# Connor Larsen > Product Design / Design Systems Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/connorlarsen www.connorlarsen.com connorlarsen@gmail.com I'm a product designer with a focus on design systems, though have experience in user experience and user interface design as well. I find myself naturally taking a leadership role and enjoy mentoring others. I studied cognitive psychology and use my understanding of people to inform my design decisions. StrengthsFinder: Communication | Maximizer | Woo | Achiever | Futuristic Myers Briggs: ENTJ ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer, Design Systems @ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Jan 2022 – Present | Redwood City, California, United States • Designed, built, customized, and managed a multi-product design system within Figma, enabling all Science products to leverage a shared set of components • Wrote, built, and managed design system documentation on Zeroheight, providing a go-to resource for both designers and engineers to reference when working with the design system and its elements • Worked cross functionally with engineers and product designers to incorporate additional elements into the design system, ensure consistency between design tools and the codebase, and streamline team tools and processes ### Design Systems Designer @ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Redwood City, California, United States ### Senior Product Designer @ Very Good Security Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States • Streamlined UX for common user tasks within the product dashboard, significantly reducing the amount of hands-on time required by the support team to remedy customer issues • Designed a form builder tool, allowing customers to create fully secure forms and customize them to align with their product’s UIs • Interviewed VGS customers to better understand their needs, thereby uncovering new product opportunities as well as insights for improving the design of current offerings • Organized, managed, and contributed to company-wide design system, working toward aligning multiple product areas under one consistent look and feel ### UX/UI Design Lead @ Inizio Evoke Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States • Streamlined agency-wide digital processes and implemented brand-level design systems, contributing to digital business growth (+25-30% profit) over 2 years • Design lead for all digital tactics supporting a major product launch for agency’s largest client ($2M+ account); projects included three websites, two iPad sales apps, and an email campaign • Led creation of an agency-wide design system template, resulting in a reduction of design and engineering lead time for the agency’s most common digital projects ### Senior UX/UI Designer @ Inizio Evoke Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, CA • Led page redesign project, reducing bounce rate (-40%) and increasing time spent on site (+36%); as a result, our client awarded the agency the remainder of its digital business • Brought on as the first UX/UI designer at the agency and through showing the value of the UX/UI role, pushed the department to grow to eight designers in less than two years ### UX/UI Designer @ Inizio Evoke Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California • First designer on the team and therefore helped define the role, responsibilities of the department, and digital workflow process • Partnered with cross-functional teammates to design a range of desktop, tablet, mobile, touchscreen, and native digital projects ### UX/UI Designer @ Sitecast Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 • Redesigned resort website UI and booking flow, reducing time to book (-50%) • Began Sitecast’s design system and component library, creating reusable elements for future site designs ### UX Designer @ Sq1 Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Portland, Oregon • Reduced user drop off by streamlining checkout flow for an online retailer • Worked on various projects for clients within the healthcare, hospitality, and consumer goods industries • Participated in user research, A/B testing, interface design, experience design, product documentation, and front end development ### Product Manager @ Nike Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Beaverton, Oregon • Successfully launched VaporMax and React running footwear platforms, contributing to Nike’s revenue increase (+7%) fiscal year 2017 • Independently managed the North America specialty running business, bringing to market special edition apparel and footwear for marathon season 2017 • Conducted consumer and market research to inform design direction for Nike’s running footwear business ### Product Operations Specialist @ Nike Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Beaverton, Oregon ### Supply Chain Operations Specialist @ Nike Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Beaverton, Oregon ## Education ### BA in Psychology Lewis & Clark College ### Certificate in UX/UI Design and Development Epicodus ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/connor-larsen - Website: https://connorlarsen.com - X: https://twitter.com/conesgnomes --- Source: https://flows.cv/connorlarsen JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/connorlarsen/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25