# John S. > User Experience Designer | ex-IBM, Rivian Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/johns1 ## Work Experience ### Senior UX Designer @ Automation Anywhere Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Lead Product Designer @ FreeWire Technologies Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Oakland, California, United States ### Senior Product Designer @ Rivian Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Palo Alto, California, United States Collaborated with product managers, engineers, and an additional designer to build the first version of a new enterprise charging platform. Features included: access control, bulk pricing, charging site and asset details, financial statements portal, firmware campaigns, multi-tiered energy pricing, log search, and remote charging. Facilitated user research studies by writing interview questions and tasks, building interactive prototypes, and administering usability tests. Searched for discrepancies between delivered designs and a staging environment to conduct quality assurance while creating JIRA tickets for each finding and documenting the issue for cross-functional stakeholders. Worked with designers from different teams to conceptualize and provide regular feedback to establish a new design library. ### User Experience Designer @ IBM Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Partnered with product managers, engineers, and customers to design and ship various enterprise SaaS offerings for the cloud market. Contributed to the delivery of products and features through wireframing and prototyping, while also serving as the lead visual designer for an analytics application. Supported design research efforts by writing protocols for usability tests and conducting user interviews. Served as a lead facilitator for training courses on design tools and design thinking exercises for the purpose of knowledge sharing, collaborative ideation, and fostering cooperative relationships across various teams. ### Visual Designer - Contract Position @ Think DT Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Designed client-specific user interfaces. Communicated with clients regarding the specific needs for their products. Collaborated with engineer(s) on various project requirements, which resulted in the design of user interfaces. ## Education ### Interaction Design California College of the Arts ### Bachelors of Science in Financial Services and Corporate Finance San Francisco State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/johnsunixd --- Source: https://flows.cv/johns1 JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/johns1/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25