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Los Angeles TimesDirector Of UX
May. 2022 - Jul. 2023San Francisco, California, United StatesLead a team of 4 designers to deliver outstanding experiences for LA Times readers. Delivered both tactical and new product ideas. Ran product design workshops with partners from Product, Engineering, and Research.
Zignal LabsHead Of Design
Oct. 2021 - May. 2022San Francisco, California, United StatesSet Design Strategy
Manage team
Collaborate with other leads
Deliver Design work
SplunkDesign Manager - Enterprise
Nov. 2019 - Oct. 2020Lead a team of 6 designers to deliver outstanding product experiences in the Cloud. Team distributed between SF, Vancouver, and Japan. Mentored designers and developed career learning paths with them. Delivered both tactical and new product ideas. Shared out team progress weekly. Ran product design workshops with partners from Product, Engineering, and Research.
SplunkPrincipal Interaction Designer - Analytics
Dec. 2017 - Nov. 2019San Francisco, CaliforniaCreated design and user-centric concepts for our flagship product Splunk Enterprise as well as innovative experiences for our new Splunk Platform. Focusing on bringing powerful data analysis and visualization to a wider audience. Conducted user research across the U.S. and Canada. Gained expertise and certification in this highly-technical tool.
LendingClubPrincipal - Experience Design Architect
May. 2016 - Dec. 2017San Francisco Bay AreaFirst UX Designer at Lending Club; helped to build a design culture and team. Evangelized and ran workshops making the case for the importance of UX and mobile-first design. Introduced and nurtured key practices including user research, wireframing, prototyping, critiques, and using both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Projects include: Improve Borrower self-service; Design Auto loan refinancing experience; Design of first multi-product experience; Re-design of Help experience; Lead competitive research for website; In-depth study on borrower trust; Advocated and facilitate the creation of a true customer-centric product vision.
LendingClubSr. UX Designer
Aug. 2014 - May. 2016San Francisco Bay Area
Renesys CorporationUser Experience Manager
Jun. 2008 - May. 2014Design user interfaces, experiences, and product definitions for several Internet analysis products. Create a wide range of graphics for marketing, website, and presentations.
MSI LearningArt Director & UI Designer
Sep. 2005 - Jun. 2007San Francisco Bay AreaDesigned and illustrated several online courses in project management; created marketing materials & course study guides. Supervised off-site production artists.
Linden Lab3D Artist, UI Designer, and Graphic Designer
Sep. 2002 - Sep. 2004San Francisco, CAI designed a wide range of graphics for the virtual world 'Second Life', everything from posters to web ads, postcards to t-shirts, as well as leading a redesign of the application's UI. In addition, I created hundreds of textures and models for this exciting online community.
New York UniversityAdjunct Assistant Professor at the Interactive Telecommunications
Sep. 1997 - May. 1998New York CityI taught the 'Introduction to 3D' course using Alias software. Prepared and led a weekly 2.5 hour class in the fundamentals of 3D design and animation. I instructed a dozen students each term-students with little or no 3D experience-to successfully design and produce a 15-second animation for their final project.
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