# Olchi Skant

> Principal UX Designer at Pura

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/olchi

I help grow businesses through thoughtful design aligned with customer needs and business priorities. I’ve designed and shipped experiences at companies like Samsung, Amazon, Macy’s, and Pura, supporting products used by thousands to millions of customers.

My work combines hands-on design with an end-to-end view of the customer experience, thinking through how designs will scale as products evolve. In e-commerce, I prioritize reducing friction, setting clear expectations, and designing systems that scale while staying human.

I bring a leadership and strategic mindset to my work — helping teams navigate complexity, move ideas forward in practical phases, and deliver outcomes that support customer growth, retention, and long-term business impact.

## Work Experience
### Principal UX Designer @ Pura
Jan 2025 – Present

### Sr. UX Design Manager @ Samsung Electronics America
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Mountain View, California, United States
Samsung eCommerce / E2E UX design manager xLOB

### UX Design Manager @ Samsung Electronics America
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States
UX team manager /  Lower funnel & Carrier

### Sr. UX Designer @ Samsung Electronics America
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Mountain View, California, United States
UX designer / Lower funnel & Carrier

### Sr. Product Designer - Visual Search & Augmented Reality @ Amazon
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Palo Alto, California, United States

### UX Design Manager, Macy's App & Omni Channel @ Macy's
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
•	Leading UI/UX team to deliver engaging design solutions
•	Managing and overseeing design process
•	Collaborating with cross-functional teams with the focus on improving horizontal experience 
•	Designing holistic experience across platforms that satisfies users, Brand, Marketing, and Business needs
•	Focusing on elevating the craft, keeping the expectations high each step of the way
•	Managing, mentoring, and providing feedback to designers, guiding to deliver final product

•	Oversaw and launched multiple features on core app:
        - Home page redesign
        - Style features: Style Feed & Quiz, Style Boards
        - AR Beauty and AR furniture (Augmented Reality)
        - Star Rewards redesign (Loyalty Program)

•	Oversaw and launched Omni-channel related features - app features improving in-store experience: 
        - Personal Stylist 
        - Macy’s Pay 
        - In-Store Navigation

### Sr. UI/UX/Visual Designer @ Samsung Electronics America
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Mountain View, CA
• Designed and launched Shop Samsung e-commerce app with a million+ downloads and 4.6 star rating on Google Play and App Store
• was responsible for UX/UI and interaction design

### Sr. UI/UX / Visual Designer / Co-Manager @ Samsung Electronics America
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Mountain View, CA
• Designed and launched Milk Music, Samsung’s streaming radio app with 40+ million downloads and 4.4 star rating on Google Play
• Co-Managed and mentored a team of 8 designers, provided design guidance/feedback, was in charge of projects' resourcing and deliverables
• Worked on enhancing the features and user experiences to increase user
adoption and engagement rates
• Responsible for designing and launching the Tablet app
• Collaborated with senior executives and all stakeholders in leadership
(product and engineering), participated in weekly roadmap planning and
prioritizing meetings, assisted in Scrum/Sprint planning with stakeholders
• Conceived patent-pending mobile interfaces in the areas of utility and design
• Milk Music won multiple design awards

### UX/UI Designer @ Samsung Electronics America
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Palo Alto, CA
Company:
Samsung Music Hub is a cloud-based music service. It allows users to listen to music from a variety of Samsung devices. 

Role: Design Music Hub app features, delivering creative design solutions, wireframes to high-fidelity mockups. While working under tight deadlines collaborated with the project managers and engineering teams locally and oversees.

### Graphic, UI/UX Designer @ Tigo Energy
Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 | Log Gatos, CA
Company: Tigo Energy builds hardware and software intelligence into solar energy installations, making them more efficient, more manageable, and safer.

Role:
• Lead re-branding efforts, creating consistent visual identity across the website, software product, email campaigns, marketing materials, and user manuals
• Worked on UI/UX for monitoring web and mobile applications 
• Worked closely with product management, engineering, and customer service teams

### Web and Graphic Designer @ Web Search + Design
Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 | Campbell, CA
Company:  Web Search + Design provides web design, search engine marketing, content management systems and ecommerce services for businesses nationwide. 

Role:
At Web Search + Design I designed engaging websites that helped businesses improve their brand presence and increase consumer traffic. Communicated directly with the clients and presented design concepts to high fidelity design mockups. Collaborated with engineers, provided specs and design documentation, oversaw the product for design consistency and interaction functionality.


## Education
### Design & Applied Arts
San José State University

### Associate of Science - AS in Interactive & Multimedia Technologies
Foothill College

### Associate of Arts - AA in Graphic Design & Computer Graphics
Foothill College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/olchiskant
- Portfolio: https://olchi-skant-ux.squarespace.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13