Led the effort to establish a comprehensive and cohesive design system for the Autodesk digital experience platform

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design leadership and advocacy for the system

• Define UX/UI standards, best practices, and guidelines

• Design, build, and maintain Figma UI toolkits, libraries, tokens, and website

• Define, draft, and publish UX guidelines

• Advocate for accessibility (WCAG) and inclusive design

• Advocate for adoption of the design system

• Led a cross-functional working group (> 20 experts)

• Balance design requirements, technical constraints, and business goals

• Collaborate with stakeholders, product owners, and technical teams

• Give and receive constructive feedback

• Stay abreast of design tools, technology, and trends

• Conduct audits, benchmarking, and research

• Partner with product and brand teams to ensure cross-org cohesion

• Present to director and C-level leadership, and at corporate events

• Provide design system onboarding and support (bi-weekly office hours)

• Communications: publish email newsletter and system updates

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

In less than 6 months, my team re-defined the design system to reflect the new Autodesk brand and on-boarded over 150 key stakeholders to support the launch.

Earned goodwill among consumers of the system through creation of world-class tools, documentation, and support channels. Adoption of standards and components increased year-over-year (Figma UI toolkit used by >100 teams within Autodesk, averaging over 50k component inserts per week).

Effectively led a diverse, cross-functional, volunteer working group that fostered adoption and engagement in the creation of the design system. > 20 people participated in bi-weekly sessions to provide critical domain expertise and feedback.

Made digital equity a principle of the design system and championed accessibility at TechX in 2022, co-presenting alongside partners from legal and engineering.

From comprehensive design systems to engaging user experiences, Sight8 provides creative direction and user experience design to aspiring start-ups, well-established enterprises, and not-for-profit organizations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Concept creative, presentation, design and production

• Manage multiple projects with focus on client satisfaction and success

• Define and maintain brand standards, templates and guidelines

• Consider research, data, technical constraints and business goals

• Collaborate with stakeholders, product owners and technical teams

• Project cost estimates and production time lines

• Source, manage and direct vendors and freelance talent

• Stay abreast of design tools, technology and trends

• Advocate for design best practices

• Provide day-to-day studio management and operational support

MAJOR CLIENTS

BillShrink, Cisco, Exodus, NetSuite, Oracle, Realm, SAP SuccessFactors, Sun Microsystems, Truaxis/MasterCard, University of California, Varian Medical Systems, WebVan

HIGHLIGHTS

Worked with eCommerce pioneer, WebVan, to imagine an experience that included grocery, pharmacy, pet supplies, and more. Code-named 'Project Big-Top,' designs addressed the challenges of curating thousands of unique items, establishing taxonomy and hierarchy, and making it easy for customers to locate and discover new products.

As vendor of record for the Sun Microsystems Web Experience Team for more than a decade, Sight8 provided front-line design support for numerous programs and product launches. Firsts include the design of Sun’s eCommerce site and campaign creative for the open-sourcing of Java. We contributed to Sun’s enterprise design system which is still considered as one of the most comprehensive ever built.