# Daniel Bayn > UX Managing Director at Slide UX Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/danielbayn UX leader with over 20 years of experience helping companies understand their users and advocating for their needs. Looking for opportunities to solve interesting problems, experiment with new technologies, and provide mentorship to the next generation. ## Work Experience ### Managing Director @ Slide UX Jan 2024 – Present | Austin, Texas, United States Leading a team of talented UX designers at a user-centered digital agency. ### UX Consultant @ Self Employed Jan 2013 – Present Consulting on content marketing, social media, and AI projects. Collaborating with clients, executives, designers, and engineers. Conducting user research and presenting recommendations. Drafting storyboards, user flows, and wireframes. Building prototypes (Axure, Sketch, InVision, HTML/CSS) for user testing. Clients include Wells Fargo, Best Buy, Three Deep Marketing, Rose Digital, and Walker Art Center. ### Sr. Strategy Lead @ Instrument Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 Consulted with clients like Google and Epic Games on a wide variety of user experience challenges, from online learning platforms to social behavior design. ### Sr. UX Designer @ Sunrun Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Developed a responsive design system for internal applications. Conducted user research and prototype testing. Mentored a team of junior designers. Collaborated with PMs and engineering teams. Designed a variety of information visualizations. ### Lead UI/UX Designer @ Symphony Commerce Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 Designed, prototyped, and tested a comprehensive UI Pattern Library. Took on Product Management duties for one of our platform teams. Consulted with clients on Responsive Web Design. Conducted user research through interviews, prototype testing, and behavioral analysis. Designed information visualizations to help clients make better business decisions. ### Associate Director of Experience Planning @ Campbell Mithun Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 Lead the user experience team for General Mills. Orchestrated responsive overhauls of BettyCrocker.com, Pillsbury.com, and several other branded websites. Conducted user research and presented findings. Collaborated with clients, designers, and engineering teams. Increased returning visitors by over 30% between 2011 and 2012. ### Information Architect @ Ratchet Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 Designed social and ecommerce experiences for General Mills, Explore Minnesota, and others. Conducted user research, drafted wireframes, and presented recommendations to clients. Collaborated with project managers and engineering teams. ### Information Architect @ Best Buy Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 Short contract at Best Buy's corporate headquarters. Collaborated with remote teams of developers to deploy a redesign of the bestbuy.ca website, maintained a library of design documents, conducted usability testing, and made UX recommendations for sections of bestbuy.com. ### Technical Writer @ Harland Clarke Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 Wrote and maintained design documents for a series of web applications, conducted heuristic reviews of company and partner websites, assisted graphic artists, maintained help files, compiled SOX compliance documentation, created animated prototypes. ### User Interface Designer @ EDS Group Jan 2001 – Jan 2002 Worked with a usability team to migrate a monolithic database application to the web. Created web graphics and wireframe prototypes. Drafted software requirements & design documents. ### Human Factors Engineer @ Cyrus Intersoft Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 Designed everything from a word processor and email client to a file manager and personal desktop for a Java-based "internet operating system." ## Education ### Master of Liberal Studies in Psychology of Online Behavior University of Minnesota ### Bachelor of Science in Psychology University of Minnesota ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/danbayn --- Source: https://flows.cv/danielbayn JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/danielbayn/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13