# Ben Ewing > Product Designer Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/benewing I’m a Product Designer with experience working on B2B SaaS, consumer fintech, and connected hardware products. Currently I work as the Founding Product Designer at Span, where we're helping engineering teams build faster and better. Before I was a designer, I worked in Product Management and Marketing at various consumer startups. As a result, I tend to bring a business mindset to my designs. I love designs that are intuitive, efficient and clean, and products that make a positive impact on the human experience. When I’m not designing, I’m making music in my little home music studio or wandering the parks of San Francisco. ## Work Experience ### Founding Product Designer @ Span Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Making big engineering teams feel small ### Senior Product Designer @ Kikoff Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Product Designer @ Earnest Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area Product design lead on Earnest's student loan product ### Product Designer @ Ben Ewing Design Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Consulted for startups including Pillar (acq by Acorns), Outschool, and Craft.co. Pillar (acq by Acorns) | Consumer Fintech • Redesigned interactive loan summary cards in the iOS app in order to improve user's understanding of their student loan debt and ultimately increase user engagement. • Conducted user interviews to help company understand target user's relationship with and understanding of their student loan debt. Outschool | Online Learning Marketplace • Designed a responsive web dashboard end-to-end to increase engagement and reduce drop-off in the user application process Craft | Company Insights Platform • Increased engagement with a content feed by redesigning key functionality and making improvements to information architecture, layout, and flow of the feed • Conducted user interviews and usability tests to help the company better understand its target users and effectively prioritize improvements to the product ### Product Marketing Manager @ Core Wellness, Inc Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area • Designed, developed, and managed multiple versions of the company’s e-commerce website as goal shifted from awareness to selling units to building an email list after selling out • Developed Core’s user personas through user interviews and analysis of engagement data. • Worked with Data Science, Engineering and Product to develop onboarding and recommendations improvements, thereby increasing meditations/week (KPI) by 42%. • Wrote and managed all user communications including release notes, release emails, in-app copy, and support documentation for 6 app updates ### Community Project Manager @ Sense Labs Inc Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Cambridge, MA • Designed, developed and A/B tested a prospecting landing page, thereby improving bounce rate by 18%. • Lead redesign and redevelopment of company blog, managing 1 developer to improve bounce rate by 37% and pageviews/session by 24%. • Wrote ad copy for multiple channels including Facebook and GDN, resulting in a 34% increase in CTR • Worked closely with product, data science, and support teams to track issues and prioritize improvements. ### Founder @ Riffon Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Somerville, MA RiffOn is a platform that connects, and facilitates collaboration between, traditional and electronic musicians. • Interviewed 25 musicians in order to better understand needs, workflows and existing product gaps. • Created wireframes and worked with a developer to create a functional prototype. • Onboarded initial 20 users and worked with them to create a content library of over 50 audio files. ### Product Manager - Community @ GrabCAD Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Cambridge, MA GrabCAD is the largest online engineering and product design community where engineers and designers share their CAD models, professional knowledge, and compete in open engineering challenges. • Managed a team of 3 developers and 1 designer to plan, develop and implement new features, thereby improving time on page by 34%, bounce rate by 13%, and model likes (KPI) by 29%. • Developed a product roadmap in line with strategic objectives by working with company stakeholders. • Conducted research and user testing for new features with a group of 30 power users. • Developed, launched and managed 31 open engineering and design challenges with NASA, GE, the US Dept of Veteran Affairs, Blackboard, and others, eliciting over 2,450 entries. ### Community Associate @ GrabCAD Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Cambridge, MA As the Community Associate at GrabCAD, I worked to codify the standards and culture of the GrabCAD Community, by developing and enforcing the community mission statement, values and guidelines. On a daily basis, I answered questions, resolved conflicts, and maintained relationships with community leaders. ### Marketing Apprentice @ Intrepid Pursuits, LLC Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Cambridge, MA Worked with the Director of Marketing and Director of Sales to increase the company's online presence by creating content, managing social media outlets, and tracking the results of said efforts. Alongside a team of developers and designers, I conducted research for new business projects, resulting in over $500,000 in new contracts and helping to shape the direction of proposals and app designs. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science Tufts University Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 ### Product Design Tradecraft Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 ### Brooklyn Technical High School Jan 2005 – Jan 2009 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ben-ewing - Portfolio: https://www.bewing.co --- Source: https://flows.cv/benewing JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/benewing/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25