# Scott C. > Design & Strategy Leadership Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/scottc Seasoned design leader with years of experience building, growing and leading great teams that create, launch and continue to build amazing products used and loved by millions of customers across the globe. ## Work Experience ### Head of Design @ Kai Jan 2026 – Present | San Jose, CA Kai is the AI company rebuilding cybersecurity for the machine-speed era. The Kai Agentic AI Platform replaces fragmented, human-limited workflows with agentic AI systems that continuously contextualize, assess, reason, and execute security work at machine speed. ### Head of Design @ ZetaChain Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 Leading a team of talented designers and engineers building universal products for the multi-chain experience. Leading the initiative on our products for design, experience and strategy of all our products and initiatives across our core-products, venture wing and grants programs. ### Head of Product Design @ Ignite (formerly Tendermint Inc.) Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 Led the cross-functional, globally distributed team crafting and building the products while driving the the strategy, design and user experience for our 3 Cosmos blockchain-focused products. Led the the Ignite Launchpad product - a platform for proof-of-stake blockchains to launch, promote and [Redacted] for their projects. Also led the Ignite CLI experience - a command line tool to help scaffold build and launch cosmos-based blockchains and the Ignite Blockchain (Co-Authored Whitepaper: https://github.com/tendermint/spn/blob/main/papers/whitepaper.pdf). Responsible for maintaining the vision, strategy, planning and execution of the products and their features, functionality, and experience while guiding an amazing team of designers while working along side the cross-functional team to create loved products. Collaborated closely with others on the leadership team, engineering, business development, legal and operations to help move towards our target milestones, dates, goals and craft new solutions for challenges we face leading up to launch while going through a company spinout process. ### Director of Product Design @ Ignite (formerly Tendermint Inc.) Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 Led the Starport product design team building the first Cosmos launchpad for builders, validators and retail crypto consumers. ### Product Design Director @ Google Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 Brought in to help the team transform the future of search for Google. Led a team of multi-discplinary designers including motion/interaction designers, visual designers, creative directors and associate creative directors while working closely with project managers, coordinators and producers to quickly explore, iterate, prototype, test and create a scalable product. Worked with a cross-functional team across the organization including UXR, Engineering, and Product to create a cohesive strategy with opportunities for partnerships and revenue streams. Partnered with UX research to conduct user studies and customer interviews to better understand how to create a new product to meet the needs, habits and desires of our customers and ensure work was yielding desirable outcomes. ### Product Design Director @ Freelance Jan 2015 – Jan 2021 | Global Freelance Product Design Director helping companies build and launch their most complex and innovative products. Helping clients to ideate and innovate on a variety of digital and physical products and experiences. Innovating through digital strategy and design across various touch-points including desktop, mobile, wearables, physical products, AI, AR, VR, blockchain and more. Creating experiences that build value for the business while delighting the users and meeting their needs of the product. Helping cross functional partners craft and implement product roadmaps, experience plan, strategy and operational logistics to help my teams work in lock step to deliver upon condensed timelines and lofty goals. Clients: Adidas, Google, Disney, Industrial Light & Magic, Lucasfilm, GoPro, Bowers & Wilkins, IBM, The Weather Channel, UBS, Audemars Piguet, NTT/DoCoMo, Verifone, Chevrolet, SCUF Gaming, Subzero & Wolf, Amazon, Meta (Facebook), Sky, Marriott, Pokémon, Sonos Agency Clients: UNIT9, 72&Sunny, Odopod, Stinkdigital, Jam3, MediaMonks, Fantasy ### Director of Design @ PLATFORM Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area Leading the global team and guiding the business with the partners. Led the Strategy, Experience and Design for the agency while strategically growing the experience and design practice serving our clients from around the globe. Hands-on with all aspects of the business to help drive the company forward, grow the team and enable them to flourish and especially driving success for clients. ### Lead Product Designer @ Facebook Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 Worked with teams for the Libra, Calibra and Preventive Health products in a variety of strategy, design, ux and research-driven capacities. ### Lead Product Designer @ The Weather Company, an IBM Business Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 Launched the MVP and post-launch evolution for the Flagship weather app outside the US. Teamed up with the Product Owner to create the strategic vision and product roadmap for 2017 to 2020 and helped the team deliver on the strategy. Responsible for the user experience and design of their new flagship app. Built a variety of crucial team tools including creating the companies first unified Design System and helping to promote collaboration and real-time sharing across company verticals and between engineering and design. Helped get the product team 30 sprints (a little over a year’s worth) ahead of engineering and was asked to help lead the charge for all their products including iOS, Android, Samsung and Web across verticals. Highlights: • Launched the flagship Android app outside the US and grew it to accommodate 40 languages and more than 100 markets • Grew to 10 million MAUs • 4.5 Stars in Google Play store • Partnered with the Product Director to create the strategic vision for the product for 2017 through 2020 and helped deliver on the strategy, experience and design • Created team tools and the company’s first unified Design System; helping to promote collaboration, real-time sharing and consistency across platforms and verticals ### Lead UX Designer @ Google Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 Helped transform the Firebase product site to better communicate the new portfolio of features that were added to the product following the re-organization of developer toolsets for mobile under the Google umbrella. Lead the UX and experience strategy for the new Firebase product site. ### Lead Product Designer @ GoPro Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 Led the product experience for GoPro Fusion starting with the initial 3D printed prototype. Worked with the team to prototype the MVP for GoPro’s new consumer VR device. Created the software strategy and product experience for the end-to-end experience... launch screen to sharing and everything in between. Successfully created a great experience for capturing, sharing and creating with their new spherical video device. ### Experience Design Director @ Fantasy Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco, CA In charge of the most complex and innovative projects at Fantasy. Responsible for overseeing and leading multi-track accounts for top-tier clients and partnering with the Global UX Director to lead the globally dispersed team in 6 offices located across 4 countries and 5 time-zones. Worked on a variety of projects producing digital strategy and UX design across various touch points. Created UX plans, strategy plans and experiences that can be mapped directly to the business requirements and user needs of a project. Played a major role in business development through pitches, cost estimations, resourcing and client presentations. Helped to shape the UX department across offices, managing, mentoring and directing UX designers throughout the UX process. Provided team guidance and education on project planning, discovery research, user research and analysis, requirements definition, conceptual design, content planning, interaction planning, and interaction specifications. Clients: Adobe, Citi, Facebook, Firestone, Google, Harvard, Pfizer, Philip Morris, Sony, Synack, The Weather Channel, Verizon, Wacom ### Design Lead @ Freelance Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 ### Product Design Lead @ Match Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Dallas, TX Brought in to create a user experience-led team and approach across the organization. Partnered with the various product owners and VP of product to envision the future of online dating and new avenues to explore. From creating experience design to designs and user testing expertise, I was instrumental in leading major new initiatives that would transform the company into a new sector and segment merging digital and physical connections. Worked on projects across the website, mobile applications and new physical experiences. From specialized feature sets to cross-platform mobile and tablet experiences, I was responsible for maximizing profitability and conversions while providing intuitive experiences for our users. Led ideation sessions, user experience exercises and usability testing for “big picture” features and high-profile projects to meet challenging business requirements. Forged department standards, tool sets and methodologies for consistency and to aid in rapid deliverable creation while mentoring and educating the team. ### Product Design Lead @ Travelocity Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Southlake, TX Led the UX and design efforts for the Partners travel network integration of Royal Bank of Canada and the company-wide redesign. From strategy to hands-on tactical work, my day consisted of forming digital strategy, designing high-fidelity wireframes and designs to front-end development. Prototyped & led usability testing for verticals I supported while working with the team in an agile testing process allowing for on-the-spot changes to meet project needs and objectives. Ran UX workshop sessions to guide cross-organization teams towards a common vision. Shared insights, learnings and research with teams across the organization to help improve internal processes, increase conversion and create an engaging experience that enhances the brand and further establishes loyalty. ### Experience Design Lead @ Continental Airlines Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Houston, TX Worked in a variety of user experience roles providing concepts, designs and expert knowledge for a variety of interactive and touch-based projects including multi-touch kiosks, mobile applications, consumer-facing websites and email marketing. Researched and guided strategy of new digital initiatives for rollout globally. Documented interactive brand style guides, and expert recommendations on a variety of projects. Drafted implementation procedures for moving-to and leveraging the benefits of HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript libraries from archaic processes. ### Interactive Art Director @ HCK2 Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 | Addison, TX Concepted and designed interactive campaigns and websites, art directed, storyboarded and produced animations and video for client campaigns. Developed online and offline collateral including email marketing campaigns, landing pages, brochures, print ads, and direct mail campaigns. Produced strategy for projects and clients that touched upon information architecture, content strategy, interactive and print projects for all clients. Clients: Cegedim Dendrite, Centex Homes, City of Farmer’s Branch, City of Dallas, Masergy (US & UK), Regency Energy Partners ### Interactive Designer @ The LOOMIS Agency Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 | Dallas, TX Created concepts, strategy, design and highly detailed production-ready assets for various mediums to include print, interactive and television. Worked on projects spanning websites, micro-sites, interactive campaigns and TV commercials for national brands. Clients: American Ironhorse Motorcycles, Century Bank, Dairy Queen, On The Border Restaurants, Papa John’s, Pier 1 Imports, Pier 1 Kids, ProCuts, Stanley Steemer ### Senior Designer @ The Ellipse Group Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 | Addison, TX ### Designer @ The Ellipse Group Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 | Addison, TX ## Education ### Executive Education Program Yale School of Management ### AAD in Design The Art Institutes ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/scottcarterco - Portfolio: https://scottcarter.co --- Source: https://flows.cv/scottc JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/scottc/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13