# Patrick Albin > UX Product Design Leader / Strategist Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/patrickalbin I am an Experience Designer specializing in digital product strategy and innovation. I thrive on fostering collaboration across cross-functional teams to develop intelligent, impactful, and forward-thinking design solutions that address complex brand challenges. I believe that exceptional design is the cornerstone of successful business outcomes—for both brands and their users. email: patrickalbin@gmail.com patrickalbin.com Skills: Team Leadership Business Goals Discovery Design Thinking Design Sprints Strategic Planning Figma Prototypes Wireframes Viability Assessments Product Marketing Goal Directed Design & Development User Research Target User Behaviors Presentations Stakeholder Management Technical Perimeters Risk Management Concept Modeling Requirements Definitions ## Work Experience ### UX Product Designer / Strategist @ UX Product Design Consultant Jan 2006 – Present UX Product Designer, working with clients including Presbyterian Health Care, Walmart Labs, A3Ventures, Gap Inc. Direct, Nearbynow.com, Epinions.com, Wikibrowse, Kaiser Permanente, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Nortel, and Charles Schwab. Responsible for UX Strategy, Design Sprints, UX Research, Prototyping, UI Design, Visual Design and Interaction Design of web sites and native applications. Collaborates with project and account managers, visual designers, and engineers to define and communicate business requirements, design constraints, and customer needs. ### Sr. UX Product Designer @ Presbyterian Healthcare Services Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Remote In my role as a Senior UX Product Designer (Contract) at Presbyterian Healthcare Services, I conducted user research and analysis to identify friction points in the 'Find a Doctor' feature of their online experience. I designed an AI-driven 'Find a Doctor' feature that integrated provider and member data to intelligently match patients with doctors. Additionally, I led the redesign of the Provider Portal and supported the implementation of new features for providers and their administrative support teams. I also established a design pattern and component library to accelerate design and development efforts. ### Sr. Manager UX Strategy @ Blue Shield of California Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Oakland, California, United States Lead a team of UX and content strategists to design and develop user-friendly tools and feature enhancements for members, brokers, and providers • Launch responsive Web and Native mobile app features that helped members close care gaps by providing clear access to care, health management, improved claims and appeals processes, and AutoPay • Lead strategy for a six-month data-driven ‘Digital 2.0’ initiative; conduct design sprints, user research, viability studies, and concept prototyping for new member experiences ### Digital UX Strategist, Principal at Blue Shield of California @ Blue Shield of California Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Oakland, California, United States Provided strategic oversight and led the design and implementation of digital product enhancements for members • Strategized, designed, and supported the development of a new and improved message center for Billing and Payments on rWeb, iOS, and Android native apps • Prototyped a mobile dashboard of simple and actionable data-driven product features for members to access services and care ### Senior UX Product Designer @ Blue Shield of California Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Oakland, California ### Design Co-Founder @ ThreadWeather Jan 2014 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area ThreadWeather is a mobile fashion discovery platform and weather app that enables designers, brands, retailers, fashion influencers and style mavens to acquire and re-engage their audience in a contextually relevant environment. Our mobile fashion/weather platform moves beyond targeting and segmenting using editorial like creative, data and predictive models to deliver a relevant and dynamic mobile fashion/weather experience. ThreadWeathers visual and information-rich experience makes it easy for brands and content creators to acquire new customers and helps re-engage their pre-existing users to drive brand awareness and sales. ### Senior UX Product Designer @ A3Ventures Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Berkeley, California, United States Senior Product Designer responsible for understanding user and business goals, design thinking sessions, developing concept prototype's, user testing, product marketing, and growth. ### Senior UX Product Designer @ Walmart Labs Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area - UI/UX competitive research - Design sprinting to reduce the risk of bringing a new product to market - Visual Design for responsive web, android and iOS - One of a very small group of talented product designers responsible for Walmarts *new* Baby Registry. Share it with friends expecting, they'll love your for it :) ### Senior Product Designer (Growth) @ Quantcast Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 ### Senior Product Designer @ Healthline Networks, Inc. Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 ### Director UX Design @ YLighting | YLiving Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Design Director Online Marketing YLighting, YLiving and YBath ### UX Product Designer @ One Medical Group Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco (acquired by Amazon) Product designer for medical online services for iPhone, iPad, Web, and Android devices. Developed a unified visual direction for digital properties including online physician tools and new feature development. Worked with marketing team on developing preliminary branding direction. ### UX Product Designer @ Kno, Inc. (Acquired by Intel) Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Santa Clara (acquired by Intel) Experience designer for digital learning software for iPad, Web, Android and Windows 8 devices. Developed interaction, functional and visual specifications, persona's and interaction flows across multiple platforms. Also acted as project and product manager. ### Design Founder @ The Garden Geek Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 Conceptualized, produced, and developed a topical social discovery network and knowledge sharing tool for gardeners. Involved in all aspects of the design and development process including project scoping, project management, usability and information architecture, art direction and design, development and production. Conducted marketplace research on topical social networks, designed information architecture, interaction design and visual design. ### User Experience Designer @ eBay Advertising Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 ### Digital Design Director @ Safeway Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 Directed and designed all site marketing communications including weekly emails, homepage content, external portal placements and direct mail. Also creative directed and managed production of direct-to-consumer micro sites. Developed creative department. Purchased hardware and software and hired subcontractors to assist in an ongoing basis as well as to assist on special projects. Developed digital asset management system to manage and track photography, archives and other assets. Developed workflow process to streamline communications between marketing, creative and IT. ### UX Product Designer @ Gap Inc. Jan 2000 – Jan 2003 Designed e-commerce shops, weekly emails, billboards, and external portal placements for banarepublic.com and gap.com. Worked closely with marketing and merchandising teams to understand business goals and collaborate on projects. Partnered with the technical design department to create functional design solutions. Developed process and workflow to minimize turnaround time while maximizing creativity. ### Visual Merchandising @ Nordstrom Jan 1989 – Jan 1997 Designed and produced window displays, in-store fashion show sets, and coordinated in-store parties and visual displays for large events. Managed promotional and labor budgets. Recognized for increases in department sales tracked directly to in-store promotions windows and displays. Interviewed and hired visual team, trained staff and managers in Nordstrom visual standards. ## Education ### Multimedia Studies Program San Francisco State University ### Graphic Design and Photography Long Beach City College ### Design in photography, museums, books, travel, music, home, gardening, relationships, observations. Autodidact, School of Life ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/patrick-albin - Portfolio: http://patrickalbin.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/patrickalbin JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/patrickalbin/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13