my resume.
WORK HISTORY
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Scribd
From Designer to Director in 5 years.
DIRECTOR, PRODUCT DESIGN / 2025 – CURRENT
Leading Scribd’s Product Design team, I drive strategic vision for design at Scribd, elevating the product experience across growth, discovery, core experience, and monetization. I focus on increasing the influence of design across the organization through:
Org-wide influence
Aligning design with business priorities, advocating for customer needs at the highest levels, and ensuring design is a driver of company success.Leadership development
Mentoring and coaching Senior and Staff designers, fostering autonomy while maintaining quality.Design-led vision
Partnering with leadership to shape the future of the product, championing user-centered strategies that balance business and customer needs.
SENIOR MANAGER, PRODUCT DESIGN / 2023 – 2025
With an expanded team and scope, I shaped how design functioned within the organization.
Strategic leadership
Scaling design’s impact beyond execution to strategic decision-making, ensuring design is a key stakeholder in product planning.Team & culture-building
Fostering a high-performing team with the lowest turnover rate across the company, ensuring designers feel valued, challenged, and supported.Cross-functional collaboration
Strengthening design’s partnership with product, engineering, and leadership to drive alignment and advocacy for user-centered solutions.
MANAGER, PRODUCT DESIGN / 2020 – 2023
Promoted from Staff Designer to Manager, I grew the team from 6 to 12 designers, structuring it for long-term success. I focused on:
Scaling the team
Hiring and onboarding new designers while establishing team structures that supported both execution and growth.Culture & craft
Elevating design quality, creating a collaborative and high-trust environment, and ensuring designers were set up to do their best work.Product impact
Leading initiatives that improved user experience and drove business outcomes across growth, discovery, and monetization.
STAFF PRODUCT DESIGNER / 2020 – 2021
As the design lead for Core Experience, I defined the vision and strategy for early subscribers and improved content discovery.
Discovery experience overhaul 🔗
Improved how users evaluate content, increasing engagement by 12%.Homepage vision & strategy 🔗
Developed a long-term roadmap for new subscriber experiences, influencing product planning.Process improvements
Standardized our design handoff, increasing efficiency and quality.
SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER / 2018 – 2020
Design lead focused on Growth, including acquisition, onboarding, and monetization.
Account Creation redesign 🔗
Redesigned the sign-up flow, increasing overall conversions by 12% and trial sign-ups by 6%.Design systems
Spearheaded componentizing designs, creating a fully reusable design system that improved consistency and efficiency.
Jamberry
SENIOR UI/UX DESIGNER / 2016 – 2018
As the lead designer on the B2C side of the business, I owned the end-to-end process from user research and ideation to testing, visual design, and handoff — making data-backed decisions to improve the experience. Improvements included redesigning the checkout flow to reduce friction, and building a self-sustaining creation tool and marketplace for custom designs.
Markkit
HEAD OF DESIGN + UX / 2014 – 2016
At Markkit, I owned the design and strategy for the end-to-end user experience of the iOS mobile app. I leveraged user testing along with quantitative insights and customer feedback to grow the product. My biggest wins include a full redesign of the app’s navigation, creating a social game that increased our daily active users by 120%, and designing an innovative onboarding experience.
I also led a small team that included an email designer and two social media content creators, defining the creative vision of the brand and directing its execution. I owned brand, email, social, and marketing creative, from initial concept to final production.
EXTRA CURRICULARS
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RETHINK
MENTOR / 2020 – 2022
Helping Senior Designers navigate their career journeys and develop their talents.
California College of the Arts
MENTOR / 2019
I volunteered as an expert critic during the Senior Portfolio Showcase, offering students feedback on their portfolio work, helping them prepare for the job market.
EDUCATION
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Michigan State University
BFA, GRAPHIC DESIGN / 2009