# Ashley Sams

> Staff Product Designer at Gusto

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ashleysams

I am a UX Designer with 5 years of experience who has worked on retail experiences and internal enterprise tools. I am passionate about understanding problems and users as well as designing simple solutions for them. I create high fidelity UI mockups, user flows, information architecture, wireframes, prototypes, and UI specifications for smooth design delivery. From initial concept to launch, I am dedicated to closely collaborating with product managers and engineers.

## Work Experience
### Staff Product Designer @ Gusto
Jan 2025 – Present

### Staff Product Designer @ Cruise
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Product Designer II @ Cruise
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California

### Product Designer @ Uber
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019

### UX Designer @ Apple
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018

### IT Development Program @ Apple
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014

### Co-President @ Cornell User Experience Design
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
CUxD aims to help students pursue their interest in User Experience Design and bring design culture to Cornell.

### Design team leader @ Cornell OpenComm
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
Design user interface, interactive features, and voice/call settings for an audio conferencing app on Android
Manage design team and assign weekly tasks to team members
Create mock-ups for interface, including the progression of steps users could take
Present designs to software development team and explain application specifications
Responsible for presentation and development of content and design of project website

### Intern @ Apple
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Cupertino, CA

### Information Systems Intern @ Bloomberg
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
Covering all aspects of internal IT support covering: helpdesk, AV, application support, telecoms and mobile technology.

### Intern @ Piku Media Co., Ltd.
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011
Created spreadsheet detailing customer complaints to improve the site and add features
Helped add functions to the user interface which solved the source of issues raised by customers and staff


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Information Science
Cornell University


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-13