based prototyping for dashboard overview redesign
Customer onboarding
Design for internationalization and localization
Webhooks design
Code validation for applications
Authoritative and secondary DNS improvements
Traffic routing design
Led design sprints
Created and led workshops
Proposed and organized design system documentation hackathons
Facilitated team collaboration opportunities

Cisco

UX Designer

Nov 2017 – May 2018 · 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

User experience and visual design for a collaboration tool experience
Research for an analytics dashboard

Lighter capital

UX Designer

Sep 2016 – Oct 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo · Seattle, Washington

Designed for user experiences for responsive web and internal tooling
Conducted A/B testing
Implemented a new company website with updated branding.
Created assets for marketing and brand.

Freelance

Product Designer

Jan 2015 – May 2018 · 3 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle

Worked with startups on products that include a wearable, immersive storybook platform, and medical software.
Responsibilities included research, sketching, wireframing, prototyping, creating mockups, and usability testing.