# Tamara Janson > Principal Product Designer at Workday Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tamarajanson On a typical day at Workday you can find me white boarding concepts and user flows with the UX team, product owners & developers designing ideal experiences for our users. I am passionate about building departmental foundations and fostering a collaborative atmosphere where people thrive. My two passions in life are design and travel. When I'm not designing, I'm planning the next amazing travel experience with my husband and two children. http://www.tamarajanson.com ## Work Experience ### Principal Product Designer @ Workday Jan 2021 – Present ### Senior Product Designer @ Workday Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 ### Lead User Experience Designer @ Rodan+Fields Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Leading designers in crafting experiences for Rodan + Fields Customers and Consultants in both Native and RWD. ### Senior User Experience Designer @ Rodan+Fields Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Senior Ux Designer crafting delightful native and RWD experiences for our Customers and Consultants ### Principal Interaction Designer @ CSAA Insurance Group Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Walnut Creek, Ca Ux lead for consumer facing applications * CSAA Insurance MyPolicy Website: http://csaa-insurance.us Lead iOS native app designer * CSAA car insurance app ### Senior Interaction Designer @ CSAA Insurance Group Jan 2011 – Jan 2016 | Walnut Creek, Ca Interaction Designer iOS native app designer * Working in collaboration with Pivotal Labs, designed the first native mobile application for CSAA IG, a car insurance app Ux lead for agent facing application * Responsive Web interaction design support ### Graphic Designer (Freelance) @ Taptera, Inc. Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 Graphic design for mobile native applications ### Interaction Designer (Freelance) @ TechSoup Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 Deliverables included: * New feature wire frames generated for stake holder approval followed by design overlays and image asset generation * User interface design specifications created to address various site usability issues * Redesign of the MaintainIT web site including IA, wire frames, and image assets ### Web Developer (Freelance) @ Genentech Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 Responsible for web development, project management and process management for 20 intranet sites supporting the Drug Manufacturing Division. Web development responsibilities included: * Implementing new site requests, site redesigns, content updates and design changes approved by the content owner Project responsibilities included: * Project Charter: defining project goals, scope, roles and responsibilities, deliverables, and project work plan * Coordinating and facilitating communication to various stakeholders to ensure successful project deliverables * Scope/management of usability testing to ensure project goals were successfully met Process responsibilities included: * Web strategy, standards and best practices * Maintaining and developing site metrics reports. * Coordinating quarterly reviews with site content owners, disseminating metric findings and providing site enhancement recommendations ### Web Developer (Freelance) @ iPost Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 * HTML email generation for multiple clients * Ad hoc graphic and HTML projects for Ipost as needed ### Web Developer (Freelance) @ Wells Fargo, Inc. Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 Management of the Online Customer Management Intranet providing educational materials (video, flash files, and pdfs) to store bankers and tellers. * Ad hoc html updates, graphic design, asset generation and project management * Redesigned site shell for more effective user experience * Project management and implementation of numerous site enhancements including ability to dynamically generate pages with weekly/monthly reports * Generation of Web Traffic Reports and presentation of site status at quarterly off-sites ### Graphic Designer (Freelance) @ Walmart.com Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 * Created clear, accurate HTML specifications for the walmart.com site re-design * Asset generation of various elements including buttons and headers for the site * Photo retouching, color correction and cropping of apparel assets ### Production Artist (Freelance) @ Gap, Inc. Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 * Digital photo image retouching, cropping and maintenance * Color correction, tone/contrast adjustment, and repair on product as well as on-figure assets * Quality assurance on images, ensuring color consistency between image assets while maintaining file size specification guidelines * Implementation of creative direction from Art Director ### User Interface Designer @ Gap Inc. Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 Navigation, layout and design consultation with graphic designers, html developers, and marketing for effective user interface design solutions on the Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy web sites. * User interface specification development for large scale projects * Participation in usability testing on various site features cross brand and dissemination of those findings back to various project teams * Site traffic analysis to determine effectiveness of initiatives and subsequent strategic planning to improve traffic and sales ### Web Developer @ Creditland Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 * Created HTML documents and optimized images for minimal download time. * Analyzed server statistics to optimize user experience by revising site content and layout ## Education ### B.S. in Biology and Zoology Humboldt State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tamarajanson - Portfolio: http://www.tamarajanson.com - Behance: https://www.behance.net/tjanson6b0b --- Source: https://flows.cv/tamarajanson JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tamarajanson/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13