# Christine Newton > Product Designer Location: Fremont, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/christinenewton I am a detail-oriented, organized, enthusiastic, and inquisitive product design generalist with over 10 years of experience in product design. I enjoy working primarily with B2B teams and do my best work while collaborating with product and engineering teams who are outcome-driven. I also love working with marketing and other functions within organizations to create cohesive designs and experiences for both internal teams and customers. With a background in graphic design, I have a deep appreciation for interior design, industrial design, and architecture. As a first-generation high school and college graduate, I take pride in my entrepreneurial mindset, high motivation, and commitment to continual growth. I believe building trust is key to building successful products and teams. In addition to my design expertise, I have extensive experience in customer service, event planning and coordination, and a strong general business acumen. Check out my website to learn more: christineux.com ## Work Experience ### Graphic design club teacher and advisor @ VineyardAppCamp Jan 2026 – Present | San Jose, California, United States Teaching middle schoolers an intro to graphic design ### Lead Product Designer @ DFINITY Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States Impacted by layoffs Lead product and design for the first vibe coding tool built on blockchain - caffeine.ai. The entire SF based team was laid off due to company restructuring. ### Product Design Consultant @ Parasail Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 AI Infrastructure ### Lead Product Designer @ Dado Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Berlin, Germany • Led end-to-end product design and research for HR teams building customizable employee experiences • Designed a mass-email tool enabling large-scale HR outreach, supporting growth strategy • Unified platform design patterns and interaction models to improve UX consistency across the product suite • Conducted cross-industry research to evaluate market pivots and shape product expansion strategy • Maintained marketing website in Webflow ### Senior Product Designer @ sennder Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Berlin, Germany • Created reusable components for Sennder's platform, ensuring consistent experiences across desktop and mobile. • Designed features for bulk actions, enhancing efficiency and user experience. • Designed branding and managed company offsite in Italy, showcasing creativity and leadership. ### Senior Product Designer @ Charma (acq by The Predictive Index) Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 • Mentored junior designers • Managed design and research projects • Designed a feature using ChatGPT to allow managers to give feedback to direct reports • Developed and maintained the design system in Figma, implemented with engineering • Worked with marketing and sales to launch new products I was filling in for their head of design while on leave. ### Senior Product Designer @ Respondent Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Remote Impacted by layoffs • Led evaluative and discovery research projects • Developed solutions to complex design challenges • Owned squad-level OKRs and project management tasks • Created product requirement documents and engineering tickets • Built research-sharing templates and design team resources I was also part of our Inclusion Task Force, and was dedicated to our team's mission of Making Research Inclusive. My position was eliminated due to covid-related restructuring. ### Senior Product Designer @ Groove Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California • Conducted user interviews and observations to improve usability and visual design across platforms • Designed and launched a Microsoft add-in and a Chrome extension • Created and maintained the design system, ensuring scalability and consistency • Improved cross-functional collaboration with sales, engineering, and product teams ### Product Designer @ Rubrik, Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Palo Alto, California • Redesigned the flagship desktop product's (CDM) dashboard • Designed and launched our first backup solution for Microsoft Suite • Created new patterns and components for our secondary platform Polaris • Established Design Ops to help scale our team, create internal design processes with Abstract and Sketch, and improve collaboration between design and engineering ### Product Designer @ Asurion Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Mateo, CA As the lead product designer on Asurion Passwords I designed and white-labeled password manager apps for iOS and Android. As a lead product designer on Luminary I designed experiences connecting seniors and family members on a custom build OS for Android and iOS tablets via facebook messenger chatbots. ### Product Designer @ DigiSight Technologies, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, California • Established user personas, user journeys, and design as a first-class citizen within the company. • Created user and task flows • Designed an iOS app, Paxos, for ophthalmologists to capture retina photos and sync with EHR systems. • Improved desktop portal for online patient and image management. ### Product Design Generalist @ Orange Silicon Valley Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, California, United States As a design consultant I worked on many projects spanning across graphic, visual and ux design. UX Projects: a desktop administration and analytics web app, a fraud detection desktop web app, a mobile app to give and request feedback Graphic design projects: orangesv.com redesign, sales and marketing collateral ### Brand Designer @ Syncplicity Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Santa Clara, California As the lead designer at Syncplicity I worked with product, marketing, and an agency on redesign and update efforts surrounding collateral, branding, and messaging for print and web assets while their lead designer was on leave. ### UI/UX and Graphic Designer @ San Jose State University - Electrical Engineering Dept. Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Jose, California As the sole designer working with the Electrical Engineering team, I worked on a large touch screen monitor for students to research classes and open office hours as well as working on flyer designs for their semi-annual Symposium. I worked here while attending SJSU full time. ### Brand Designer @ Kalio, Inc. (KalioCommerce & KalioTek) Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Cupertino, Ca As the lead marketing designer at Kalio, I lead the complete redesign of both kaliocommerce.com and kaliotek.com. I was also responsible for the new branding and design strategy for their printed collateral, sales materials, and event booth designs. I worked here while attending SJSU full time. ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree - Magna Cum Laude in Design Studies San José State University ### Associate of Arts - Highest Honors in Liberal Arts Las Positas College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineux321 - Website: http://www.christineux.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/christinenewton JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/christinenewton/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-07