# shawn gurczak > Designing at eBay Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/shawngurczak ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer - Design Systems @ eBay Jan 2024 – Present At eBay One Experience, I contributed to the design system as a System Designer, ensuring domain teams felt their work originated from a unified source through a comprehensive Playbook. ### Creative / Art Director / Designer / VXD @ Available for Freelance / Part-time / Full-time / Contract Jan 2012 – Present | United States ### Designing @ Found Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area Found is on a mission to make self-employment easier. Like having your very own finance department, Found handles business banking, taxes, invoicing, and bookkeeping. All from one app, and all for free. We believe in doing what you love—which probably isn’t paperwork. ### Design Director @ Formant Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 As a UX, Visual, and Brand Designer at Formant, I contributed to building a robust design system for a cloud-based robotics platform. Operating in a fast-paced startup environment, I developed a deep understanding of balancing user needs with technical constraints. This role honed my ability to create intuitive and visually compelling interfaces while establishing a strong brand identity. By fostering collaboration and iterative design processes, I played a pivotal role in shaping the product's overall user experience. I’ve learned it’s never too early to build for scale. Nothing is precious, no decision has to be permanent. Anything can be changed if it add value. Sometimes it can be a mixture of real world and game engine mechanics, providing feedback to inform a path forward in the future of observability in Robotics. ### Designer/Creative VXD/UXD @ Novel Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Working with Formant.io ### Creative / Art Director / Designer @ Camp + King Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Freelance VXD / Designer / Art Director @ Punchcut Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Working with a human centric design and experience firm at the forefront of defining the future of our digital world. Specialized in creating user interface design in mobile, connected products and services across devices for a handful to brands and start-ups. ### Art Director / Designer @ AKQA Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Freelance Art Director @ Autofuss Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 ### Senior Art Driector @ Cibo. Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 ### Interactive Art Director (Experience Design) @ Venables Bell and Partners Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 ### Creative @ Venables Bell and Partners Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 ### Senior Art Director @ Tribal DDB Jan 2005 – Jan 2012 Selected client list: Clorox, drugfree.org, Dolby, Intel • Proven ability to translate strategic direction into creative campaigns and conceptual thoughts • Well versed in emerging media and industry trends and able to apply them to clients across different platforms and sectors • Produce creative and visually stimulating branded experiences for a vast array of clients • Ability to partner with developers during production to ensure quality of final deliverable • Great communication skills. Enjoys collaboration and teamwork; interacts well with all levels of internal and external ### Senior Designer @ Wallop Design Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 Selected client list: Paragon Real Estate Group, netZentry, THX Ltd • Managed the creative process from concept design, through production for high-tech, non-profit, and lifestyle clients • Rebranded Wallop to expand market potential outside high-tech market segment, providing illustration style to extend from corporate brochure, pitch presentations, animations, and website • Provided design and production support to rebrand THX, including print collateral, motion graphics, and environmental graphics • Designed corporate identity systems; storyboarded, designed, and programmed motion graphics; developed and prepared print-ready files for advertising, brochures, and tradeshow materials ### Lead Designer @ Salary.com Jan 2001 – Jan 2006 • Grew with the company from Startup to Cash Flow Positive and beyond • Generated and sustained corporate brand • Provided creative direction for all enterprise, small business, and consumer-based products • Constructed clean and effective interface design • Created marketing material for all print and web-based promotions • Analyzed user psychology to improve overall workflow and increase product sales • Met strict deadlines while managing multiple projects ## Education ### BA in illustration/animation Lesley University Jan 1995 – Jan 2004 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawngurczak - Website: http://shawnrelish.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/shawngurczak JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/shawngurczak/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-07