Jul 2020 – Aug 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Designed experiences exclusively for the Facebook website. Lead multiple XFN teams through the process of building products on the web.

Jul 2019 – Jun 2020 · 11 mos

• Designed experiences that helped people pay for things on and off Facebook.

Jul 2017 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Designed experiences that helped people buy and sell items in their local communities.

Jan 2017 – Jun 2017 · 5 mos

• Designed ad experiences that connected people with businesses around the world.

Jul 2016 – Jan 2017 · 6 mos · Seattle, Washington

• In addition to being Senior Product Designer, I was also in charge of managing the Design Team’s workload. As the Product Design Lead, my responsibilities included:
• managed project timelines, design resources, and cross-functional relationships,
• lead bi-weekly design sprints,
• lead weekly design critiques,
• organized and lead ideation and brainstorming workshops,
• established design processes for documenting and tracking design work.
• Focuses: Design Sprint Planning, Design Management, Ideation, Brainstorms, Design Critiques

May 2015 – Jul 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos · Seattle, Washington

• The next chapter of time spent at Cyanogen was as Senior Product Designer. I continued to own design for many of Cyanogen’s core mobile apps (Dialer, Messaging, Contacts, etc.). During this period, Cyanogen was evolving it’s vision of Android to include Mods. I was an integral part in helping define Cyanogen’s Mods from the design perspective. As Senior Product Designer, my responsibilities included:
• all responsibilities expected from a standard level Product Designer (See below), additionally,
• lead product vision explorations,
• managed design partnerships with Skype, OneNote, Truecaller, and many others,
• organized usability studies,
• conducted design interviews.
• Focuses: Partner Management, Mobile App Design, UX Design, UI Design, Motion Studies, Prototypes, Usability Studies, Spec Docs, Redlines

Aug 2014 – May 2015 · 9 mos · Seattle, Washington

• During this initial time at Cyanogen, I owned the end-to-end product design for all core mobile apps. Core apps include, but are not limited to: Dialer, Messaging, Contacts, Music Player, Clock, Cyanogen Account, and System Settings. Other apps that I had some ownership in are AudioFX, Browser, Email, and Calendar. My responsibilities included:
• ideation and brainstorming to help discover and define product vision,
• produced wireframes and flows to define how products should behave,
• created high fidelity UI to define products aesthetic look and feel,
• motion studies to understand how products should transition between different states,
• participated in design critiques with iterations based on peer feedback, user feedback, research, and metrics,
• created high and low fidelity prototypes to validate assumptions about certain product features and flows,
• produced detailed spec documentation and redlines for cross-functional teams,
• and finally, sliced and optimized graphic assets for implementation into Cyanogen products.
• The hard work I contributed during my first 10 months at Cyanogen led to a promotion to Senior Product Designer. See above for more details.
• Focuses: Mobile App Design, UX Design, UI Design, Motion Studies, Prototypes, Spec Docs, Redlines

Feb 2014 – Aug 2014 · 6 mos · Seattle, Washington

• Worked on Hulu's 10' app experience for Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, XBOX, Playstation, Wii, Wii U, Samsung TVs, Vizio TVs and many other living room products. Work included Watchlist, various ad products, parental controls, blue-sky explorations, product specs for 3rd party partners and detailed feature documentation. Created many prototypes and produced tons of redlines. Also helped manage relationships with 3rd party partners by organizing and leading regular design syncs.
• http://blog.hulu.com/2015/02/17/introducing-watchlist/

Sep 2013 – Jan 2014 · 4 mos · Portland, Oregon

• Designed and developed a mobile-first multilingual responsive Drupal marketing site for massive cloud-based spreadsheet app. Wore multiple hats as creative lead, UX designer, UI designer, developer and QA. Managed and delegated tasks amongst teammates to help expedite workload to meet aggressive deadline. Was client liaison for Lucid Inc. and cultivated many successful client relationships.
• Focuses: Creative Lead, UX Design, UI Design, Web Design, Client Relations

Oct 2011 – Oct 2012 · 1 yr · Portland, Oregon Area

• Creator of exceptional graphic design and photography work for Portland-based design firm. Firm focus was on package design and identity. Exercised flawless time management skills to embrace a productive design workflow with aggressive deadlines.
• Focuses: Production Work, Package Design, Product Photography, Identity, Client Relations

Sep 2013 – Jan 2014 · 4 mos · Portland, Oregon Area

• Taught a foundation level Web Graphics class. Class emphasis was on Photoshop and Illustrator techniques which encompassed a workflow for producing appropriate graphics for the web. Much of the classes lessons focused on the future of responsive web design related to the “retina-web” as well as proper workflow etiquette. Created full class lesson plans as wells as class materials. Prepared class presentations and lab-based exams for the midterm and final.

Aug 2012 – Sep 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo · Portland, Oregon

• Designing mobile apps for the iOS and Android platforms. Duties include building and planing core user experience, creating apps brand identity and styling, content generation, ad creation and production work.
• Focuses: Graphic Design, Mobile UI, UX Design, Illustration, iOS, iPhone, iPad, Android

Apr 2012 – Jan 2014 · 1 yr 9 mos · Portland, Oregon Area

• Head designer for facilities and equipment maintenance company, who’s clients included Starbucks and Subway. Built equitable brand from existing one to foster new clients for NWFEM. Identity included full service website and mailers to drone up more business.
• Focuses: Identity, Mailers, Website, Creative Strategy, Client Relations

Jan 2004 – Jan 2014 · 10 yrs · Oregon

• G&A Valuation: Website. 2013.
• Full Circa: Website. 2013.
• Lucent PDX Focuses: Identity, Website. 2013.
• SummerSkin Focuses: Identity, Print Collateral. 2012.
• Switchyard Creative Focuses: Website, Visual Design. 2012.
• Willamette Spa Focuses: Identity, Website. 2012.
• Loaves & Fishes Focuses: Print Collateral. 2012.
• Paddys Pub Focuses: Promotional Materials, Illustration. 2011.
• Symposium Coffeehouse Focuses: Identity, Promotional Materials. 2011.
• Resonate Focuses: Identity, Promotional Materials, Website, Internal Collateral. 2010.
• StartChurch Focuses: Promotional Materials. 2010.
• My Daughters Closet Focuses: Identity. 2009.
• MexiQuinns Salsa Focuses: Identity, Package Design. 2005.
• Ripped Bull Focuses: Identity, Promotional Materials, Website 2004.