The McGowan CompaniesProduct Designer | Product Marketing
May. 2019 - Oct. 2023Blending design expertise with product design principles to lead full product life cycles and program launches, from branding ideation to delivery, achieving partnerships with notable companies and significant cost savings, resulting in growing revenue, customer base, and national brand presence in both a B2B and B2C environment. • Lead projects and design for 15+ companies and 85+ programs under McGowan’s portfolio – driving multi-million-dollar partnerships with companies like McDonald’s, IHOP, Subway, and SkyZone.
• Efficiently self-taught tools to rapidly execute website designs for 15+ companies in the McGowan portfolio, bringing design in-house, saving $200,000+ upfront and $40,000 per year maintenance costs.
• Spearhead design and scheduling of email campaigns, CTAs, and landing pages for all 15+ companies, using data-driven metrics to increase average open rate by over 37% and improve click-through rate by over 530%.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop go-to-market strategy for launching new products and programs, which led to national recognition of active shooter insurance as the leading program, increasing monthly submissions by 96% and new policy bindings by 270% within one year.
• Manage a high-performing team of 10+ designers, developers, and video producers (including hiring, cultivating, mentoring team members), resulting in an average tenure of over 8 years.