# Aaron Stevens

> Product Designer at Square

Location: Oakland, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/aaronstevens

Hi! I'm a designer and researcher in Oakland/SF with a specialty in ethical behavioral design and making the complex feel simple.

www.aaronstevens.co

## Work Experience
### Staff Product Designer @ Square
Jan 2022 – Present | Oakland, California, United States
Working on tools for sellers — I'm focused on omnichannel sales, item management, business intelligence, AI, and accounting.

### Designer and Researcher @ Freelance Contractor
Jan 2012 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Clients have included Fortune 500 companies, numerous startups, creative consultancies, and well-known artists.

- Product/UX Design
- UX Research
- Product Management
- Graphic Design
- Videography and Photography

### Lead Product Designer @ Carta
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Helped LLC's to manage and distribute company equity to founders, investors and employees.

Set up UXR infrastructure and contributed to desdev processes and tooling.

### Senior Product Designer @ OpenGov Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021
I designed products to help civil servants better serve, while empowering residents to get more engaged with the day-to-day workings of their local government.

- Led the design of our budgeting and planning suite for thousands of local and state governments, helping grow the product into a market leader.

- Oversaw initial redesign of acquired financial management and HR system.

- Developed product and design direction for OpenGov's resident engagement products.

- Helped set vision for integrated OpenGov product suite.

- Led and conducted numerous UXR studies, using a variety of methods.

- Assisted in developing and maturing design system, accessibility practices and planning processes.

### UX Designer @ Opower (acquired by Oracle Utilities)
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
I worked with the Opower team to design products for our clients that help utility customers understand how their energy use affects their costs. (Opower was acquired by Oracle Utilities)

- Lead UX designer for two $80+ million projects for Exelon and PG&E, delivering new products and services to around 12 million households.

- Spearheaded the complete redesign of several core Opower products.

- Led design of multiple products and services that help Californians understand their energy rate plans, a vital goal of the CPUC Rate Reform.

- Led and supported UXR across a variety of projects.

- Contributed to energy efficiency products that have cumulatively saved enough energy to power the country of Spain for a month.

### Interaction Designer @ Hylo
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Oakland
Led design efforts to build out Hylo's core functionality to help organize impactful action to regenerate our communities and our planet.

### UX Designer / Videographer / Researcher Intern @ Jawbone
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area
I specialized in the use of video and motion graphics to illustrate and conceptualize concepts, prototypes, and flows for the Jawbone UP band, creating a vision for what is now the norm in wearable tech.

### Interaction Design Fellow @ California College of the Arts
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked on numerous initiatives to better connect the college's two campuses and generally improve the student experience.

### Interaction Design Intern @ Dubberly Design Office
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Under Hugh Dubberly (previously led design at Apple and Netscape), I worked directly on a number of projects with a variety of clients, including Amazon, CNN Digital, Phytel, Zite, and Patagonia.

### Youth and Children with Special Needs Counselor @ YMCA of the Central Bay Area
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Interaction Design
California College of the Arts
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015

### Front End Web Development
General Assembly
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aaron-stevens
- Portfolio: http://www.aaronstevens.co

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Last updated: 2026-03-25