Sara Clayton — Product Manager
I’m a product designer with 8+ years of experience designing complex platforms at scale. I currently work on monetization and growth at Dropbox, and previously led design for Dropbox Replay. Before Dropbox, I was the lead designer for storage and compute on Azure at Microsoft. Lately, I’m deeply interested in how AI can be used as a practical tool - not as a novelty, but as something that meaningfully improves real workflows. I’m less interested in “AI features” and more interested in how AI augments existing skills, reduces friction, and changes how products are priced and adopted. Alongside my work at Dropbox, I explore these ideas through side projects and writing. I’m especially curious about future-forward product patterns, like what sustainable monetization looks like for credit-based AI tools and usage-driven systems. I share thoughts and experiments here from time to time as I learn in public.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Designer with a focus on user experience and monetization strategies.
Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Experience: 10 yrs 7 mos
Skills
- Product Design
- Ux Design
Career Highlights
- 8+ years of experience in product design.
- Led design for Dropbox Replay and growth strategies.
- Passionate about AI's practical applications in design.
Work Experience
Dropbox
Lead Product Designer (4 yrs 6 mos)
Microsoft
UX Designer (5 yrs)
Product Marketing Manager (1 yr 1 mo)
Education
Master of Science - MS at University of Washington Human Centered Design & Engineering
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at University of Southern California
Color for Design at School of Visual Concepts