# Sarah Vaughn > Senior Product Designer at Ford Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/sarahvaughn I am a UX Designer with seven years of design experience creating and shipping products at Ford Motor Company and the Devices Design Group at Amazon. ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ Ford Motor Company Jan 2024 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States ### UX Designer II @ Amazon Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | Seattle, Washington, United States I led the Widget Gallery, Configuration, and Widget Shortcuts experiences. I have shipped experiences that can be found on our multimodal devices including the Echo Show 5, 8, 10, and 15, Echo Hub, Fire TV, and Fire Tablets. Prior to this, I worked on the Alexa Design System team where my role was to create new and improved components, templates, and guidelines in a way that would support our stakeholders as well as scale across each of our device types including mobile experiences, Echo Show, Fire Tablets, and Fire TV. I socialized our design system through implementing our very first newsletter, holding office hours and hosting the monthly Alexa Designer Sync. ### UX Designer @ SkyKick Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Greater Seattle Area At SkyKick I worked on establishing a Design System and desktop Framework providing Cloud Services to our IT partners so they may manage their workflow including hiring, onboarding, email, and backup services. ### Technical Account Manager @ SkyKick Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Greater Seattle Area Collaborating with IT professionals and empowering them to become more successful with their clients in the Cloud. ### UX Designer (Capstone) @ Brooks Running Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area As part of the Capstone with SVC worked directly with Brooks Design team to head the redesign of the new Running Tips blog page. I led the UX/UI design including the creation of personas, wireframes, low to medium-fidelity prototypes, and performing user research. ### Educator @ Bellevue School District Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater Seattle Area Taught sections of Media Technology, Video Production, and U.S. History. This included teaching students the use of Adobe Suite applications such as Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Premiere Pro as well as creating webpages with HTML and CSS. ### Digital Content Creator @ The Outbound Collective Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Greater Seattle Area Published articles and corresponding photography detailing hiking/backpacking trips to target audiences. Promoted and grew The Outbound Collective community via social media and other platforms. Contributed unique articles sharing local knowledge and experiences of outdoor adventures to The Outbound Journal. ### Contract Photographer @ Hipcamp Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Greater Seattle Area Photographed and documented campgrounds to be used on web and social media. Promoted landshares by providing photos and written articles made for web and numerous media outlets. Scouted new listings while growing the online community through social media. ### Educator @ Spring Branch ISD Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Houston, Texas Area As a World Cultures teacher, I motivated students to build their curiosity in learning the history and culture of the world. Lead a section of Gifted and Talented students- created a classroom environment that allows students to foster their own creativity and explore their own learning while following a set curriculum. Incorporated several learning strategies, such as a unique webpage, online debates, literature initiatives, Cornell-Note Taking, and a specialized five-step vocabulary program. ### Educator @ Humble ISD Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Houston, Texas Area International Baccalaureate School with each lesson and unit prepared containing an appropriate Area of Interaction and Learner Profile to enhance the engagement in lessons and value to students. Use of technology incorporated into several lessons using iPads and webpages including but not limited to Glogster, BBC Languages, Conjuguemos, iTunesU, Spotify, and Free Rice. ### Educator @ Saint Joseph Academy (Cleveland, OH) Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area Student Teacher- Prepared lessons for block classes for Spanish 2 and Honors Spanish 3. Lessons included questioning using methods of Costa Higher Level Questioning, facilitated use of Cornell Note-Taking Skills, exhibited scaffolding, and often incorporated the use of technology. ## Education ### User Experience School of Visual Concepts ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Education Baldwin Wallace University ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Social Sciences, Spanish Bowling Green State University ### Study Abroad Program in Spanish Language and Literature Centro Universitario Cardenal Cisneros ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sarah-vaughn-a8300354 - Website: https://www.sarahnvaughn.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/sarahvaughn JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/sarahvaughn/resume.json Last updated: 2026-02-23