# Leor Maizel > Principal Product Designer | Microsoft | SharePoint AI Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/leormaizel I'm a Product Designer from Seattle. I’m a generalist who enjoys all stages of the design process from early-stage research all the way to post-launch evaluation and iteration. I have 9+ years of experience with companies from seed stage to Fortune 500, including FinTech, Travel, Civic Tech, and Commercial Real Estate. Reach me at leormaizel@gmail.com ## Work Experience ### Principal Product Designer @ Microsoft Jan 2024 – Present | Greater Seattle Area Designer on Copilot in SharePoint & OneDrive ### Senior Designer @ Microsoft Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 Designer on Viva Topics ### Visiting Mentor, Human-Centered Design Program @ Whitman College Jan 2024 – Present ### Senior Product Designer @ Prophia, Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Greater Seattle Area Sole & founding designer, employee #2, and key member at startup’s earliest stages. Helped drive original problem space research and validation; designed & spec'ed MVP features; designed logo and branding. To this day I am the sole IC, responsible for the research and design of the entire platform, including all customer and internal-facing functionality. I frequently serve as PM, owning requirement definition and release planning. I also manage a recurring research program with customers (including some of the largest commercial property owners in the world) to validate product ideas and generate insight for our product roadmap. ### Product Designer @ Socrata Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Seattle, Washington Primary designer for Socrata’s new major product initiative–an internal data-sharing platform for government agencies; conducted generative & evaluative research to help determine MVP deliverables; led massive coordination effort to adapt existing platform UX to meet new requirements. My work toward this MVP directly contributed to the company’s attractiveness as an acquisition by Tyler Tech. Designed Socrata’s state-level financial transparency product, directly enabling the closing of Socrata's highest ARR deals. ### User Experience Designer @ Booking.com Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Seattle Primary IC designer for both of BookingSuite’s major new products: a hotel website CMS and a property management product. My role encompassed the entire product lifecycle, including generative research, requirement definition, prototyping, working with developers throughout the build process, and evaluative testing methodologies i.e. IA tree-testing, first-click analysis, and moderated eye-tracking usability sessions. After a strategic pivot, I led the design for integrating the above products into Booking.com’s existing B2B platform with a reach of over 1 million hotels. As part of this integration, I was able to improve host-to-guest communication by 391%, and reduce inbound CS support requests by over 700 hours per quarter. ### User Experience Designer @ PitchBook Data Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 On this newly-formed product team, I was IC, PM, and mentor to two other designers. I served as one of two team leads, owning projects such as improving the platform’s primary search functionality, core financial data visualizations, and platform-wide LinkedIn and Excel integrations. ### User Experience Designer @ Optimal Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Kirkland, WA I led the redesign of two of the company's major new lead-generation website launches; conducted competitive & SEO research to plan new site content and features; designed site architecture and user flows; measured and optimized user engagement and conversion metrics, implemented designs in clean and responsive HTML/CSS; mentored new hires. ### Agency Systems Technician @ QBE North America Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Bellevue, Washington Created support protocols, including documentation and tutorials for online components of company’s new products; Provided direct support to agents with insurance-rating software interfaces. ### Consultant @ Whitman College Technology Services Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 | Walla Walla, Washington Aided faculty and students in the use of educational technology, including computers, computer networks, multimedia, videoconferencing, and telecommunication capabilities on campus. Developed educational instruction materials for campus technology. ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Minor in Politics Whitman College Jan 2005 – Jan 2009 ### JavaScript Seattle Central College Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 ### User Experience Design in HTML/CSS School of Visual Concepts Jan 2012 ### HTML in CSS, User Experience Design Bellevue College Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 ### High School Diploma Seattle Academy Jan 2000 – Jan 2004 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/leormaizel --- Source: https://flows.cv/leormaizel JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/leormaizel/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30