# Grace Young > Product Designer Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/graceyoung Hey there, I’m a designer passionate about taking complex challenges and translating them into intuitive and exciting experiences. I have worked on projects ranging from tangible to digital products and services. My practice includes product design, UI/UX, interaction design, visual design, branding, information design, and web design. ## Work Experience ### Product Designer @ Nickel Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Brooklyn, New York, United States ### Product Designer @ Farther Finance Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, United States Farther is a new kind of financial institution: combining expert advisors and cutting-edge technology to deliver a comprehensive, personalized client experience. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Context Ventures, Cota Capital, Khosla Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, and Moneta Venture Capital, Farther caters to high-net-worth professionals who are building generational wealth and need a more holistic approach to managing their money. Joined Farther after their seed rounds and made designs up till and after their Series A. I was the second product designer, and the fifth person on the product engineering team before the team had grown to 17 and more people. Lead design for b2c and b2b web and mobile app features and products – streamlining traditional financial processes into efficient digital experiences for our clients, financial advisors, and businesses. Improved handoff to our product and engineering team by implementing an iterative and collaborative design cycle. Built and expanded a design system and pattern library with reusable Figma components and patterns. Worked with engineering to ideate, design, prototype, and launch product and feature updates and improvements. Steered Farther’s new brand directions with Red Antler. ### Freelance Designer @ Unknown Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 Collaborated with an eCommerce Project Manager and clients to design brand directions and eCommerce UX/UI sites with a focus on surfacing the click-to-buy button and implementing best-in-class checkout experiences Ideated, wireframed, iterated, prototyped, and presented designs to the clients for feedback. ### Lead UX/UI Designer @ Levitate Foundry Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | California, United States Collaborated with eCommerce managers and dev team as design lead to create seamless checkout experiences and apply industry best practices for DTC eCommerce sites. Persuaded design buy-ins to stakeholders and provided design solutions to their feedback. Wrote QA and development tickets and worked with developers to resolve site issues across various devices, browsers, and operating systems by using BrowserStack and Google inspect tool. Worked with 50+ brands and 10+ eCommerce sites–designing paid media campaigns, applying brand directions, and implementing email flows in Klaviyo and ReSci. Onboarded and trained new designers and associates of other teams while developing the design team. ### Associate Designer @ Levitate Foundry Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 Levitate Foundry is the growth marketing and eCommerce consultancy that works with companies ranging from bootstrapped startups to billion-dollar enterprises across every eCommerce vertical. Our clients include venture-backed Silicon Valley businesses, celebrity brands, number one sellers on Amazon, a handful of Shark Tank alumni, among a wide variety of others. Designed creative assets, motion graphics, and video edits for eCommerce sites, social media channels, email campaigns, and digital advertising. Supported the Marketing Brand and Media Buying teams to find creative solutions to tricky design requests while maintaining design principles and standards. ### Interactive Design Intern @ Neoscape Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Greater Boston Area Worked with the lead designer and the design team to design interactive UI/UX experiences for websites and the iPad. Supported the lead designer from conceptual design through execution across projects & campaigns. Assisted the lead designer, the design team, and the developers with the production process in preparation for website launches. ### Designer @ Impact Labs Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Providence, Rhode Island Area Impact Labs is an organization that provides greater access to and awareness of opportunities in the social impact space. We connect students to seasoned social entrepreneurs, meaningful career opportunities, and capital to help ignite their ideas. Worked alongside the core management team to strengthen the mission and identity by developing an online brand presence and marketing materials. Worked with a designer to develop an in-house brand guideline and an internal design system. Worked alongside a designer and developers to design the website from inception to shipment which has increased total page views to 40,000+. ### Venture Capital Fellow @ New Enterprise Associates (NEA) Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Participated in NEA weekly sessions, VC thesis workshops, and networking events. Acquired knowledge in VC and startup operations, specifically in market research, company evaluation, and thesis building. ### Product Design Intern @ Stockwell Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Oakland, CA Stockwell is a retail tech startup that transforms any space into a fully managed retail experience. Collaborated with the product manager, the engineering team, and the retail team to design a AI/ML internal ops tool to optimize and monitor Stockwell stores’ revenue performance. This internal operation tool automated a manual process and helped speed up workflow. Audited Design System to add in UI components. Modified and developed an extensive system around icons to communicate ideas. Worked with the marketing team to design on-brand flyers, posters, and signage for product activation, opening events, and Stockwell's new brand launch. Contributed to Stockwell's style guidelines and rebrand efforts across desktop and mobile platforms. Participated in a cross-functional design sprint to rethink UX for Stockwell's delivery and logistics team. ### Design Intern @ Fuzion Design Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Pawtucket, Rhode Island Fuzion specializes in strategic design thinking and methodology to propel their client’s brand to greater heights. Their expertise lies in brand identity, product development, packaging, web, and print, while their clients include Hasbro, Little Kids Inc, AT&T, Franklin Sports, and Nosh. Assisted with Fuzion’s main client works that included designing kids' toy product concepts, product renders, and package layouts. ## Education ### Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA in Graphic Design Rhode Island School of Design ### Cross Registration in Selected courses in Computer Science Brown University ### CORe Credential of Readiness in Business Harvard Business School Online ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/grace-young - Portfolio: https://graceyoung.design/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/graceyoung JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/graceyoung/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29