# Nor Sanavongsay

> Building design systems to empower teams and elevate experiences.

Location: Manteca, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/norsanavongsay

Senior Product Designer with a passion for evolving design systems at scale to deliver seamless and impactful product experiences. Proven track record of solving complex design problems, and fostering a culture of creativity and design-driven problem-solving.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer, Design Systems @ Workday
Jan 2015 – Present | Pleasanton, CA
• Design visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces for desktop, mobile, and web products, ensuring platform consistency and alignment with evolving design system standards.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with developers and product managers to ensure seamless design-to-implementation workflows and timely project releases.
• Design and execute usability testing on evolving design system components, ensuring alignment with cross-platform standards for optimal user experience.
• Developed custom Figma plugins (Workflow Steps widget, Component Doc Preview) to streamline design processes, enhance team efficiency, and boost component consistency.
• Championed design system adoption within the Product organization through workshops, talks, and community initiatives, promoting system understanding, engagement, and creative contributions.

### Story Mentor @ Sahtu Press, Inc.
Jan 2013 – Present | Dublin, CA
• Write and Illustrate picture storybooks for the Lao American audience
• Promote inclusion and diversity
• Manage publishing contents
• Advise on new business initiatives and direction

### Visual Storytelling + Design @ Art of Nor
Jan 1996 – Jan 2024 | Worldwide
• Solve complex interaction problems
• Bring imaginative characters to life through animation
• Write and illustrate lasting, entertaining children's books

### Senior Visual Designer @ Barnes & Noble College
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | Palo Alto, CA
• Design interfaces for desktop, mobile, and web products
• Create style guides and maintain branding
• Partner with Developers  and Product Managers on Design Iterations
• Help with design research and user testing

### Senior Product Designer @ Zoosk
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Design visually appealing interfaces for mobile and web products
• Create style guides and maintain brand consistency
• Enforce fit-and-finish to ensure quality products through Design QA
• Help with design research and user testing

### Director of Creative Technology @ Jacobson Rost
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010
• Manage the digital production team
• Work closely with Art Directors and Developers on creating rich interactive media
• Design and develop websites, ad banners, mobile apps, and most things digital.

### Senior Front End Engineer @ Peak6
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009
• Design, program and maintain PEAK6 Retail sites (ONN.tv, WeSeed.com)
• Technologies used: HTML, CSS, javaScript, PHP and JSP
• Made sure sites are Search Engine Optimized and enhanced for accessibility
• Work closely with business, developers, and designers to deliver great looking, easy to use products 
• Translate all retail sites to multiple outlets including mobile devices

### Contract Front-end Developer @ Addison Search
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008
Designed, developed, and maintained websites from many different industries.

### Front-end Developer @ Sears Holdings Corporation
Jan 2005 – Jan 2008 | Hoffman Estates, IL
• Design, program and maintain code for Sears family of sites
• Technologies used: HTML, CSS, and javaScript. 
• Converted legacy codes to modern form such removing all table-based layout to CSS-layout

### Freelance Web Design/IT @ Save a Life Foundation
Jan 2005 – Jan 2005
Provided user computer support while, maintaining corporate website and developing children's website.

### Freelance Web Design @ Demi & Cooper Advertising
Jan 2005 – Jan 2005
Front-end developer for various client websites. Roles include: HTML, CSS, javaScript coder; Flash animator and developer; Motion Graphics designer using After Effects.

### Multimedia Developer @ First Health
Jan 2003 – Jan 2005
Develop CDROM presentations and manage some parts of the corporate website.

### Senior Interactive Designer @ Thinktank, LLC
Jan 2000 – Jan 2002
Website front-end developer, and Director and Flash programmer. Designed and developed various websites and interactive media for high profile clients.

### Web Designer @ Townsend Agency
Jan 1999 – Jan 2000
Created CD-ROM presentations and websites for big brands and local businesses.

### Web Designer @ Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 1998 – Jan 1999
Designed and developed website spotlights. Some of the websites I worked was featured in USA Today and was well recognized.

http://kids.britannica.com/dinosaurs/dinosaurs/index.html
http://kids.britannica.com/coasters/
http://kids.britannica.com/clockworks/startpage.html
http://www.britannica.com/britishinvasion/home.html


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects
Northern Illinois University
Jan 1993 – Jan 1998


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nor
- Website: https://nor.sanavongsay.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-07