# Bennett Stavely > Staff Product Designer | Design Lead | Founding Designer (0→1) | Systems Thinking, Workflow Design, Internal Tools | Fintech + Crypto + AI Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/bennett I’m a product designer who tends to live in two different worlds.In enterprise environments, I work at a Staff Product Designer level—diving into the messy, complex systems behind internal tools, finance platforms, approvals, workflows, and governance models. I like bringing structure to large-scale, multi-team environments and using systems thinking, information architecture, and clear design patterns to make complicated products feel simple.On the startup side, I shift into full 0→1 mode. I’ve operated as a founding designer, building everything from scratch—UX, UI, brand, product strategy, rapid prototypes, and the design system that holds it all together. At Salt, that meant establishing the early product direction, defining flows, and partnering closely with engineering and founders to move fast.I’m at my best in ambiguous spaces with lots of moving parts—whether it’s rethinking enterprise workflows, designing internal tools, or helping an early-stage team shape their first real product. My work sits somewhere between product design, systems architecture, and product strategy, with a focus on clarity, consistency, and execution. ## Work Experience ### Product Experience Design Lead (Staff-Level Product Designer) @ Johnson & Johnson Jan 2021 – Present | New Brunswick, NJ • Led end-to-end design for global Finance platforms used across multiple orgs, simplifying complex workflows and increasing clarity for thousands of internal users. • Reduced tool-access onboarding from several days to minutes by redesigning approval models and aligning Finance, IT, and Compliance stakeholders around a unified governance flow. • Partnered with PMs, engineers, and leadership to prioritize roadmap decisions, translate operational pain points into clear design requirements, and deliver incremental improvements using dual-track agile. • Conducted global user research to uncover friction in reporting, forecasting, and operational workflows; turned findings into actionable design patterns now used across teams. • Created scalable, human-centered design frameworks that reduced cognitive load, improved user confidence, and set the foundation for more consistent cross-team tooling. ### Founding Designer (0→1 Product Design & Design Lead) @ Salt (formerly Kagami) Jan 2023 – Present • Built Salt’s entire design foundation from the ground up: UX, UI, design system, branding, prototypes, web presence, and product strategy. • Designed core crypto/finance workflows including multi-sig approvals, risk controls, org structures, transaction flows, and asset visibility dashboards. • Partnered directly with founders to define 0→1 product direction, validate early concepts, and deliver fast prototypes used for investor conversations and early customer onboarding. • Created a modular design system (components, tokens, patterns) that enabled engineering to scale quickly while maintaining consistency across surfaces. • Balanced high-velocity design needs with long-term system thinking across multiple parallel product directions (wallet, staking, org permissions, internal tools). ### Senior Experience Designer (Financial Services UX / Systems & Workflow Design) @ Capco Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | New York City • Received a Spot Award for leading the design strategy that contributed to winning a major client engagement and accelerating delivery across multiple workstreams. • Designed complex financial tools and workflows for clients including Morgan Stanley, UBS, Huntington Bank, and Silicon Valley Bank—focusing on clarity, risk, compliance, and user trust. • Led UX strategy for trading dashboards, onboarding flows, internal advisor tools, and enterprise reporting platforms used by large regulated teams. • Ran the design and storytelling for 10+ RFP proposals, partnering with senior leadership to secure multi-million-dollar client engagements. • Translated deeply technical financial workflows into intuitive user experiences that reduced operational steps and improved decision-making accuracy. • Collaborated across strategy, engineering, and global client teams to bring structure to ambiguous problem spaces and deliver clear, actionable design solutions. ### UX Designer (Internal Tools & Content Workflow Design) @ eMarketer Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | New York City • Led UX for eMarketer’s internal CMS and content delivery workflows, simplifying daily operations for editorial teams and improving production efficiency. • Redesigned key publishing flows to reduce friction and improve clarity for writers, editors, and researchers. • Partnered with product and engineering to rethink taxonomy, content modeling, and IA to support long-term scalability. • Contributed to design system updates and visual improvements across the core experience. ### UX Designer (Ecommerce, Workflow Design & Prototyping Lead) @ Dell Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area Worked across Dell’s Shop, eSupport, and A/B Testing teams to design responsive ecommerce experiences, internal support tools, and high-impact workflows for global users. • Re-envisioned and prototyped the new responsive Dell.com home page; partnered closely with engineering to implement components and interactions. • Designed UI and flow alignment across the “For Work” and “For Home” ecommerce properties to create a more cohesive, scalable design system. • Prototyped and usability tested mobile purchase flows for enterprise users, simplifying complex server configuration paths for speed and clarity. • Created reusable, responsive page components and front-end prototypes to accelerate implementation across teams. • Served as lead designer for the eSupport Online Diagnostic Engine, defining user flows, interaction models, and UI architecture. • Redesigned the Online Incident Management portal as lead designer, improving workflow efficiency and support case resolution clarity. • Designed multivariate A/B test concepts for Dell’s global ecommerce funnel to improve conversion, readability, and usability. • Streamlined key purchase and support flows to increase task success and drive measurable site performance improvements. ## Education ### B.A. in Digital Media in Minor in Spanish University of Central Florida ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bennett-stavely - Website: http://www.bennettstavely.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/bennett JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/bennett/resume.json Last updated: 2026-02-23