17 years of experience
in PDX, SF, LDN
Overview
I started in account/project management before transitioning over to UX and then Product Design. I've worked in-office and remotely for companies in three cities, and in two countries.
I tend to seek out complex products and projects, or experiences that will push me to grow and learn in unexpected ways. I don't tend to jump around often. If I'm challenged and happy, then I'll stay for awhile and commit to doing deep work. If the team is great and the cause is good, then that's the icing on my cake.
Learning is one of the things I love most, so I tend to go back to school every few years. I always want to be growing, and work to continually expand what I know and can do.
Work
GitLab
2018-Present
Senior Product Designer (Remote)
Currently solving complex design problems across GitLab, a SaaS developer tool. Greenfield projects included designing a MVC for a complete incident management workflow within GitLab, which involved helping the team build out the alert, incident, on-call schedule and escalation policy features in the product. Other key projects included initial designs for the new organization entity and redesigning the platform notifications system. Also serve as a maintainer for the Pajamas Design System. Skills/Tools: Figma, Sketch, Prototyping, Design Facilitation, Git.
Mede/Analytics
2013-2018
Senior UX Designer (Emeryville, CA and Remote)
Mede/Analytics builds analytics software for hospitals and insurance providers. While there, I designed analytics dashboards and data tables within the product, work that included defining personas, wireframing new product ideas, coding prototypes and simple websites, running user tests & updating products based on user feedback. Also started a design system effort, and helped re-work an internal developer tool. Skills/Tools: Balsamiq, Sketch, Adobe Suite, Invision, Marvel, WebFlow, WordPress and HTML/CSS.
Elefint Designs
2012-2013
Project Manager (San Francisco, CA)
Elefint specializes in great design for good causes. Managed budgets, projects, schedules and client communications for its website, mobile and interactive infographic projects. Also assisted Elefint in completing its BCorp certification. Skills/Tools: Project, Budget and Timeline Management, Client Communications, GSD.
Plum District
2011-2012
Visual Brand Manager (San Francisco, CA)
Plum District was a short-lived daily deals start-up targeting the mom demographic. Helped with rolling out the Plum District brand by defining its image guidelines, establishing a process for purchasing and storing imagery, and approving all email images. Skills/Tools: Photoshop, Photo Library Management, Diplomacy.
Thoburns
2007-2011
Account Executive (London, UK)
Thoburns is a communications consultancy that provides advertising & design services for large corporate clients. Project managed print production for gold mining company Petropavlovsk’s Annual Report suite and steel company ArcelorMittal’s internal magazine, boldspirit (99,000 print run; 6 language versions; 2008 European Excellence Award finalist and a CiB Award winner for ‘Best Internal Magazine’). Skills/Tools: Project Management, Account Management, Print Production.
Education
FLA
2023-2024
DLX Certification (London, UK)
Completed Future London Academy's Executive Programme for Design Leaders, a 9-week Executive MBA-style program in London and San Francisco. Was part of a cohort of 30 design leaders across various industries gathering to learn about finance, operations, entrepreneurship, management, and organizational strategy + culture. Was mentored/taught by leaders from Dropbox, Slack, Google, Uber, AKQA, Saatchi & Saatchi, and AKQA (among others).
PNCA
2017-2019
M.A. Design Systems (Portland, OR)
Completed a master's degree in Design Systems at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. While there, focused on system design, design facilitation, collaborative techniques, and conflict management.
General Assembly
2012-2013
UX Design & FE Web Development Certificates (SF, CA)
Completed a 10-week course on user experience design, and a 10-week course on front end web development at General Assembly.
King's College London
2004-2005
M.A. Philosophy (London, UK)
Completed a master's degree in Philosophy at King's College London. Focused on political philosophy, ethics, and aesthetics.
Carleton College
1998-2002
B.A. English Literature (Northfield, MN)
Completed a bachelor's degree in English Literature at Carleton College. Graduated magna cum laude, with Distinction.
