# Molly D. > Senior Design Director | Head of Product Design | AI Product Strategy ex: Palm, Twitter, Intuit Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/mollyd Design leader with a 15+ year track record of scaling high-performing teams and shipping AI-driven products people love. Combines strategic foresight with deep product intuition, bridging emerging technology and human-centered design. Known for transforming design organizations into empowered, cross-functional partners who deliver measurable business impact. ## Work Experience ### Senior Director of Product Design @ Articulate Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 -Led product design and user research across a suite of AI-powered learning products that achieved a 28% seat attach rate and drove millions in revenue. -Scaled the design organization from 6 to 18, implementing the tripod model and building user research, design systems, growth, and design operations from the ground up. -Partnered with product and engineering leadership and executive stakeholders to define the company’s generative AI strategy, turning novel technology into user-centered solutions that drive conversion. -Enabled the design organization to integrate AI into research, prototyping, and design operations, improving efficiency and creativity across teams. ### Director, Product Design @ HOVER Inc. Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 Managed and grew two teams of designers and a content designer for HOVER, an augmented reality construction startup. Defined and executed on product strategy through close collaboration with cross-functional peers in engineering and product. ### Head of Product and Design @ Puppo (Mars Petcare Innovation Group) Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 Led Product and Design for Puppo, a direct-to-consumer personalized dog food startup out of Mars Petcare's Innovation group. Oversaw product strategy, UX and marketing design, and user research through a mix of freelancers, design consultancies, and internal partnerships. ### Design Director/Design Strategist @ Intuit Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 As Design Director/Strategist in Intuit's central Innovation Group, I lead the company wide MR, VR, and AR research initiatives. I provided direction and strategic support to other concurrent projects, including AI, blockchain, chatbots, voice interfaces, and next-gen data visualization. ### Design Lead on Direct Messages @ Twitter Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 Working with the Product and Engineering lead, I created a product strategy for Twitter's Direct Messages platform across mobile and web. We implemented foundational features like: group DMs, gif reactions, and sharing a tweet to a group. ### UX Strategy Lead @ LG Electronics Silicon Valley Lab Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Led cross functional teams to create vision and design for the award winning webOS Smart TV platform and other new products. ### Design Manager, webOS User Experience @ gram (formerly Palm) Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 Lead cross functional teams to define the webOS user experience across multiple form factors. Started with tablet and mobile, moved to lead webOS' first smart tv design. Helped define the vision/mission/values for gram, HP's new startup. ### Senior UX Designer @ HP Palm Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 Lead and designed the default Calendar, Contacts, Memos, To Dos, and Messaging apps for the HP Touchpad. Contributed to the webOS system patterns and enyo app components. ### Senior UX Designer @ Cisco Flip Video Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 Created designs for the OS for the new Flip Live video camera, as well as new 0-1 product features. ## Education ### BFA in Fine Art, Art History Florida State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/davismolly --- Source: https://flows.cv/mollyd JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/mollyd/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25