🥂 Here's to 7+ years of working with software teams in-house and as a consultant. Designing, iterating, collaborating, and forging strong relationships with my development, product, and business partners along the way.
Scrollable resume below 👇
🛠️ Skills & Tools
Design Process
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UX Audits & Heuristic Evaluation
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Concept Visualization
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Wireframing & Prototyping
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Mobile Design iOS / Android
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UX Research - Qualitative
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Design & Systems Thinking
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Graphic Design / UI
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User Experience Design
Teamwork & Collaboration
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Figma
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Project Management & Organization
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Strategy and Roadmap Vision
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Creative Problem Solving
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Stakeholder Management
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Cross-functional Communication
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Design Rationale for Decisions Made
Supporting Implementation
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Agile Development Participation & UX Support
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Detailed Documentation
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HTML
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Web builders (Wix, Squarespace, Wordpress)
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Adobe Creative Suite
💼 Experience
🎨 Where I 'm currently designing experiences for over 8M crafters.
Lead UX Designer @ Cricut
2020 – Present
Cricut is the industry leader of cutting machines – powered by a software platform that inspires creativity for 8M users worldwide. cricut.com
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Delivers intentional end-to-end product design. Successfully shipped 0 to 1 MVP’s, feature redesigns, and usability improvements while balancing user needs, technical limitations, and business goals.
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Partners with product management and engineering to define road map strategy and supports implementation.
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Demonstrates the value of user-centered design to stakeholders through data and concept visualization.
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Mentors junior designer to grow talent within our team – provides structured and detailed feedback about design work and presentation skills.
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🏅 Earned promotion in 2023 for delivering features that positively impacted KPI’s for subscriptions, engagement, search conversion, and e-commerce.
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Designed and launched incremental search features, achieving a 33% increase in keyword conversion and ensuring that 72% of users found relevant results during their session.
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Led design and strategy for the new revenue-driving Home Page platform across desktop & mobile. Contributed to the new design system and delivered a custom CMS for content and ad merchandising.
Case Study
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Led the transition to Figma from Sketch, including hosting office hours for designers and developers to get comfortable with the new tool and processes.
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Boosted purchase conversion by a 34% through redesigning the D2C shop cart & checkout, optimizing for mobile e-commerce and UX best practices.
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Drove an 8x increase to throughput of the ‘Art Quality & Moderation’ process by redesigning the architecture, UX, and UI of the internal tool.
Case Study
Case Study
UX Design Consultant @ Kale
Summer 2022
Kale connects brands to their social-savvy superfans who upload high impact user-generated content (UGC) and are rewarded with points based on content quality and engagement. More at Kalecard.com
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Project scoping & MVP definition in collaboration with CEO and head developers
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Competitive research of industry adjacent apps and detailed feature analysis
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Design of core app navigation, landmark screens, onboarding flows, roadmap for future iterations
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Collaboration on the UI and app design system
Case Study
This project was done in partnership with UI/Design System designer Stephanie Swift
Video Clip
Co-owner and Designer @ Turkey & Reuben
2021 – 2022
A small business started to find community through entrepreneurship & design.
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We operated Turkey & Reuben from 2021-2022. In a time of deep isolation, we forged lasting community connections with local organizations and found mutually beneficial partnerships that would serve their philanthropic efforts and grow our brand.
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Drove sales of 750+ custom hats and apparel products through art markets, strategic partnerships, retail, and online shop.
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Designed the line of apparel, UX/UI of the website, and managed all business operations including financial and inventory planning.
Full Case Study
Being a business co-owner means doing a bit of everything. My main areas of responsibility were:
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UX/UI designer for online shop, website, and e-mail
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Head of operations & inventory management
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Bookkeeping and financial management
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Product development of new apparel
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Sales planning and scheduling craft fairs
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Content creation and social media campaigns
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Supporting Mara in partnership development and community outreach
Website /Online Shop Design
Apparel Design
UX Designer @ Swim Interaction Design Studio
2018 - 2020
A boutique agency in San Francisco, known for high design standards and rigor.
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Managed multiple client projects across industries including agriculture, cosmetics, and retail, spanning both enterprise software and B2C apps.
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Delivered detailed interaction prototypes for user research, design sprints, and feature implementation – leveraging research insights to drive design decisions and shape product road maps.
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Extracted valuable insights from qualitative research and produced analysis briefs for client teams.
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Adapted methods and tools used for design and research projects of variying scope and timelines to optimize the client's budget and consulting hours.
Case Study
Some of the clients I've worked with – Perricone MD, Dolby, David's Bridal, Nutrien, mental health NGO
Video Demo
General Info
Brand Designer @ Cybereason
2017-2018
Cybereason is the leader in future-ready attack protection. Working to end cyber attacks at the endpoint, in the cloud, and across the entire enterprise ecosystem.
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Conceptualized, designed and delivered digital/ web branded landing pages, ads, and webinars experiences.
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First point of contact for all brand design requests, ensured brand consistency & integrity as we developed new brand elements.
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Designed, distributed, and produced all external Cybereason product documentation, data sheets, and email/presentation templates.
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Supported demand generation, sales enablement, website design, and brand awareness campaigns.


Marketing Associate & Designer @ Cloudlock (now Cisco)
2016
CloudLock is the CASB and cloud cybersecurity platform, securing SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and IDaaS environments and extending custom security services to homegrown applications, as well as ISV offerings.
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Designed all marketing communications e.g. email headers, webinar themes, and digital ads.
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Designed and launched a new online channel partner self-service portal to support business development efforts and retention of onboarding partner organizations.
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Contributed to a 35% increase of employer branding page views in one month with original ads, pushing company-awareness among prospective employees.
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Managed lead-generation campaigns such as webinars using marketing automation tools and custom brand collateral.


📓 Education
Northeastern University, Boston
Bachelor's Degree | Combined Major | Interactive Media & Business Administration, Marketing
Magna Cum Laude Honors