# Callie Bauer > Product Design at Opus Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/calliebauer I'm a product designer and problem solver creating intuitive and impactful tools and services. Balancing cross-functional collaboration with autonomous work, I lead design processes to deliver efficient solutions to complex system problems by using research, data analysis, industry best practices, and user testing. I love uncovering the complexity in the details, questioning it, and then organizing the pieces into scalable systems that work for businesses, engineering partners, and users. My expertise lies in product development and strategy in startups, content management systems, b2b web platforms, social apps, and building digital experiences and tools for online communities. I enjoy projects where I can partake in strategic work and make a big impact, and I work comfortably within ambiguity and uncertainty. Currently, I'm particularly interested in opportunities for challenging, mission-driven work within service design, sustainability, hospitality, civic services, food systems, and women's healthcare. ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer II @ Opus Training Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States ### Senior Product Designer @ BentoBox Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States Empowering restaurants to succeed in their mission of hospitality. Bentobox was acquired by Fiserv, Inc. in 2021. ### Senior Product Designer @ Talkspace Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States ### User Experience Designer @ Talkspace Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York, United States ### User Experience @ NoNameYet Studio Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | New York, NY Designed product solutions for startups by conducting research, mapping user journeys, prototyping flows and interactions, and iterating collaboratively and quickly with client stakeholders, marketing teams, motion designers, and engineers. Projects ranged from working with early stage startups to explore high-level UX concepts and define core features to designing, implementing, testing, and refining new tools and features for established products. Clients included WME, Vervoe, Innovesta, and Talkspace ### User Experience Lead @ Bkstg Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | New York, NY UX and product design for the launch of Bkstg's primary iOS, Android, and responsive content management web apps. Designed products for individual artists, including emoji keyboards and fan club-specific apps. Understood and met the needs of fans, music artists, artist management teams, and the internal community management and content creation team. Rapidly iterated alongside a global team of developers, engineers, and motion designers. Created prototypes in mixed fidelities to test and communicate designs. Conducted usability testing, focus groups, comparative and competitive analysis, data analysis and A/B tests to inform product strategies and design decisions. Collaborated with engineering teams to scope, prioritize, and roadmap features. Worked alongside community managers to identify user behaviors and needs and then translated those insights into feasible solutions with the engineering team. Designed a templatized system to quickly build custom, individual apps. Bkstg was acquired by WME-IMG in 2017. ### User Experience Designer @ Bkstg Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 ### UX/UI Designer @ Verve Media Creative Studio Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | New York, NY Designed the user experience for a professional FX trading web app including animated data visualization graphics, complex order tickets, secure login features, and financial market and order monitoring tools. Applied user research, competitive analysis, and thorough investigation of the existing system to create personas, IA diagrams, user flows, and annotated wireframes for delivery to developers. Presented original concepts to and collaborated with client stakeholders to meet business objectives and understand niche, industry-specific use cases. ### Operations and Graphic Design Intern @ Zeel Networks, Inc. Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | New York, NY Designed graphics for responsive marketing emails, social media ads, and mobile ads as the NYC-based startup launched in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami. ### Web Intern @ Hearst Digital Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | New York, NY Built, wrote, and contributed to web features for Hearst's shelter group (elledecor.com, housebeautiful.com, countryliving.com, townandcountry.com) using Hearst’s content management system and applied SEO techniques to contribute to each brand's social media. ### Intern to the Associate Style Editor at ELLE DECOR @ Hearst Digital Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | New York, NY Researched furniture and tabletop objects at designer showrooms and prop houses and assisted the Associate Style Editor with photoshoots for five monthly interior design and food columns. ### International Programs Intern @ Pencils of Promise Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | New York, NY Researched strategies for global education initiatives and oversaw website updates for schools built in Laos, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, ultimately using industry research and collaborating with the Development team to propose a detailed plan to redesign PoP's website to more effectively display projects and increase donor engagement. ### Editorial Intern at ELLE DECOR @ Hearst Magazines Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | New York, NY Organized prop and fabric returns, maintained magazine archives and product catalogs, and assisted on photoshoots. ### Counselor @ Camp Greystone Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Zirconia, NC Counselor to campers ages 6-18 ### Educational Programs Intern @ Cascadia Region Green Building Council Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 ## Education ### B.A. in Urban Studies - Environmental Science/Sustainable Development Barnard College ### High School Diploma Horace Mann School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/calliebauer - Portfolio: https://calliebauer.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/calliebauer JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/calliebauer/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29