# Erik Levitch

> I design successful products and build effective design teams

Location: Burlingame, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/eriklevitch

Let's make something great together!

## Work Experience
### Design & Research Director @ Erik Levitch Design
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Back at it again. Consulting. Freelance. Fractional. Whatever you want to call it. 

**Everything is a design decision**

### Product Design @ Watershed
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Led redesign of core reporting features, driving customer retention and new customer acquisition.
• Delivered a long-term roadmap and product vision to position Watershed as a leader in sustainability reporting
• Designed and launched AI-driven experiments
• Received the "Golden Duck" award for exemplifying customer obsession in Q3 '24

### Manager, Design - Group Lead @ Zapier
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Led the design of a new pricing and packaging bundle, projected to generate $XXM additional ARR
• Directed multiple designers to illustrate part of Zapier's 2023 north star product vision
• Developed and implemented Zapier's first product design career growth framework
• Hired 2 designers
• Promoted 3 designers

### Design Lead Manager @ Mixpanel
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Shipped a workflow redesign resulting in 90% increase in implementation rates
• Implemented process improvements leading to a 36% improvement in design's Culture Amp engagement score
• Developed and implemented Mixpanel's first product design leveling guide
• Hired 5 designers

### Design Lead @ Mixpanel
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Launched a new product suite (data governance) and feature set throughout the product

### Design & Research Director @ Erik Levitch Design
Jan 2013 – Jan 2018 | San Diego County, California, United States
• Lead the design of Mixpanel's first foray into Data Governance (Direct)
• Lead concept testing to guide the design of USAA’s first small business platform (Blink UX)
• Designed web accessibility tools for Toyota that reached 6.7 million consumers (Saatchi)
• Created an onboarding program for New Relic to increase usage on key features (Direct)
• Increased content engagement by 23% on Titleist Vokey’s product website (Red Door)
• Taught conference attendees the value of Duo Security (Metajive)
• Increased lead generation for Lytx by rearchitecting their marketing website (Red Door)  
• Developed a gamification pitch for the Maze Runner website (Mirum)
• Improved pre-pard debit card activation rates for Univision (Red Door)
• Conducted research to define New Relic's buyer personas (Digital Telepathy)
• Redesigned Royal Caribbean's B2B booking system (Mirum)

### UX Designer / Sr. UX Designer @ WPP
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | San Diego, California, United States
• Led UX initiatives across diverse platforms including marketing websites, mobile applications, touch-screen kiosks, and web applications.
• Successfully secured millions of dollars in new business for Digitara through effective pitching and client engagement.


## Education
### Bachelors of Science in Design
Arizona State University

### Certificate in User Insights for Product Decisions
Reforge

### Certificate in Ensuring Design Excellence
Design Dept

### Certificate in Business
DesignerFund


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/elevitch
- Portfolio: https://www.eriklevitch.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13