# Scott Mertzlufft > UX Manager / Design Lead at Google Location: Berkeley, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/scottmertzlufft I’m a senior product design and UX leader with over 20 years experience delivering innovative product solutions across a broad range of industries, markets, and platforms. I'm looking for opportunities in which I can contribute a wealth of UX knowledge, experience, leadership, and strategic vision to help build high performing teams and shape innovative products people love. ## Work Experience ### UX Design Manager / Design Lead @ Google Jan 2015 – Present | Mountain View CA Core Experiences (10/19 - PRESENT), Cloud (4/16 - 10/19), GBO (3/15 - 4/16) Responsible for delivering innovative UX solutions across a number of mission critical programs of considerable scope and size, developing long term vision and strategy, aligning business and user goals to deliver meaningful results, driving strong collaboration across functions and product areas, managing team operational & organizational processes, and mentoring and growing a multidisciplinary UX team. ### Director of User Experience and Design @ Castlight Health Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area Built a strong user centered design practice and team within a fast growing product organization. Defined/drove design process from discovery through execution. Drove insights and actionable feedback from user research. Built strong collaborate relationships with product, engineering, and marketing counterparts. ### UX Lead @ SurveyMonkey Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Palo Alto CA Transitioned to Survey Monkey after Zoomerang was acquired in Jan 2012 Led design, research, and complete redefinition of the zoomerang product. Led product feature development, interaction & visual design. Aligned design process with an agile development process with an offshore development team. Developed effective design process, principles, and strategy. ### Sr Interaction Designer @ Yahoo! Inc. Flickr.com Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | San Francisco Bay Area Led research, design, and definition of large scale projects Led project feature development, interaction & visual design from concept / ideation, through production. Set direction for many concurrent large multidisciplinary project teams. Developed strong collaborative relationships with other UX teams across the organization and played an active role in delivering a consistent user experience and design language across the Yahoo! brand. ### Creative Director / UX Lead @ Kodak Gallery Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 | San Francisco Bay Area Set and evangelized the design language, philosophy, principles, process, methodology, and led the interaction models that define the customer experience across the company. Hands on design as well as design leadership of a team of 10+ designers. Mentored and set direction for many concurrent large multidisciplinary project teams. Developed strong collaborative relationships with other UX teams across the organization. ### Sr Interaction/User Experience Designer @ Vertigo Software Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 ### E-Business Manager UX @ Wells Fargo Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 | San Francisco Bay Area Strategic direction and ownership of multiple internal and external enterprise communications channels. Hired and led a team of permanent & contract designers and researchers. Led product design focused on driving employee engagement and productivity. Built strong partnerships with organizational counterparts and vendors. ### User Interface Designer/Developer @ Intermap Systems Inc. Jan 2003 – Jan 2004 Primary Responsibilities: Leading interaction design, Information architecture, visual design, and front end development across multiple software and site products. Designed and built a variety of advanced search and account management applications and web site features. Responsible for Interaction design, Information architecture, visual design, iconography, and delivering working prototypes. ### UX Design Lead (contract) @ JiWire, Inc. Jan 2003 – Jan 2003 Managed client UI projects and a team of contractors for each individual project. Maintained and managed all client interactions and project direction. Conceived designed and managed user interfaces and guidelines with regard to interaction design, information architecture and visual design. Responsible for Interaction design, Information architecture, visual design, developing iconography, and delivering working prototypes. Facilitated the process of strict documentation as well as the processes by which we documented and delivered requirements. ### Creative Director @ Data Advantage Group Inc. Jan 2002 – Jan 2003 Primary Responsibilities: Creating and managing the corporate brand identity, managing marketing strategies and execution, leading and implementing the interaction design of the software. Developed & delivered a comprehensive corporate identity rebrand, corporate website, sales & marketing collateral, segmentation targeting and positioning strategies, lead generation tools, trackable advertising campaigns, and yearly marketing budgeting/planning. Designed and delivered a flagship enterprise metadata management application, a technically complex and full featured application in a form that was clean, easy to understand and use. Managed major marketing functions. ### Interaction Designer/UI Designer @ CascadeWorks Inc Jan 2001 – Jan 2002 Responsible for Interaction design, Information architecture, visual design, developing iconography, and delivering working dhtml prototypes. ### Creative Director @ Garmentrade Corp. Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 Extended and managed the company's branding strategies including the corporate web site, advertising programs, magazine advertising, collateral materials, multimedia presentations, trade show materials, and the company's web based software user interface design. Designed and developed an online textile sourcing and apparel design concept application. Lead the design, prototyping and implementation of the user interface. ## Education ### Design in Sociology, Psychology - ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/scottmertzlufft - Portfolio: http://scottmertzlufft.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/scottmertzlufft JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/scottmertzlufft/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30