# John Wayne Hill > Design leader at Intuit Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/johnwaynehill Results-driven designer with a proven track record of execution, direction, & leadership for new & existing products. Expertise in executing design and driving positing metrics impact. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional & executive partners to develop and improve products through breakthrough innovation and experimentation. Demonstrated ability to lead and drive product results through design direction, execution, & operations. I have over 15 years of experience crafting and leading teams across a wide variety of projects like consumer apps (iOS, Android, Windows phone, Nook), websites, wearables, museum experiences, large-screen interactives, and even entire operating systems. I'm passionate about creating best-in-class designs and leading teams and people toward growth and success. You can find my work at https://designbyjohnwayne.com and https://johnwaynehill.com ## Work Experience ### Product Design Manager @ Intuit Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, CA Product Design Manager for Intuit Intelligence for QuickBooks ### Principal Product Designer @ Intuit Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States Acting director and design lead for a new 0-1, dual-sided, marketplace experience. Successfully launched and iterated a new tax product for consumers and independent businesses. Matched consumers with an independent tax pro uniquely positioned for thier specific tax situation. Marketed and got leads for independent tax buisnesses helping to grow customer bases by triple or more for some. Received a 72 PRS and 84 NPS in our first year. ### Senior Staff Product Designer @ Twitter 1.0 Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States Director-level IC for the core of Twitter. Rapidly took on a range of large, complex projects driving through leadership & execution with positive metrics impact. Drove & executed on the largest Twitter surfaces; Home, Tweets, & Tweet Details; through vast usability improvements, mental-model mapping, conceptual changes, & design operations via project tracking, design reviews, & critiques. ### Vice President of Design @ True Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States Head of Design for a social-media startup. Grew the design team to 6+ designers. Responsible for overall strategy, vision, & execution across all platforms. Implemented organizational changes & created new processes for efficiency & predictability. Proactively led product and design teams to a 6-month lead time for new products, features, & innovations, successfully closing the gap with engineering teams. ### Director of UX and Design @ Ancestry Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Designer Leader for Ancestry DNA. Led & directed 30+ team members spanning 5 pillars across 2 offices. Fostered & grew a culture of innovation through reviews, critique, & empowerment. Collaborated with cross-functional partners & executive leaders to bring forward a vision & direction for product improvements & 0-1 new products. ### Design Lead @ Idean Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 Design Lead for multiple teams on multiple client projects. Managed a team of six interns and three designers. Served as the Design Lead for a new consumer product for a large action camera company, working for 1.5 years to bring the product to market. Designed a multi-user/size/input hardware/software experience which helps teams work together better both remotely and colocated in the same space. ### Interaction Design @ Stimulant Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 I designed the MOHAI Launchpad for the Bezos Center for Innovation, the digital experiences for the Reunion Tower in Dallas, Tx, the Intel Ultrabook Exhibit in the Intel Museum, a creative drawing application for large tablets for Samsung’s PIT group, and more. I designed for uncommon computing through collaboration, experimentation, prototyping, and iteration with clients, engineers, and product teams. ### Interaction Designer @ Punchcut Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco, CA At Punchcut I designed a watch-battery powered smart watch, music applications, communication applications, and e-commerce applications for Fortune 500 companies, corporations, and start-ups. I designed mobile experiences for smart phones, tables, and TVs. Delivered artifacts from sketches and prototypes, to full annotated wireframe documents. ### Associate Instructor @ Indiana University Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 Associate Instructor and mentor for first year graduate students in Interaction Design Practice ### User Experience Design @ Mozilla Corporation Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Mountain View, CA Designed and prototyped Firefox Home Tab. Researched and presented perceived performance for the Firefox startup process. ### Associate Instructor @ Indiana University Bloomington Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 I help teach and lead discussions for the undergraduate HCI/d course (INFO I300). ### Web Developer and Designer @ Indiana University Bloomington Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 Designed and prototyped a campus-wide emergency system for IU. Created front-end code for multiple websites. Critiqued and implemented improvements to current websites. ### Technical Intern of Design @ Cerner Corporation Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 Conducted several usability tests. Prototyped multiple screens for a hospital education administration system. Re-designed an entire patient facing entertainment and education system. ### Web Developer and Designer @ Indiana University Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 Responsible for the creation, maintenance, and coding of 13,500 pages, 85 sites. Programmed multiple pages and web applications in JavaScript, PHP, and ASP. ## Education ### M.S. in Human Computer Interaction Design Indiana University Bloomington ### B.S. in Informatics Indiana University Bloomington ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/johnwaynehill - Portfolio: https://designbyjohnwayne.com/ - Portfolio: https://johnwaynehill.com - Portfolio: https://deathghost.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/johnwaynehill JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/johnwaynehill/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13