# John Bove > Design Leadership | Building Rover (stealth) — an audio-first platform improving social discourse for everyone | In Alpha — a few open spots (DM me) | Previously: Udemy, Lunar, BabyCenter | EdTech Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/johnbove Design leader with 15+ years' experience working with big tech, startups and consulting. • Designer, perfectionist, collaborator and generalist in all things web. • Over ten years designing and building web sites and web applications. • Thorough participatory knowledge of the web design product cycle, from business requirements to release. • 5+ years experience working within the Agile development environment. • Architected and designed an extensible international site framework that has been seamlessly deployed to 18 countries around the world. Specialties: Interface Design, User Experience, Visual Design, Design Management ## Work Experience ### Director Of Product Design @ Udemy Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Senior Product Design Manager @ Udemy Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Design Manager, Marketplace and Learning @ Udemy Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, CA I help set the student experience strategy at Udemy, and manage a growing team of product designers intent on helping students succeed in their learning goals. ### Product Designer @ Udemy Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, California ### Product Design and Strategy Lead @ Alpine Electronics of America, Inc. Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Santa Clara I led a year-long project to define and build mobile concepts for Alpine, a leading audio equipment manufacturer. We put a number of concepts through their paces and shipped an iOS music player with a kinetic component, designed to compliment bass- heavy music. My key deliverables on this project were design innovation, product design, user experience and interaction design. ### UX Design + Strategy Lead @ Neone Inc. Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco/Austin Concepted and designed the initial prototype for a private social networking application that lives on a single piece of hardware. ### Product Manager @ GreatSchools Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 I led product development for GreatSchools' new "Parenting for Educational Success (PES)" initiative, bringing to life a brand new platform for gauging and improving children's academic and personal success. Key contributions and achievements: • Generated, validated and refined the over-arching product concept • Defined and maintained the product roadmap through the Alpha stage • Partnered with content and engineering teams to build out the framework and primary components • Established regular user testing sessions to draw out pain points and validate market fit • Established an agile development process to develop the initial MVP and bring it to the end-user as quickly as possible • Launched small pilots at key points to test hypotheses and course correct as necessary • Managed the entire User Experience process, including concept definition, mental model evaluation, affinity diagramming, persona definition, user scenarios, flow diagrams, system mapping, low-fi to hi-fi prototyping, and testing. ### Design Director @ GreenRoad Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 Responsible for building out the brand, website and collateral for the launch of GreenRoad's consumer product. GreenRoad is a green technology leader, coupling telematics, real-time data analysis and instructional content to promote safer and more (fuel) efficient driving behaviors. - Developed a user-centered web and mobile UI to allow easy monitoring and self-improvement of driving behavior, for individuals and groups of individuals. - Developed a social interface to engage existing users and to promote the GreenRoad system virally across the social graph, using Facebook, Twitter, text and email. - Developed the consumer brand style guide for web, email, mobile and print. - Art directed a range of marketing collateral, including white papers, one-sheets, Powerpoint presentations, and emails. - Partnered with our Product Manager and a third-party to build out a simple, utilitarian, and engaging iPhone app. ### Art Director @ BabyCenter, LLC Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 Brand/content development across all facets of interactive media. Properties include our main content site (http://www.babycenter.com) and a growing number of international site launches and initiatives (most recently Spanish-language and China). New projects include BabyCenter Horoscopes and Baby Namer applications. ### Senior Designer @ BabyCenter, LLC Jan 2003 – Jan 2007 ## Education ### Institut Florimont ### International Baccalaureate La Chataigneraie International School ### BFA in Photography Rhode Island School of Design ### Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Rhode Island School of Design ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/johnbove - Behance: http://www.behance.net/johnbove - Portfolio: http://flavors.me/johnbove --- Source: https://flows.cv/johnbove JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/johnbove/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13