# Allison Cooper > Lead Product Designer • Design Studio Founder & Creative Director • Adjunct Professor • Leadership Coach | San Francisco Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/allisoncooper I'm a multi-hyphenate with experience in design, leadership coaching, teaching and consulting, currently focused on supporting changemakers through leadership coaching, and open to supporting design needs on a contract basis (or maybe the right full-time opportunities). Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, you'll also find me in local dance studios and sailing on the Bay. Let’s connect if you’re interested in how coaching can help you achieve your goals, or want to chat about design strategy! • LEADERSHIP COACHING + TEACHING • I'm currently taking on a limited number of coaching clients, and teaching a course in the MBA program at California College of the Arts called "Leadership Lab." • DESIGN • With >10 years of experience driving strategy, research, and UX for complex digital products, I specialize in aligning product, design, and engineering around shared goals to deliver outcomes that serve both business and user needs. I bring a strong track record of shipping successful 0→1 products, designing beautiful user-friendly experiences and scaling innovation initiatives informed by my diverse roles (founder, hybrid designer-researcher, product manager, interaction designer...), experiences (early-stage startups, growth-stage tech companies, Fortune 500 innovation labs...), training (MBA, Anthropology BA, clean energy/climate, and certificates in Urban Planning, Product Management and Agile Project Management...) and exposure to different sides of the technology industry (climate/energy, B2B SaaS, education, AI, healthtech...). Some of my proudest areas of impact include... • Surpassing acquisition/growth and retention KPIs with B2C and B2B SaaS design • Strategic UX research and product discovery in ambiguous problem spaces with AI/LLM products • Accessible, inclusive design (Deque-certified, 3x) • Positive team culture (Chegg Values Award recipient for impact & collaboration) ## Work Experience ### Adjunct Professor, Design MBA @ California College of the Arts Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States ### Guest Speaker & Workshop Facilitator, Design MBA program @ California College of the Arts Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States ### Founder & Lead Designer @ See the Forest Design Jan 2021 – Present ### Lead Product Designer, Growth & Monetization @ Course Hero Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 ### Senior Product Designer @ Chegg Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Software Product Manager @ SunPower Corporation Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 ### Senior Product Designer / Product Manager - AndGo | Goodyear SF Innovation Lab @ AndGo by Goodyear Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco I led product strategy at the forefront of the emerging mobility space as the Sr Product Designer (and later, also Product Manager) for Goodyear's digital services innovation lab in San Francisco. In my over two-year tenure, I drove research and design for AndGo – a predictive maintenance platform automating service needs for autonomous and rideshare electric vehicle fleets — from initial user research, interviews and concept definition through to launch at CES 2020, before leaving to work on Fall 2020 electoral campaigns. As Product Manager / Senior Designer, I informed and managed our product roadmap, sprint prioritization, and alignment with user research, technical feasibility, business needs, and other stakeholders in the organization. Learn more: www.andgonow.com ### Product Designer - AndGo | Goodyear SF Innovation Lab @ AndGo by Goodyear Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California • Led product design for complex predictive maintenance platform in iterative, agile process • Pitched product vision to get buy-in and feedback from top executives and other stakeholders • Informed product strategy and prioritization decisions with user research Learn more: https://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/goodyear-borrow-pilot-predictive-digital-service-solutions-with-electric-vehicle-fleets/ ### Lead Designer @ MissionU (Acquired by WeWork) Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, CA • Led product design at one of Fast Company's 2018 "World’s Most Innovative Companies" • Developed product strategy and roadmap alongside Director of Engineering • Designed marketing materials optimized for high clickthrough rates (I left when MissionU was acquired by WeWork for its technology.) ### Designer (Grad Student Contract) @ Tidepool.org Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, CA • User research and UI design for Type 1 diabetes data management platform • Coordinated design handoff with fully-distributed/remote development team • Designed conference/marketing material designs and produced informational and marketing videos (This was a graduate school internship; I left after the end of the semester contract.) ### Product Designer & Researcher, Innovation Lab @ Allstate Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Menlo Park, California • Developed rapid prototypes and product strategies for innovation concepts as part of 4-6-person innovation team • Facilitated user interviews, focus groups and other research/testing efforts, and interpreted insights into user needs and product features • Contributed final visual designs/interaction specs for development and collaborated closely with team to prepare products for launch (Most of my work from this time is confidential, with one patent pending. I left to focus on my full-time MBA program.) ### Interaction Designer @ RiseSmart Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Jose, California • Led full product design for B2B and B2C products • Collaborated with PM to develop product strategy, including product vision and early-stage concepts, • Built relationships within the company to get product feedback and align with other teams, to inform product decision-making with data from customer research (I left when Risesmart was acquired by Randstad.) ### User Experience Lead @ WorkBoard Inc. Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 ### Co-Founder & CEO @ Cohabit Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco, CA • Pitched roommate task/errand management app, winning First Place and Popular Vote at Startup Weekend San Francisco 2013 • Conducted user research on college campuses and iterated on initial wireframes • Gained firsthand entrepreneurial experience getting an app concept off the ground as I began process of incorporation, grew web/social media presence, researched scalable development options, pitched to investors, and started building a board of advisors, alongside an awesome Stanford MBA co-founder (This is how I was first exposed to the field of UX design/research, which I then decided to pursue full-time.) ### Vice President, Clubs and Services @ Students'​ Society of McGill University / L'Association Étudiante de l'Université McGill Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Montreal, Canada Area In one of the most formative experiences of my career, I took on a yearlong contract after graduating from my undergrad to serve as a full-time elected student union executive. As part of a team of 6 executives overseeing a $3M annual budget, I championed new policies to improve governance of student organizations, managed a building and the 300+ student organizations within it, and led staff to put on Student Activities night with thousands of students in attendance. ### Research Assistant to PhD Student @ McGill University Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 With CUE Research Group, I organized and synthesized quant and qual research from educational psychology studies, contributing findings to published papers. ## Education ### BA (Honours) in Anthropology (major), Environmental Studies (minor) McGill University ### MBA in Design Strategy - Graduate Merit Scholar and CCA Scholarship Awards California College of the Arts ### Managing Product and Go-to-Market Strategies in Product Management UC Berkeley Extension ### Graduate Certificate in Transportation and Land Use Planning San José State University ### Energy Innovation & Emerging Technologies Certificate Stanford University ### User Experience Design Immersive in Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design General Assembly ### Summer Study Abroad in Social Movements UAM Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana ### Semester Abroad in Visual Culture Studies Leiden University ### Agile Project Management: Facilitating a Product Development Team with Scrum (WSP 104) in Project Management Stanford Continuing Studies ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/allisonmariecooper - Website: https://allisonmariecooper.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/allisoncooper JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/allisoncooper/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05