Design Philosophy
My goal as a product designer is focused on creating simple, functional, and elegant products that improve daily life. With so many distractions in everyday life, I want to be part of creating a world that provides a noticeable impact on the enjoyment people have in life. I am experienced in defining complex problems and leading them through a thorough design process towards executing a focused, comprehensive, and user-centric final product implementation. A few principles I strive to work by are:
Thinking about why
Every design decision is just as important as the final product. I aim to back each design decision I make with a logical reason why what I am creating would benefit the end-user.
Clarity over cleverness
I believe in prioritizing substance over style. My work brings together form and function to create something that looks good and performs with simplicity.
Team is everything
I understand great design is not possible with only one person. I believe productive collaboration is key the towards designing a great product and I attempt to stay true to this in my daily work.
Experience
Product Designer
Menlo Park, USA
2019
Mailchimp
Product Designer
Atlanta, USA
2018
Robinhood
Product Designer
Palo Alto, USA
2018
Atomic
Product Designer
San Francisco, USA
2017
BlackBerry
Software Engineer
Waterloo, Canada
2015
Skills
Tools
- Figma
- Sketch
- Adobe CC
- Principle
- React
- Framer
- HTML/CSS
- JavaScript
- XCode
Process
- Interactive Prototyping
- Visual Design
- Usability & User Testing
- User-Flow Mapping
- Information Architecture
- UX Research & Validation
- Cross-Team Collaboration
- Stakeholder Management
- Planning & Communication