# Elissa Welsh

> Senior User Experience Designer at Adobe

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/elissawelsh

I believe that in order to create design solutions; we need to start and end with people. Combining technology, human centered design and the design thinking process is what empowers me to be a more thoughtful, analytical, and creative designer.  Listening to stories, solving problems and creating value in the work I am doing will always be my guiding force. 

As a User Experience Designer on the Adobe Fresco team, I collaborate with research, prototyping, product and engineering to create user experiences that enable creatives to express themselves successfully and achieve their goals. As a strong user advocate, I believe successful engagement and retention are directly correlated to innovation, iteration and direct user feedback and testing in the design process. 

I aim to be a part of environments that encourage innovation and foster empathy. My happy places are in the worlds of art and design, delving into new and interesting projects. My passion will always be designing for people.

## Work Experience
### Senior User Experience Designer @ Adobe
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Experience Designer II @ Adobe
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
Partnered with prototyping, research and engineering to scope, ship and innovate technical drawing tools for monthly releases to over 1m monthly active users. Developed cross app design patterns, new initiatives and engagement strategies with internal and external partners. Collaborated with product management to develop key performance metrics and analytics. Investigated and developed new social and marketing strategies.

A proud representative for Adobe Fresco and Adobe Design volunteering for pro bono partner programs, regular Adobe Live host, conference speaker and proud Adobe internship program mentor and speaker. A key design contributor featured in several articles championing a user centric design process, direct engagement with customers, and assisted in the pioneering of an exceptional pre-release program with a focus on integrating user feedback.

### Experience Designer @ Adobe
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Design lead for key components of Adobe Fresco; learn, onboarding, the first user experience, in app purchases, sharing and several technical drawing tools. Contributed robust design patterns successfully adapting across tablet, mobile and desktop in partnership with lead designers across the CC ecosystem. 

Design lead for Adobe Fresco on iPhone responsible for designing and launching the app within an aggressive one year timeframe. Partnered with research and product management on strategy, positioning and market fit. Developed and delivered fast paced, iterative designs working in conjunction with research and prototyping. Established a successful user feedback centered experience which contributed to the success of being an award winning design app with over 150k monthly active users and growing.

### Experience Design Intern @ Adobe
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Drove and developed new design patterns and strategies for onboarding, learn, help and sharing which extended across other apps in the CC ecosystem. Created learning initiatives and tutorials whilst developing value driven designs in partnership with research, product management and engineering. Aided in building out a strong feedback centric pre-release program and communication channels with users.

### Experience Design Intern @ Adobe
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Redesigned desktop tooling for a touch first environment prior to the launch of Photoshop on iPad. Conducted user research, developed new touch focused interactions, and successfully implemented designs for the launch of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Fresco on the iPad and Windows devices.

### Freelance Designer @ Unknown
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Designed graphics, websites, personal brand strategies, photography, photo editing, video production, video editing and YouTube channel management for clients in the Bay Area.


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Interaction Design
California College of the Arts

### Capuchino High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/elissawelsh

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Last updated: 2026-04-13