# Aaron Newman

> Staff Product Designer at Chewy

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/aaronnewman

I am a product designer with a passion for clarity and simplicity. I love solving challenging problems and refining existing experiences.

## Work Experience
### Staff Product Designer @ Chewy
Jan 2022 – Present | Bellevue, Washington, United States

### Senior UX Designer - Customer Service Technology @ Amazon
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Seattle

### UX Designer - Kindle Payments @ Amazon
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Seattle

### UX Lead @ Valorem
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Seattle
During my time at Valorem I led design efforts for clients specializing in large scale, cutting edge enterprise software. My responsibilities included leading workshops, design presentations a minimum of twice a week, and working closely with stakeholders, developers, and designers (local and distributed) to deliver the best user experience recommendations to happy clients.

• Stakeholder and user interviews.
• Information architecture.
• Wireframes, navigation schema, user flows and prototypes.
• Visual design.
• Collateral.

### UX Designer @ IdentityMine (Acquired by Valorem)
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
(See above)

• Stakeholder and user interviews.
• Information architecture.
• Wireframes, navigation schema, user flows and prototypes.
• Visual design.
• Collateral.

### Software Developer @ The University of Texas at Austin
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Austin, Texas Area
At the University of Texas Office of the Registrar I debugged, augmented, redesigned and maintained a complex system for the McCombs Business School, which awarded minors and credentials to students and audited students’ progress.

Capability Summary: 

Client interaction, business analysis, flow charting, programming, debugging, version control, code reviews, JIRA

- Met with clients and business users in the Office of the Registrar and various UT schools
  to determine business needs.
- Collected criteria for functional specs.
- Set scope for timeline and deliverables.
- Followed up for walk-thrus and solicited feedback.
- Created web applications, batch jobs, and interfaces.
- Conducted and participated in design reviews, code reviews, and walk-thrus.

Selected projects:

- Created an automated batch report of students padding their GPAs and credit hours.
- Created a batch job for bulk proposing student credentials, previously done manually.
- Augmented the credentialing system for new functionality with an updated, user
  friendly interface.

### Illustrator / Animator (Freelance and Contract) @ Shiny Object
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Austin, Texas
As a contributor to Shiny Object, I created illustrations, backgrounds, and animation for PSAs, web ads, commercials and more.

Texas Department Of State Health Services (2012)
- Animated Spot Development/Pitch

Mustang/CAT (2012)
- Logo Animation

Costa Del Mar (2012)
- Animated Spot Development/Pitch

Driscoll Children's Hospital: Healthcare con Carino (2012)
- 30 second animated PSA

### Concept Illustrator / Animator (Freelance and Contract) @ Look Effects
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 | Brooklyn, NY
At LookFX I contributed concept illustration, character design, matte painting, and animation to two major motion pictures (one of which was Black Swan) and multiple bids.

Gods Behaving Badly (shelved - 2013)

Black Swan (2010)

### Illustrator (Freelance and Contract) @ Bonnier Corporation
Jan 2008 – Jan 2013 | New York, NY

### Illustrator / Animator (Freelance and Contract) @ PopSci.com
Jan 2008 – Jan 2013 | New York, NY
As an illustrator at PopSci I created editorial, instructional, and technical illustration for use in interactive web content, as well as designing some UI and providing occasional branding collateral.

### Storyboard Artist (Freelance and Contract) @ nFusion
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Austin, TX


## Education
### Certificate in Disruptive Strategy with Clayton Christensen
Harvard Business School Online

### User Experience Design
General Assembly

### Bachelor of Fine Arts
University of Denver


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aarontnewman

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Last updated: 2026-03-30