# Cal Dobrzynski > Designer @ Microsoft, Windows Experience Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/cal ## Work Experience ### Product Designer II, Windows Experience @ Microsoft Jan 2024 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States ### Adjunct Faculty @ University of Washington Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 HCDE 508 / Reviews principles of visual communication and design used in HCDE so that students gain a systematic and critical understanding so they can create visual communication components of print and interactive media. Students develop this understanding through hands-on exercises, design critiques, discussions, lectures, and readings in a studio environment. ### Instructor @ Summer Springboard Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 ### Adjunct Faculty, School of Art + Art History + Design @ University of Washington Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Seattle, Washington, United States Design 250 / Principles inherent in the discipline of visual communication design, including fundamentals of composition, typography, semiotics, color theory, storytelling, and image-making. Students engage in creative thinking, seeing, and making to create more professional work, including resumes, posters, and digital presentations. ### Lead User Experience Designer & Researcher @ Curve Health Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 - Executed and owned the design process for end-to-end product and feature lifecycle for a cross-functional team - Developed a new Design System for all Curve Health products, including all visual components, elements and interactions - Researched and designed a new intuitive progressive mobile web application for Remote Care Providers, offering the ability to respond to telemedicine calls on their mobile devices - Researched and designed a new Telepsychology desktop platform to include video consultation, Electronic Health Record integration and documentation in order to provide a specialty product to Nursing Facilities to help manage and treat patient’s behavioral health in place - Reported on and presented key findings through research artifacts, documentation and virtual oral presentations - Designed information architecture, workflows, prototype and wireframes based on research findings - Collaborated with VP of Product, PM, PO and Engineering teams, including Data Scientists, and other internal cross-functional stakeholders in an Agile environment, including sprints, refinement sessions and retrospectives ### User Experience Designer @ Moxie Sozo Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Remote ### Adjunct Faculty, Human Centered Design and Engineering @ University of Washington Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Seattle, Washington, United States Designed course curriculum and syllabus for two 400 level visual design classes in the Human Centered Design and Engineering Dept., designed and provided verbal lectures, facilitated critiques and in-class workshops, maintained course Canvas, managed the graduate teaching assistant and graded all course materials for a virtual studio class. Class: HCDE 498, Advanced Visual Communication Design, Student Portfolios available upon request Class: HCDE 308, Visual Communication Design Introduces principles of visual communication and design used in human centered design and engineering so that students gain a systematic understanding as they create visual communication components of print, interactive, and video media. Students develop this understanding through hands-on exercises, design critiques, discussions, lectures, and readings in a virtual studio environment. ### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ University of Washington Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Seattle, Washington HCDE 508: Reviews principles of visual communication and design used in HCDE so that students gain a systematic and critical understanding for creating visual communication components of print and interactive media. Students develop this understanding through hands-on exercises, design critiques, discussions, lectures, and readings in a studio environment. Design 166: Examines the rudiments of visual structure and problem solving in two and three-dimensional design. Emphasizes design methodology and design processes with emphasis on the formal principles of composition and organization. Design 206: Reader + Grader for the Survey of Design History ### Master of Design Candidate @ University of Washington Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Seattle Thesis: Design for Creative Aging de Cillia Graduating with Excellence Award, 2020 Boyer and Elizabeth Bole Gonzales Scholarship, 2019 ### Graduate + Professional Student Senator @ University of Washington Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area ### UPASS Advisory Board Liaison @ University of Washington Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area The Universal Student U-PASS Advisory Board is the student-run oversight committee for the Universal Student U-PASS program. Six representatives are appointed by the Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW) and three by the Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS). The Board works with advisers from UW Transportation Services and UW Student Life to represent student interest in the U-PASS program and ensure its long-term health and effectiveness. ### Senior Designer @ Studio Matthews Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Seattle, Washington, United States - Designed engaging in-person experiences and environmental graphics, engaged in research and concept creation. - Managed and provided art-direction to jr. designers and collaborated with team members to design the environmental graphics for tech company's new WA state campus ### Senior Designer @ EDX Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Seattle, Washington, United States - Designed outdoor exhibit design guidelines for the Washington State Parks and Rec. Commission through assessing, clarifying and formalizing the commission’s approach for interpretive exhibit waysides. - Designed graphics for the History Colorado center’s permanent exhibit ‘What’s Your Story?’. ### UX/UI Designer @ Coach Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area - Designed Global Digital Campaigns assets, including web, social, and email under the direction of the Creative Director. - Art directed photographers for e-commerce shoots - Designer on the Global Coach.com website and mobile refresh. Created journey maps, user flows, wireframes and prototypes which included a brand new Design System - Worked alongside the Engineering team to design and animate the 2017 Cyber Monday homepage, which drove purchase conversation 25% more than the previous year - Presented weekly to the Global Head of the Coach Creative Studio ### Junior Designer @ HZ Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 ### Art & Design Intern @ Harper's Bazaar Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 ### Archives Intern @ BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area ### Art Intern @ Anthropologie Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Shrewsbury, New Jersey, United States ## Education ### Master's degree in Design University of Washington ### Non-Physician Participation Credit in Digital Health Product Development, Stanford Center for Health Education Stanford Continuing Studies Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 ### Qualitative Research: Design in Implementation & Methods UC Berkeley Extension Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 ### Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design Penn State University ### Photography in 35mm + Digital Red Bank Regional High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/caldobrzynski --- Source: https://flows.cv/cal JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/cal/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30