# Christian Boe > Product Design • Creative Strategy • Art Direction Location: Oakland, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/christianboe I'm a product design leader with over a decade of experience helping teams turn complex problems into clear, intuitive, and scalable solutions. For the past 8+ years, I’ve focused on UX/UI, creative strategy, and systems thinking at companies ranging from scrappy startups to global brands like Klaviyo, SiriusXM, and Pandora. I lead with empathy, clarity, and collaboration—whether I’m building design systems from scratch, guiding cross-functional teams, or mentoring designers to grow in their craft. I’m passionate about creating environments where creativity thrives and diverse perspectives fuel better outcomes. Before product design, I worked as an illustrator and commercial storyboard artist. That foundation gave me a strong visual sensibility, a love for storytelling, and the ability to work fast, adapt quickly, and bring a bit of delight to everything I design. Want to see more? Take a look at: 🌐 www.christianboe.com ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ Eli Lilly and Company Jan 2025 – Present ### Founder & Creative Director @ Christian Boe Design LLC Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Christian Boe Design is a creative studio and independent practice offering full-service design across digital products, UX/UI, web, brand, and creative strategy. As founder and principal designer, I partner directly with early-stage startups and growing teams to shape product vision, build scalable design systems, craft brand identities, and deliver standout user experiences across platforms. My work blends strategic thinking with hands-on craft—acting as a creative director, UX writer, and design lead all in one. Clients include Klaviyo, Eli Lilly and a stealth AI startup where I serve as principal designer and creative partner across product and brand. ### Design Lead @ Stealth Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area Lead design consultant for a stealth startup creating AI powered solutions in the cybersecurity space. ### Senior Product Designer @ Klaviyo Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States • Led the creation of a scalable marketing design system from scratch, improving design consistency, speeding up execution, and reducing duplicate effort across teams. • Owned key high-profile web design areas and UX for Klaviyo’s “B2C for CRM” campaign, showcased globally (including the Vegas Strip and Sphere), helping drive new brand recognition and customer engagement. • Collaborated cross-functionally with marketing, product, and engineering teams to align brand and UX goals, resulting in faster iteration cycles and improved creative handoffs. • Established foundational design standards and documentation for future system scalability, to help onboard designers and maintain quality across surfaces. ### Head of Product Design @ Backstage Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area • Led product design and UX strategy for a soft skills coaching platform, owning end-to-end design across web and dashboard products. • Redesigned the core experience based on user research and feedback, leading to a measurable increase in user adoption and onboarding of new client companies. • Defined and implemented a cohesive style guide with the CTO, improving consistency and collaboration across product and marketing design surfaces. • Owned the company’s overall design direction, driving product strategy, brand development, IA, and day-to-day UI design within a lean early-stage team. ### Staff Product Designer @ Pandora Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Oakland, California, United States Context: Stitcher (my previous company) was acquired by SiriusXM / Pandora and I was integrated into the SXM/Pandora teams and quickly promoted to Staff level. • Led cross-platform product design initiatives across both the Pandora and SiriusXM apps, owning end-to-end UX for high-impact feature updates on iOS and Android. • Drove user research and design workshops to inform roadmap planning and align teams around a refreshed product vision. • Collaborated closely with PMs and engineers to streamline workflows and improve design team velocity across both brands. • Contributed to a more agile product development process by championing lean practices and cross-functional alignment. ### Senior Product Designer @ Stitcher Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area • Led end-to-end redesign of Stitcher’s mobile and web apps, owning UX strategy, research, and execution during a pivotal stage in the company’s growth. • Conducted 70+ user interviews and usability tests, translating insights into personas, empathy maps, and new product flows. • Launched a complete redesign that improved Android app ratings from 2.5 to 4.7 and set a new iOS company record of 4.8. • Drove a 17% increase in listening time, raised WAU/MAU from 29% to 64%, and increased user retention from 48% to 56%. • Partnered cross-functionally with engineering, product, and leadership to align on vision and elevate design's strategic role within the org. ### Product Designer @ Certs U: iOS and Android app Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area • Designed the end-to-end UX/UI for a mobile and web platform helping healthcare professionals manage and renew their medical certifications. • Collaborated with a subject matter expert and lean dev team to translate complex compliance needs into an intuitive, user-friendly experience. • Improved usability through rapid prototyping and feedback cycles, helping accelerate development and align design with real-world medical workflows. ### Freelance Visual Designer & Illustrator @ Independent Contractor Jan 2012 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area • Created illustration, storyboards, and concept art that brought ideas to life under tight deadlines and evolving creative briefs. • Worked across games, entertainment, and commercial storyboards for agencies and projects for well know brands such as: Toyota, Smirnoff, Energizer, Square, Tide, Dominos, Energizer and more... • Developed a strong visual sensibility rooted in composition, color theory, and storytelling — skills that now inform my product design craft. • Adapted quickly to new industries, working with small teams and large agencies alike to deliver compelling visual assets and narratives. • Evolving from visual design into UX strategy and product thinking, which ultimately led to founding my design studio. ### Concept Artist & Designer @ AltspaceVR Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Redwood City • Collaborated with the Head of UX to explore new avatar systems and social interaction models within VR, contributing early concept work that shaped user embodiment in immersive environments. • Created environment and character concept art for AltspaceVR’s Dungeons & Dragons minigame, including interactive props, spatial layouts, and modular visual elements. • Participated in whiteboard sessions and cross-functional reviews, then translated ideas into polished visuals and production-ready assets for engineering. • This role marked my transition into UX, introducing me to user-centered thinking in immersive product design and sparking my passion for digital experience design. ## Education ### BA in Illustration, Entertainment Arts ArtCenter College of Design ### Fine Art major in Business minor University of California, Santa Cruz ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/christian-boe-22297022 - Portfolio: http://www.christianboe.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/christianboe JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/christianboe/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13