# Stedman Halliday > Designer and technologist Profile: https://flows.cv/stedman I'm a technical generalist based in San Francisco with over 15 years of experience creating values-driven products, brands, media, and experiences. I've shaped customer experiences and driven growth across categories for startups, SMBs, and global enterprises. ## Work Experience ### Design Consultant @ Automattic Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California Beeper is a unified messaging platform acquired by Automattic in 2024. • Redesigned Beeper web pages for Q3 2025 relaunch • Reintroduced community themes bridging Texts.app (acq 2024) and Beeper Desktop v4 • Developed monthly planning cadence for product development process to improve design coverage and quality, discovery workflows, and cross-functional alignment ### Design Consultant @ SODI, LLC Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California AI-focused contract projects amassing expertise where design meets intelligent systems • Redesigned agent persona for Julian by 11x (automated inbound sales rep), including character design, visual assets, web launch, and teaser video • Led brand strategy and identity for Auren by Elysian Labs (emotionally intelligent AI companion), directing 2 other designers across web and product experiences • Designed multi-agent coordination environment concepts for Slate, the Random Labs (YC S24) enterprise code agent ### Co-Founder & CPO @ Stealth Startup (Health-Tech) Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California The company built a personal health platform that tailors advice from customers' favorite health movements and influencers to fit their bodies, preferences, and lifestyles. ### Consultant @ Eat Blueprint Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California Eat Blueprint is a meal service for longevity optimization (acquired by Blueprint Bryan Johnson). • Developed menu products to align nutrition principles, food quality, and customer preferences • Programmed longevity meetups attended by over 1000 Bay Area locals and Bryan Johnson • Produced marketing artifacts (web, video, merch, print) to drive over 585K organic impressions in Q1 • Operated subscription platform to persist $1M annual recurring revenue run rate ### Amazon Technical Academy Participant @ Amazon Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California Trained full-stack software engineering skills in an immersive program with other Amazonians. ### Senior UX Designer @ Amazon Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California • Led customer experience design for emerging voice and multimodal technologies • Led design systems and front-end for novel Alexa architecture unifying third-party deployments • Led onsite negotiations between Alexa Voice Services and OEM partners' design teams ### UX Designer @ Wunderman Thompson Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Los Angeles, California Wunderman Thompson is a global marketing communications agency with 200 offices in 90 markets. • Drove 8–18% revenue increase for key Microsoft web properties (Windows Commercial, Surface) • Led COVID-19 redesigns for Microsoft Education (127% increase in unique visits) • Redesigned Acura's vehicle features experience for a 100% online COVID-19 sales funnel ### Associate UX Designer @ Wunderman Thompson Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Greater Los Angeles Area ### Designer @ Wunderman Thompson Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Los Angeles, California ## Education ### Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) California Institute of the Arts Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | Valencia, CA ### nights & weekends season 4 buildspace Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, CA ## Projects ### skrrtStats 2025 Fifth annual analytics for my Yung Skrrt streaming data. This marks year five of tracking my consumption of the Gimbus GOAT's catalog. Technologies: Data Visualization, Remotion, React, GitHub, Spotify API Link: https://stedmanhalliday.com/blog/2026/01/11/skrrtstats-2025 ### 7 Songs: May 2025 7 Songs periodically features curated tracks and commentary for a more personal music discovery experience. Link: https://stedmanhalliday.com/blog/2025/05/29/7-songs-may-2025 ### Building Canals: On Songwriting Reflections on songwriting process — a personal theory for turning an associative, overthinking brain into a working compositional engine Technologies: Songwriting, Music Production, Creative Process, Self-reflection, Systems Thinking Link: https://stedmanhalliday.com/blog/songwriting --- Source: https://flows.cv/stedman JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/stedman/resume.json Last updated: 2026-01-14