# Ben Clemens > Product Design Director | Next-Gen AI Product Experiences | Workflow User Researcher Location: Berkeley, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/benclemens I'm a design leader who builds scalable, elegant systems and empowered, collaborative teams. I have 15+ years of experience across product design and product strategy, and am particularly focused on some recent insights for designing AI-driven product experiences that produce truly better outcomes. I’m a "player/coach" who loves to roll up my sleeves and do the product design work as well as mentor and collaborate with designers. Whether launching new zero-to-one products or scaling mature platforms, I believe in a strong, emotional connection between a development team and the product's users, built on clarity of purpose and alignment between and within the team. I have developed a sophisticated set of practices for design systems (using design patterns), both as a practice for design excellence and as a way to align design and engineering with product opportunities. I am looking to collaborate on bold, thoughtful products that succeed because people love to use them… built with speed and rigor, fueled by enthusiasm to make things better! ## Work Experience ### Design Lead @ Marker Learning Jan 2025 – Present • App design for an AI-powered app to help special education teams handle background documents and prepare evaluations for students. ### Director of Product Design @ VideaHealth Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States Led the redesign of core UI for AI-driven annotations to visualize dental pathologies on x-rays Conducted extensive user research, accumulating hundreds of hours of clinical workflow analysis, resulting in a 40% engagement lift and increased sales Spearheaded the incubation and launch of two innovative products for revenue cycle management and insurance claims preparation, leveraging LLM-created clinical narratives React/TypeScript implementation of much of the UI changes ### Lecturer @ California State University, Long Beach Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Long Beach, California, United States Instructor for UX Projects Course in the Product Design curriculum. Focus on design pattern development and Figma skills. ### Design Director @ Philo Jan 2015 – Jan 2022 Design and launch of new consumer TV product, from zero to 1m+ subscribers. Originated the product design, brand, and marketing design and grew the design team from one to eight. ### Product Manager @ DIY Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 Created and developed new online courses for kids. Served as designer, product manager, and front-end developer. Recruited design and development talent. Product was later sold to LittteBits. ### Senior User Experience Designer @ Chegg Inc. Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area Redesigned live learning collaboration product for a startup called InstaEdu, an online tutoring marketplace. InstaEdu was acquired by Chegg after less than a year. ### Designer @ Storify.com Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 Redesigned and relaunched a social media curation and hosting service for major news outlets (customers included The New York Times, CNN, Reuters, AFP, Al Jazeera). Product design and front-end development. ### Director, User Experience @ Blurb Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 Redesigned the primary creation apps (Bookwright and Bookify) and the online book store. Created a new product to design and publish rich-media ebooks. Managed a team of three designers. ### Creative Director @ BabyCenter Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 Redesigned the primary Babycenter site and logo. Created two category-leading iOS apps for pregnant people: MyPregnancyToday and the first electronic birth preparation class app. ### Director, Design Innovation Team @ Yahoo! Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 Led a team of six focused on internal data visualization apps for Yahoo services. ### Creative Director @ Yahoo! Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 Led teams in the Search and Marketplace business units and managed up to 12 designers working on Yahoo Maps, Autos, Local, and new business opportunities. Nominated for a "Yahoo Superstar" award (but didn't win!). ## Education ### MFA in Art Temple University ### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Fine/Studio Arts, General Antioch College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/benclemens - Portfolio: http://benclemens.com - Portfolio: https://allup.world/27792e48-4b8e-4dc6-b82f-ab51f30a93a0 --- Source: https://flows.cv/benclemens JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/benclemens/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13