Jan 2023 – May 2023 · 4 mos · New York, United States · On-site

Oct 2022 – Sep 2023 · 11 mos · New York, United States

• Led a 0 → 1 team centered around helping creators and their most dedicated fans build exclusive communities on Patreon.

Feb 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos · New York, United States

• Helped grow the design team from 3 to 15, managed a team of 6 designers, set the vision for "Patreon 2.0" product experience, led our mobile, design system, navigation, and creator onboarding redesigns.

Apr 2021 – Aug 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · Brooklyn, New York, United States

• A community space for Product Designers in Brooklyn who enjoy the flexibility of remote work but missed the creative energy of working alongside friends and peers they respect.

Jan 2020 – Feb 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo · New York, United States

• After Canopy’s acquisition, the team joined CNN Digital’s Emerging Products team where I was responsible for leading a team of designers and researchers to explore what a mobile-first video news product could look like. I developed best practices for team-wide communication, diversity and inclusion recruitment, as well as repeatable processes for visualizing and validating ideas through design and research methods. The team was eventually pivoted to focus on building CNN+.

Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr · Greater New York City Area

• A start-up founded by the folks who built Spotify’s Discover Weekly, which aimed to create a similar —but totally private— recommendation engine for the web. We focused on building consumer products that were private, controllable, and mindful. I led the design strategy and execution for the company and its first consumer product, Tonic: an iOS app that recommended 5 things to read everyday. I was responsible for the design of the app, website, marketing, branding, and collateral.

Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 · 2 yrs · Greater New York City Area

• Jigsaw is a product incubator within Alphabet with the goal to end repressive censorship, protect social injustice, and digital freedoms. I worked as a player/coach for a cross-functional UX team of eight (including Designers, Researchers, and UX Engineers), led the design and execution of several projects in the space of Disinformation, and designed and provided creative direction for the implementation of a VR de-escalation training tool.

Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs

• Led design for 360 Photos, Facebook 360 and Facebook Spaces. Provided guidance, mentorship, and resources to designers transitioning from 2D to 3D, such as the Facebook VR Guidelines.

Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 · 1 yr

• Moved to London to build a design team for Multi-Post Stories, a long-form storytelling format and predecessor to what we now know as Facebook and Instagram Stories.

Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 · 1 yr

Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• Automatic was a start-up that built a smartphone-connected device, which plugged into your car’s OBD port and gave you insights about your driving in order to help you drive more fuel-efficiently and safely. As the sole designer, I was responsible for all interaction and user interface design —encompassing marketing, branding, iOS & Android design, web design and front-end development— as well as early product conceptualization and execution.

Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 · 1 yr · Greater Los Angeles Area

• Managed a team of twelve cross-functional designers and lead the design of a frictionless publishing platform that aimed to give small business owners a one-stop shop to creating an online presence.

Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 · 1 yr · 1715 N. West Shore Blvd., Suite 600 Tampa, Florida 33607

• Designed mobile applications and websites with best-in-class usability features for brands like Cafepress, Sleep Number, Homegoods, Western Digital, Barnes and Noble, and others. Transformed existing desktop websites into highly optimized and flexible mobile sites. Analyzed and communicated technical information and processes to clients.

Jan 2010 – Mar 2010 · 2 mos

• Conceptualized, designed, and developed an outdoor advertising campaign for Pinch A Penny Pool Services. Performed extensive research and concept development for bulletin boards, poster boards, and transit shelters. Worked on several pieces for Clear Channel Outdoor's Media Kit.

Sep 2009 – Jul 2010 · 10 mos

• Developed in-house and client-based design work. Designed a variety of templates for postcards, posters, flyers, brochures, etc. Developed and implemented in-house marketing strategies as well as worked on a variety of web templates and banners for the company.

Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 · 2 yrs

• Conceptualized and developed the 2010-2011 Public Service campaign "I Own Me". Spearheaded and supervised all creative pieces of the campaign, including the identity system and website as well as a variety of promotional pieces including billboards, posters, and a guerrilla campaign initiative.
• Served as an Art Director for the commercial and photo shoot of the campaign. Also, created many presentations for the client as well as the general public.