# Michael Brandley

> Designing Gen AI-enhanced experiences at McKinsey & Company

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/michaelbrandley

I'm a product designer and strategist with a business background, experienced in leading a team of designers and working with a variety of large and small companies in various stages of maturity to identify and create human-centered solutions to business goals. I have a demonstrated history of working in agile development teams and management consulting and am proficient in product design, user experience, user interface, design-thinking, workshop facilitation, user testing, UX research, and rapid prototyping.

## Work Experience
### Product Design Lead (Senior Designer II) @ McKinsey & Company
Jan 2026 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Product Design Lead (Senior Designer I) @ McKinsey & Company
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | New York, New York, United States
Joined the company full-time after having contracted with them through my previous employer.

### Product Designer, McKinsey Alumni Center @ McKinsey & Company
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | Greater New York City Area
Design Lead and Product Designer for the McKinsey Alumni Center. Redesigned the entire Alumni Center portal, taking it from web2.0 to a fully-responsive, modern interface and experience, incorporating it into McKinsey's broader design system, expanding the design system, and enhancing and refining the user experience of the site. Fully integrated into the product and agile development teams.

### User Experience Designer @ McKinsey & Company
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area
UX and UI design contractor for McKinsey Digital (formerly MDL: McKinsey Digital Labs), McKinsey Design, and McKinsey.com. Worked as part of client engagement teams to use design to solve their business problems and create digital experiences, using a human-centered approach.

### Product Design & User Experience Lead @ Bridger
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater New York City Area
Design lead at Bridger. I work with clients to fully design their product (user flows, user experience, design system, and the user interface) and work with teams to build it in an agile manner. Also organize, facilitate, and participate in concept sprints and workshops for clients, helping them take an idea or problem, research it, come up with multiple solutions, flesh it out, prototype it, and ultimately test it with users before committing to building it, saving time and money.

### Senior User Experience Designer @ Bridger
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area

### UI / UX Designer @ Bridger
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | New York, NY
User experience, user interface, and product design for mobile and web devices, branding, design consulting.

### Freelance Graphic Designer @ Michael Brandley
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014

### Office Manager and Marketing Associate @ eClerx
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | New York, New York

### Audit Associate @ KPMG US
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012

### Associate Authentication Analyst @ DigiCert, Inc.
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Lindon, UT


## Education
### Professional Certificate in Graphic Design
Shillington Education

### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Accounting
Brigham Young University

### School of Visual Arts


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/michaelbrandley
- Website: http://michaelbrandley.com

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Last updated: 2026-02-23