# Anke Weiss > Senior Product Designer | User Experience | Product Strategy | Mobile & Web Applications | Contractor, Consultant or In-house | Non-Profit & For-Profit Experience Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/anke Accomplished Senior Product Designer with 20+ years of experience at the intersection of UX design, product strategy, and design systems. I specialize in 0 to 1 product development, translating high-level vision into scalable digital ecosystems that drive meaningful social impact. Expert in leading the end-to-end design process to solve complex problems for millions of users while prioritizing accessibility, ethics, and user delight. ## Work Experience ### Principal Product Designer, Owner @ Krautworks Jan 2003 – Present Solving complex product challenges through user-centered mobile and web solutions. I provide senior-level design execution and strategy for global leaders and mission-driven organizations. Driving Social Change: Delivered design strategy and execution for global health and education leaders including EducationSuperHighway, CGAP, Great School, Amnesty International, and RockTheVote, focusing on accessible, high-impact digital experiences. Scale & Complexity: Executed large-scale platform designs for Google, VW, and AOL, navigating the intersection of corporate brand standards and user needs to ship high-performing products. ### Senior Product Designer @ TalkingPoints Jan 2020 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco, California, United States Leading design for a mission-driven ed-tech platform connecting underserved families and schools. Scalability & Reach: Spearheaded the end-to-end design of 3 mobile and 3 web applications, scaling the platform from early-stage conception to over 9 million active users. Measurable Social Impact: Directed the design of "attendance-focused" features that directly addressed chronic absenteeism, resulting in a 24% reduction in absenteeism rates for partner school districts. Inclusion & Accessibility: Owned platform-wide accessibility (WCAG) compliance, establishing UI/UX best practices that ensured equitable access for all families regardless of ability. AI for Good: Conceptualized and launched AI-driven features that significantly increased family engagement while reducing teacher cognitive load and administrative time. Design Leadership: Managed and mentored a growing design team and cross-functional partners; founded and evolved a comprehensive design system utilized across engineering, marketing, and product. User-Centric Advocacy: Led district leader advisory boards and conducted 100+ 1:1 user interviews (in-person and remote) to deeply understand the needs of diverse school communities. ### Lead Product Designer @ N3TWORK INC Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Driving product strategy and community-centric design for high-engagement mobile experiences. 0-to-1 Strategy: Set the overarching product strategy and design for a community mobile app, leading the product from initial concept to over 10K active users. Strategic Collaboration: Partnered closely with engineering, product, and marketing leadership to align design execution with business growth and user retention goals. Evidence-Based Design: Led extensive research initiatives and usability testing cycles to iterate on complex interaction patterns and community features. ### Senior User Experience Designer @ Spring Studio Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Designing for financial inclusion and streamlined banking across global emerging markets. Global Research: Conducted deep-dive user research into banking and lending behaviors across Spain and South American emerging markets to identify unique user pain points. Process Innovation: Conceived and prototyped streamlined dashboard concepts and transaction flows for desktop, tablet, and mobile, focusing on reducing friction in high-stakes financial tasks. Design Validation: Utilized rigorous testing to validate dashboard concepts, ensuring designs met the complex needs of diverse global user bases. ### UX Designer @ N3TWORK INC Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco ### Sr. User Experience Designer @ EPIC, inc. Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco ### Sr. User Experience Designer @ AOL Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 ### Web Designer @ BabyCenter Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 ### Interactive Designer @ Collaborate Jan 1999 – Jan 2003 ## Education ### B.A. in Photography Lette-Verein, Berlin ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ankeweiss - Portfolio: http://www.krautworks.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/anke JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/anke/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13