Highly organized and adaptable designer with past experience designing digital products, pursuing a pivot into interior design. Comfortable working with clients, documenting their needs, and translating those asks into meaningful design outputs.

2023 — 2024ShopifyStaff Product Designer

2023 — 2024

I first worked on the Inbox team, connecting small business owners with their customers via an online chat widget. I later transitioned to the Retail team, where I worked on projects that improved the checkout flow for retail staff using Shopify’s POS system.

Led design on dozens of successful product initiatives

Led effective meetings and presentations

Organized many team-building events, improving retention and satisfaction among members of my team

Wrote scripts for and conducted dozens of user interviews, then synthesized their feedback, analyzed how it related to our organizational goals, and used this information to create impactful design projects

Developed and taught multiple skills-based workshops

2020 — 2023ShopifySenior Product Designer

2020 — 2023

San Francisco Bay Area

2019 — 2020AirbnbExperience Designer

2019 — 2020

San Francisco, California

I worked as part of a small team tasked with making Airbnb the only distribution platform hotels choose to work with, by building out a set of foundational hotel-focused tools for the Airbnb hosting platform.

Led design initiative to adapt Airbnb’s hosting tools to better suit the needs of hoteliers and attract them to the platform

Wrote scripts for and conducted dozens of user interviews, then synthesized feedback to establish usability and design direction

Documented existing tools, knowledge, and processes to streamline onboarding new team members

2016 — 2019HotelTonightProduct Designer

2016 — 2019

San Francisco, California

As part of a very small team, I led a huge variety of user experience & marketing design projects:

Redesigned the mobile web hotel-booking experience, leading to a +8% checkout conversion lift

Designed multiple iterations of the hotel-facing inventory loader to support additional bookable dates and preference customizations for consumers

Wrote scripts for and led over 100 hotel partner feedback sessions

Contributed to the creation and maintenance of a design system

2013 — 2017Self-employedFreelance Graphic Designer

2013 — 2017

Oakland, CA

Worked on a variety of graphics projects including logo design, visual identity development, product design, marketing materials, and document design

Clients include IDEO.org, Allume, Metro Lighting, Classic Recasts, West Berkeley Design Loop, and Walden Center & School, as well as several non-commercial individuals