# Peter Odum > Lead Product Designer / User Experience Director Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/peterodum User Experience/Interaction Design expert. Strong interest and experience with robotics, A.I., and similar technical concepts. Strategic and hands-on design experience design for mobile and web as well. Accomplished in Consumer Product, B2B, Gaming, and Social/Community-based apps and websites. Comfortable leading teams, driving product design, creating branded experiences, and communicating design ideas to a variety of audiences. Enjoy mentoring designers to best potential. Extensive work designing, prototyping, documenting and communicating design processes to all audiences. Specialties: • Product Design Strategy • Interactive Strategy for Mobile and Web • Interaction Design Direction • Design Workflow/Process • Management and Mentoring • Game Interactions ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ SewerAI Jan 2024 – Present • Product design and user experience for an AI-driven underground infrastructure startup. • Developing designs and processes from initial research to finished products. • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless product development. ### Freelance Product Designer @ Peter Odum, Designer Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Sr. Product Designer @ June (Acquired by Weber-Stephen Products LLC) Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Head of Product Design @ Enlighted Inc Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Santa Clara, California, United States ### Sr. Manager, Creative Group @ Anki Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Product Design and User Experience Strategy for Home Robotics/A.I. Products. Managed Creative team (UX, UI/Art, Sound Design, Technical Product Design, Animation) ### UX Lead @ REDSHIFT Digital, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area User Experience Design for mobile, web, and new technologies. ### Freelance UX/IX Designer @ Freelance User Experience/Interaction Designer Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 Freelance work for a variety of businesses. iOS and Android work for phone and tablet native apps, from interactive strategy to creation of working prototypes. ### Director of Design @ Captricity Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Oakland, California • Led and managed UX initiatives for this highly successful SAAS web startup • Championed user experience for Product Division, drove user experience for major new product initiatives. • Created Internal Design Pattern Library to ensure consistency and uniformity of front-end solutions, so front-end code only had to be perfected once. • Led internal education workshops and presentations to help staff create quality user experiences • Created Interactive Prototypes for new features so execs could interact directly with solutions before actual development commenced. ### Director of Creative Services @ Disney Interactive Jan 2009 – Jan 2014 | Palo Alto, CA Interaction Design and Visual Design management, strategy and planning. Led combined team in creating groundbreaking socially networked web and mobile game experiences. ### Sr. Interaction Designer @ Punchcut Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 Created interaction systems for cutting-edge mobile and tablet devices (and other consumer devices) and for the web, designed full systems as well as features and applications. Also built and led client design exercises, was Editor of Idlemode company blog, and drove redesign of Punchcut UI/UX documentation and symbolic language systems. ### Sr. User Experience Architect, Digital Group @ Gyro International Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 Building user experience discipline for Digital Group at Gyro San Francisco. Creating process and documentation standards, designing & documenting interactive content for Fortune 500 clients. ### Lead UI Designer @ Electronic Arts Jan 2001 – Jan 2006 Responsible for designing & documenting new functions, behaviors and standards as well as identifying and documenting existing features for Pogo.com community-based website(s) and PC based application(s). Manage less experienced interface designers, and work directly with other designers, producers, visual designers and engineers to realize successful and user-friendly designs, and maintain a thriving online community. ## Education ### BFA in BA, Studio Art, Art History Southern Methodist University ### Visual Arts Arts Magnet High School Dallas TX ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/peter-odum - Website: http://portfolio.peterodum.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/peterodum JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/peterodum/resume.json Last updated: 2026-02-23