# Shannon Range > Educator, communicator, designer Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/shannonrange I'm an educator, communicator, and designer who's recently returned to my first love, the middle school classroom. I've taught middle school science, created curriculum for NASA, and designed communications for nonprofit and corporate organizations. In addition, I studied the nature of school reform in American schools for my Ph.D. in Education. ## Work Experience ### Middle School Science Teacher @ The Nueva School Jan 2025 – Present | Hillsborough, California, United States - Teaching physics to 6th graders - Designing physics curriculum - Serving as advisor to a dozen students - Contributing to the 6th grade team, the broader middle school operations, and the admissions department ### Senior Content Designer @ Intuit Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | Mountain View, California, United States CONTENT STRATEGY - Rebuilt the documentation for the Intuit Design System including content auditing, information architecture of templates and rewriting all content according to Intuit's Content Design guidelines - Created “The Dub”, Intuit’s Design Hub. Directed, designed, and managed the production of an internal blog platform for Intuit’s design community. Managing editor for two years. PRODUCT DESIGN - Designed Intuit’s new universal checkout flow for all of Intuit’s products and platforms - Redesigned web portal for Intuit’s 3rd-party sellers to manage their relationship with Intuit and its products. Primary tools: Figma, Webflow ### Senior Product Designer @ Lyra Health Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Burlingame, CA CONTENT STRATEGY Created insurance benefits messaging system that tailored content to appear in mobile notifications, emails, and their online profile areas. PRODUCT DESIGN Designed mobile app for clients to do mental health work on mobile Primary tools: Sketch, Webflow, Proto.io ### Product Designer @ PLOS - Science Publisher Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco PRODUCT DESIGN Designed both the front end and CMS for a science research publishing platform ADDITIONAL Introduced design sprints, design thinking, and UX design principles to the product organization. Contributed to redesigning the product development process for the organization. ### Product Designer @ Apple Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Cupertino, CA Designed custom project management web app for Apple’s corporate directors ### Senior Content Producer @ Public Broadcasting Service Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Designed responsive website for PBS documentary, including spaces for video, data visualizations, and community engagement Directed the content strategy (and wrote much of the content) for translating dense policy documents and complex neurological information into engaging, digestible articles. Designed and built (using D3.js) interactive data visualizations that translated dry statistics into engaging mini-stories. Primary tools: Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, Drupal, D3.js ### Director of Communications @ Architecture firm, housing association, and Independent school Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area Designed and built websites and designed print materials for three nonprofit organizations over several years. ### Science Storyteller and Outreach Program Manager @ NASA's Gravity Probe B Mission Jan 2000 – Jan 2007 | Stanford, CA • Directed education outreach program to science teachers and students across the country • Wrote and designed print and digital content, including guides, videos, and posters • Designed and led interactive workshops with hands-on demonstrations • Created public events and exhibits demonstrating the ideas of Einstein's relativity ### Science Educator @ Independent School Jan 1994 – Jan 1997 | Washington, DC • Designed middle school science curriculum (physical/earth science) • Developed science classroom demonstrations and hands-on learning experiences • Taught students from 6th through 8th grades ## Education ### PhD in Redesigning American Schools Stanford University ### Design Research Methods Cooper Professional Education ### BA in Government Connecticut College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/silentkrange - Website: http://silentkdesigns.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/shannonrange JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/shannonrange/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05