# Nathalie Jarquin

> Design Lead | Creating Intuitive User Experiences

Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nathaliejarquin

UX/UI Portfolio: https://nathaliejarquin.com/
Multidisciplinary Portfolio: https://nathaliejarquin.myportfolio.com/

## Work Experience
### Design Lead @ Upwork
Jan 2021 – Present
Upwork Profile: https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/njqn

Previous Consultant for NVIDIA, Shutterstock, Turbosquid, and many more...

As part of Upwork’s Top Rated program, I have a 100% job success rate on their freelancer marketplace and completed over 13 contracts with startups and several large enterprises, providing consultation and strategic design advice to executive teams.

I specialize in helping businesses of all sizes—startups to enterprises—through intuitive UX/UI design, impactful graphics, and custom illustrations. I deliver actionable steps and detailed plans, ensuring clients gain value even if I’m not hired long-term.

### UX Design Lead | 3D Innovation & Marketplace (Turbosquid x NVIDIA) // 3D Gen AI & OpenUSD @ Shutterstock
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York City Metropolitan Area
As an external consultant within Shutterstock’s network, I was elevated to the role of UX Lead for the 3D division after being a Senior Product Designer for their Enterprise software & AI Search tools. Responsible for UX Design for all 3D ecosystem touchpoints in the customer journey / creator journey. Collaborated with the Product Innovation team to design the MVP requirements concept of Shutterstock x NVIDIA’s 3D Gen AI digital experience. Reported to VPs & Senior Directors of Product Design across the company.

### Design Lead | Biomedical AI @ SURGERi Inc.
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New Jersey, United States
Using a combination of descriptive statistics, exploratory data analysis and predictive analytics, we are helping surgeons and researchers identify the most effective treatment available for their patients, build a risk profile of their patients before they undergo surgeries and analyze historical surgical data sets for the purpose of accumulating research findings and accelerating recovery.

### Senior Designer | Design & Branding Agency @ thinkdm2
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New Jersey, United States
Branding agency for emerging technology companies and existing technology corporations such as Intel.

### Senior Product Designer | AI & Creative Flow (As seen in commercials) @ Shutterstock
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
* Created the next iteration of Shutterstock's AI content curation tool used internationally by SSTK's data science and content team.
* Leading Shutterstock's Enterprise and eCommerce SaaS product design—supporting Shutterstock's growth loops connected by stock content, creative tools, and collaborative tools.
* Allowed 400k users to save their designs and uploads from our legacy creative tool, Editor.
* Leading the baseline UX Research study of Shutterstock's main B2B & B2C products to tackle core usability issues that affect most high revenue stakeholders.

### Product Designer & UX Researcher | Medical office SaaS, Invoicing, & eCommerce @ Delta Dental Ins.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Oakland, California, United States
* Leads Research Analytics for all B2C & B2B eCommerce applications and portals which affect 80 million Americans and $18.7B in benefits.
* Validated claim submission feature improvements for our healthcare management SaaS, Provider Tools which has affected 8M+ claims.
* Conducts usability tests as well as A/B testing to create & iterate products that led to a 50% improvement in customer satisfaction.

### Project Coordinator | Commercialization Department @ Proteus Digital Health, Inc
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017
* Architected corporate communication strategy for a highly confidential FDA press release announcing their approval of the world’s first digital medicine sensor in a company valued at $1.5B.
* Managed & prioritized commercialization marketing initiatives to direct corporate strategy timelines & milestones which led to being #1 trending topic on CNN, Facebook and Twitter.
* Led project plans, enumerated project risks, & facilitated status reports to measure cross-functional progress.

### Executive Assistant to CFO, CCO, & Commercialization Department @ Nasdaq Calypso Technology
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, California, United States
Oversaw compliance & maintenance of M&A documentation during our $500M Private Equity Buyout.
Ensured that invoice payments with pricing up to $5M were processed to bank customers & vendors.


## Education
### Innovation & Entrepreneurship Certification in Strategic Implementation
Stanford University

### UX/UI Certification at UC Berkeley Extension
University of California, Berkeley

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
San José State University

### High School Diploma in Scholarship
St. Ignatius College Preparatory


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nathaliejarquin
- Portfolio: https://nathaliejarquin.com/

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Last updated: 2026-04-13