From zero to testable MVP – I’m a Designer who prototypes in code and delivers working UX, not static screens.
The Oakland Institute
NGO policy think tank bringing fresh ideas and bold action to the pressing social, economic, and environmental issues.
Role: Website Manager
Highlights:
- Website Redesign & Migration Led a comprehensive overhaul and platform migration of the organization’s website, improving performance, usability, and accessibility across devices.
- Content Strategy & UX Applied UX principles to restructure site architecture and navigation, making the organization’s research more discoverable and digestible for diverse audiences.
- Integrated Campaigns Led cross-channel campaigns across web, email, and social media, helping drive an increase in individual donations.
Stellar Aero
Software solutions for private/business aviation trip sourcing, fuel sourcing, and analytics.
Role: Product Designer & Product Manager
Highlights:
- End-to-End Design Drove product improvements from discovery through delivery, collaborating with engineering, product, and ops to ensure alignment and impact.
- Data-Driven Impact Improved quality of searches for customers, increasing response rates and value of sales leads
- Design Systems Helped build and maintain a scalable design system to standardize components, accelerate design cycles, and support cross-product consistency.
Spruce Finance
Web apps for contractors to qualify and sell financing for solar and energy-efficient home improvements.
Role: UX/UI Designer
Highlights:
- Cross-Functional Collaboration Worked across departments—including Product, Engineering, Sales, and Underwriting—to align user needs with business requirements.
- Wireframing & Prototyping Created wireframes and interactive prototypes to explore and validate design solutions during early and mid-stage development.
- Marketing & Brand Design Contributed to marketing rebrand campaign with design assets for both print and digital channels.
SAFARI Montage
Tools for K-12 teachers to organize and present lessons with high-quality, standards-aligned, district-preferred instructional resources.
Role: Designer & Design Manager
Highlights:
- Design Leadership Managed the Design Department, including staffing, budgeting, and mentoring, while remaining hands-on with daily creative output.
- Visual Strategy Improved the company’s brand clarity and consistency by redesigning marketing materials across many touchpoints—web, email campaigns, product catalogs, spec sheets and more.
- UI Design & Prototyping Designed UI libraries and interactive prototypes for edtech tools used by K–12 educators and administrators.