# Daria Taback

> Designer / Educator

Location: Oakland, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/dariataback

Product Designer with 7+ years of experience building websites and complex web applications end-to-end. Skilled at research, designing UI, systems thinking, prototyping, and collaborating with Product, Engineering, and stakeholders.

Portfolio: www.dariataback.com

## Work Experience
### Design Lecturer @ University of California, Davis
Jan 2023 – Present
• Teach HTML, CSS, design principles, and accessibility to undergraduate students
• Introduce students to modern design tools, coding, and UX best practices

### Digital Media Arts Instructor @ Solano Community College
Jan 2023 – Present
Created and teach courses on UX/UI design fundamentals, tools, and portfolio development

### UX Specialist @ California Department of Technology
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
• Led design for the State of California’s flagship website (CA.gov) redesign, serving millions of residents
• Engaged in UX research using surveys, analytics, and usability testing to prioritize user needs
• Collaborated with the accessibility team to ensure WCAG compliance across the platform
• Designed new statewide branding and logo in collaboration with the Governor’s Office

### Lead Product Designer @ Flipcause
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022
• Directed multi-disciplinary design team for nonprofit fundraising SaaS platform
• Redesigned fundraising website builder and widget with a scalable component library
• Designed manual payments feature accounting for $60M in transactions annually
• Oversaw QA processes to ensure design accuracy and product quality

### Product Designer @ Flipcause
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Oakland, CA
• Partnered with customers to design a new user dashboard for fiscal sponsors, adding 700+ charities to Flipcause’s user base
• Maintained Flipcause’s marketing website, designing 20 new pages with original content and graphic assets

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ University of California, Davis
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Davis, California
• Assisted university-level design history and studio courses by writing curricula, teaching sections, grading, meeting with students, and providing logistical support for lead faculty

### Graduate Research Assistant @ University of California, Davis
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
• Analyzed research for faculty in the Design Department

### Product Designer @ Flipcause, Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, CA
• Designed core dashboard and website builder that helped grow customer base from 30 to 5,000+ organizations and raise ~$1B collectively 
• Collaborated with product and engineering to create flows, wireframes, and prototypes
• Produced marketing site pages, infographics, and digital collateral
• Designed print and digital marketing materials, including e-books and PDFs with original infographics and illustrations

### Graphic Designer @ California Nurses Association
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
• Designed social media graphics for the Robin Hood Tax, a grassroots campaign working to support middle- and lower-income Americans

### Graphic Design Intern @ California Nurses Association
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
• Designed materials for events, strikes, and daily collateral, including flyers, signs, social media graphics, banners, buttons, and brochures used by thousands of organizers to advocate 
for patient protections

### Substitute Teacher @ Tehiyah Day School
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 | El Cerrito, CA
• Taught curricula in all subjects for grades kindergarten through eighth grade
• Substitute taught long-term (3 months) for 5th-grade general education

### Teaching Assistant @ Tehiyah Day School
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | El Cerrito, CA
• Conducted classroom prep and assisted 1st and 2nd grades with full classroom lessons
• Ran small group activities and tutored students individually
• Taught art classes 1x/week

### Afterschool Program Teacher @ Tehiyah Day School
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011
• Collaborating with a small team, took responsibility for 50+ elementary school students, engaging in play, homework help, emotional support, and mediating conflicts.
• Planned and ran creative activities, and provided logistical support.

### Communications Assistant @ Reboot.
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
• Planned and executed member events
• Maintained the organization's social media accounts
• Wrote for internal and external communications and communicated directly with community partners and PR contacts

### Web Fellow @ Architecture for Humanity
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
• Designed graphics for the company website and social media
• Researched for sponsors and presentations
• Edited promotional videos

### Kohn Intern @ Judah L. Magnes Museum
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009
• Implemented online marketing strategy with data analysis, evaluating and transferring vendors
• Digitized the museum’s collections archive
• Assisted with grants administration
• Maintained social media and wrote for the museum blog


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Fine and Studio Arts
Oberlin College

### Master of Fine Arts - MFA in Interactive Media Design
University of California, Davis

### Graphic Design
UC Berkeley Extension


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dariataback
- Website: https://www.dariataback.com/

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Last updated: 2026-04-05