# Brian Monzingo > Design strategist—excellence in craft, facilitation, & systems thinking Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/brianmonzingo My mission is to create value for organizations and individuals by employing innovative methodologies, fostering community engagement, and aligning product and engineering work with customer needs and business outcomes. I have received multiple awards and recognitions for my work, including the International Design Excellence Award for a multi-channel design suite that improves public transportation accessibility and efficiency. I am also a certified Smartsheet user and a lifelong learner who constantly seeks to improve my skills and knowledge in design, leadership, and technology. ## Work Experience ### Design Strategy Lead @ UST Jan 2024 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States I lead and mentor multi-disciplinary design teams, using structured research to define experience strategy, design systems, and workflows that align user needs with business and product goals across complex, multi-platform environments. I also build AI-powered tools that help cross-functional teams generate on-brand content at scale, create realistic synthetic datasets for richer data visualization, and navigate the jobs-to-be-done innovation and design process with greater confidence and speed. ### Owner @ neudesign Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Greater Seattle Area Design & tech consultancy, transforming everyday experiences with practical, innovative solutions. ### Senior Manager, Product Design @ Smartsheet Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Greater Seattle Area Managing a team of designers to unify content and administrative experiences, employing innovative methodologies to support product leadership, and enhancing cross-platform user experiences, which led to the recognition of the team’s work and the establishment of consistent engagement standards. ### Manager, Design Systems @ Smartsheet Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Greater Seattle Area Formed a multidisciplinary team to create and sustain an accessible design system, fostered community engagement, strategically rolled out a new design language, and led collaborative efforts that culminated in award-winning user experience enhancements. ### Principal User Experience Architect @ Smartsheet Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Greater Seattle Area Strategic UX leadership to dismantle operational silos, align product and engineering efforts with customer-centric experiences, enhance cross-functional collaboration through workshops and design sprints, and significantly improve the success of organizational programs and product roadmaps. ### Mentor - UX Certificate Program (12 months) @ School of Visual Concepts Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater Seattle Area ### Senior Product Designer @ Pivotal Labs Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Greater Seattle Area Led and taught design to cross-functional teams of clients and consultants through an agile product development process—from research and service blueprinting to design development and usability metrics. I delivered a return on the organizational investment in design. ### Senior User Experience Architect @ Lab49 Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Washington D.C. Metro Area Led agile teams to envision and implement product experiences that help capital markets clients create more efficient IT departments, more engaged employees, and more satisfied customers. ### User Experience Lead @ 3Pillar Global Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Washington D.C. Metro Area Highly collaborative leader and product management consultant to a variety of large organizations and start-ups with complex business goals in the areas of finance, customer service, life sciences, education, and information services, among others. ### Senior Interaction Designer @ TEAGUE Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 | Greater Seattle Area Created User Interface designs and guidelines for tablets, printers, mobile devices, medical equipment, forklifts, game systems, and other computing appliances. Envisioned future experiences for travel, productivity in the home and office, healthcare, fitness and gaming, entertainment and communications, and database management. Participated in ethnographic research for concept evaluation. Lead small teams of graphic, motion, and UI designers to create interactive prototypes and other storytelling tools for client engagements. ### Interactive Art Director @ Worktank Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 | Greater Seattle Area Created interactive advertisements, websites, and multimedia campaigns. Developed event concepts and promotional material for corporate sales events and executive gift boxes. Designed interactive in-store displays, providing technical specifications and measurements. Worked with small teams of graphic designers, developers, copywriters, and interaction designers. Incorporated mobile social networking in team communication. ### Interactive Designer @ Smashing Ideas Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 | Greater Seattle Area Designed websites and advertisements for large entertainment brands. Partnered with senior designers and developers. Animated Flash components with some ActionScript development. ### Art Director @ Tocquigny Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 | Austin, Texas Area Created print and interactive advertisements, websites, and campaign graphics for a variety of clients—from high-tech to religious organizations. Participated in brand design and social network development. Worked with web and Flash developers, senior creatives, and copywriters. Supported creative team-building activities and learned the value of good client communication. ### Genius Bar "Sweeper" @ Apple Jan 2005 – Jan 2005 | Greater New York City Area Managed Genius Bar appointment queue and provided Face-to-face technical support for iPods and other Apple devices. ### Graphic Design Intern @ Base Design Jan 2005 – Jan 2005 | Greater New York City Area Created print and web graphics for retail brands, local artists, and creative entrepreneurs. Supported the branding activities of two senior designers by researching competitive products, building mock-ups, and typesetting digital documents. ### Graphic Designer @ Teachers College, Columbia University Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 | Greater New York City Area Created print and interactive advertisements, promotional graphics, and collateral. ### Pipeline Mapper @ Reliant Energy Jan 1999 – Jan 1999 | Houston, Texas Area Mapped gas pipelines using Smallworld software. ### Graphic Designer @ Compaq Computer Corporation Jan 1997 – Jan 1997 | Houston, Texas Area Designed instructional graphics for manuals and created 3D models of computer hardware. ## Education ### Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA in Communications Design Pratt Institute Jan 1999 – Jan 2003 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brianmonzingo --- Source: https://flows.cv/brianmonzingo JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/brianmonzingo/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30