# Rachel Arredondo

> Designer | Thinker

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

I’m a designer & researcher crafting experiences and products in the space between humans, the technology we build, and the systems we inhabit.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ Headspace
Jan 2024 – Present

### Senior UX Designer @ WHIPSAW
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
Leading design and research strategy

### User Experience Designer @ WHIPSAW
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States
Designing digital-physical multi-modal experiences

### Design Researcher @ Human-Computer Interaction Institute - Carnegie Mellon University - School of Computer Science
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Led a research project with the Morphing Matter Lab at CMU designing tools for marine biologists to help with ocean conversation efforts using a mix of materials science and digital fabrication methods.

### User Experience Designer @ Calendly
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States
I transitioned into a UX design role refining my skills in user-centered-design, qualitative user research, and interface design.

- Managed end-to-end product development at a rapidly scaling startup across 3 teams
- Conducted user research calls to identify key user pain points and communicated findings back for sensitive feature changes
- Collaborated with PMs to define multiple user scenarios and flows, wireframes, high-fidelity designs, and interactive prototypes

### Visual Designer / Illustrator @ Calendly
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020
I was brought on as the first visual designer and illustrator for the marketing site. As the company scaled, I refined my skills in systems thinking, UX, and data-driven design.

-Design interactive layouts, icons, and illustrations for pages across the marketing website focusing on user education and increasing conversion

- Conceptualize and created brand assets (illustrations, email templates, animated gifs, icons) for web and mobile platforms for weekly newsletters and feature releases

### Apprentice Potter @ D•O Design Studio
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan

### Assistant Language Teacher @ Japan Exchange and Teaching Program(me) (JET)
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Ibaraki, Japan


## Education
### Master of Human-Computer Interaction in Human Computer Interaction
CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute

### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Digital Arts
University of North Carolina Wilmington

### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing
University of North Carolina Wilmington


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-13