Summary:
Experienced Senior Product Designer and Hybrid Project Manager with a proven track record of driving product innovation, fostering stakeholder alignment, and maximizing engagement impact. Skilled in presenting product roadmaps to C-Level executives, conducting UX research, and incorporating cutting-edge technologies into consumer-facing products.
Professional Experience:
OJO Labs | Senior Product Designer / Hybrid Project Manager
March 2020 – November 2022 | Austin, TX / San Mateo, CA
- Spearheaded cross-functional engagement initiatives and fostered stakeholder alignment.
- Orchestrated instrumental decks for OJO Labs’ acquisition of Movoto.
- Provided C-Level Executives with quarterly product roadmaps, ensuring strategic clarity.
- Coordinated agile sprints with international engineering teams.
- Formulated and executed A/B tests to identify low-hanging fruit & enhance engagement,
- Evaluated conversion rates and leveraged findings to optimize product performance.
- Conducted both moderated and unmoderated UX research, gaining valuable user insights.
- Integrated machine learning and chatbot functionalities into both B2B & B2C products.
Mitsui & Co. | Principal Product Designer
January 2017 – March 2020 | San Mateo, CA
- Specialized in native applications, emphasizing user-centric design.
- Effectively communicated user-focused quantitative and qualitative findings.
- Presented a comprehensive native application roadmap for the B2B segment.
- Led UX research initiatives and crafted user stories to guide product development.
- Conducted in-depth product performance analyses, empowering data-driven decisions.
- Presented user stories to C-Level executives, fostering empathy-driven decision-making.
Recruit Holdings | Senior UX / UI Designer
March 2014 – January 2017 | San Mateo, CA
- Played a pivotal role in enhancing a national real estate portal with a mobile first approach.
- Collaborated closely with Product Managers and Engineers in an agile environment.
- Identified product loops for iterative testing and enhancement of consumer products.
- Aligned sales funnel targets to ensure consistent communication and timely calls to action.
- Developed prototypes for user testing and secured executive buy-in for design decisions.
Design Systems • Product Design • UX/UI • Mobile & Web Design • HTML5 • CSS3 • React • Figma