# LeAnne Plaisted Zafar > Product Designer Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/leanne ## Work Experience ### Product Designer @ Teaching Lab Jan 2023 – Present ### Product Designer @ Plenful Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Product Designer @ Albert | Learn By Doing Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 ### UX/UI Designer @ Consulting | Freelance Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area As a UX/UI Designer, I've engaged with clients to provide contract and pro bono design services, including UX research, information architecture, interaction design, and visual design. Recent projects have included: Client: 350NH • Conducted a thorough UX/UI website audit to assess where there are areas to improve accessibility and user experience as well as align the website to 350 branding guidelines • Revised the primary and secondary navigation to ensure optimal user navigation • Explored a new design direction to redesign the entire website's user interface • Collaborated with a developer to implement the new redesign and fix user experience and accessibility pain points Client: Project Giving Kids • Updated the sitemap to include new webpages and user flows and ensure optimal UX • Created wireframes, high fidelity screens, and a prototype that incorporated new educational material webpages, based on the current website design and PGK’s branding Read the full case study here: http://leanneplaisted.com/project/project-giving-kids Client: Foxtrail • Conducted a competitive analysis of direct and indirect competitors to help guide the wireframe layout • Created logo designs, illustrations, and Foxtrail branding • Crafted style tiles and high fidelity screens and applied them to the website with Webflow ### UX/UI Designer @ Designation Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Chicago, Illinois, United States I worked collaboratively to conduct user research, usability testing, ideation, wireframing, prototyping, branding, and visual design for the following clients: The Cumin Club • Conducted UX research to define user pain points and establish opportunities to improve the user’s experience; produced wireframes that optimized the user flow from the homepage to checkout • Designed high fidelity screens and a prototype for the user interface of the website • Established visual design guidelines through a branding style guide for the small startup company Read the case study here: http://leanneplaisted.com/project/the-cumin-club Constellation Brands, Inc. • Redesigned the internal employee app of Constellation Brands, a Fortune-500 company, to incorporate new features to that would help employee’s needs and improve the UI design • Designed high fidelity mobile screens, a prototype, and a logo to enhance the visual experience • Conducted desirability and usability tests to ensure all design directions were user-focused Read the case study here: http://leanneplaisted.com/project/ambassador-app ### AmeriCorps VISTA: Resource Development Associate & Designer @ MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Boston, Massachusetts Through my year of volunteer service with AmeriCorps, I contributed to a small mentoring nonprofit in a number of different roles, including serving as a graphic designer and resource development associate. •Created and produced visual assets for the organization and the resource development team by designing print materials, editing and producing videos, and developing blog content • Produced fundraising toolkits and educational resources for our partner organizations and our network Affiliates • Managed Affiliate fundraising support, including running a fundraising subcommittee, coordinating one-on-one Affiliate support, and overseeing “learning calls,” a peer-to-peer learning opportunity ### English Teacher @ VIPKID Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Remote ### Pre-K and Grade 1 Teacher @ Canadian Trillinium School Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Dhaka, Bangladesh • Designed three separate curriculums from scratch with detailed lesson plans tailored to different grade levels • Taught a double Pre-K classroom (Pre-K 3 and 4) and Grade 1 despite limited resources • Successfully helped students reach the academic and emotional development goals of their grade level • Created and distributed daily supplemental materials and communications for parents to encourage proactive engagement in their children’s learning ### Special Education Coordinator @ Canadian Trillinium School Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Dhaka, Bangladesh ### Accounts Manager @ Acoustic Strings of New England Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Keene, NH ### Head Pre-K English Teacher @ Patanadek School Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Khon Kaen, Thailand I taught preschool lessons in an English-Thai bilingual school and created supplementary materials. ## Education ### Certificate in Children's Book Illustration UC San Diego ### Certificate in Front End Web Development UC San Diego ### Certificate in UX/UI Design Flatiron School ### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Double Major: Studio Art & Environmental Studies University of Vermont ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/leanne-zafar - Portfolio: https://www.leanneplaisted.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/leanne JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/leanne/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31