# Tarrea T. > Product designer making complex business and consumer-facing products easier to use Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tarrea I'm an accomplished Product Designer with demonstrated experience delivering human-centered digital solutions for consumer and business products. I have proven ability to navigate complexity and work within constraints through a solution-oriented approach. Currently, I'm in a transitional role at Apple while actively pursuing my next product design opportunity. Previously, I was a Product Designer at Smartsheet, where I strategically drove design efforts that improved the way people collaborate on and manage their work, helping millions of customers worldwide. I am driven by a deep commitment to transform customer needs and insights into clear, compelling solutions—crafting experiences that solve real problems, achieve business goals, and positively influence how people interact with technology. ## Work Experience ### Product Specialist @ Apple Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco, CA Apply human-centered principles to consult customers on personalized solutions, driving measurable improvements in adoption and customer satisfaction (CSAT) scores. Applied Apple Human Interface Guidelines to a product redesign project as part of a technical user experience design certification, strengthening design skills and Apple platform expertise. Identify and resolve usability barriers for 8 customers simultaneously, guiding independent task completion through targeted, scenario-based support. Consistently utilize Apple’s structured training programs – maintaining and enhancing expertise in products and services to deliver relevant, customized shopping recommendations for Apple consumers. ### Product Specialist @ Apple Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco, CA ### Product Designer @ Tarrea Tolbert Designs Jan 2020 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Collaborated with clients to understand business goals and customer needs, translating requirements into responsive user experience designs that increase unique site visitors and customer acquisition. Built custom design systems tailored to client brand guidelines, delivering organized, production-ready files that ensure visual consistency and accelerate development time. ### Product Designer @ Smartsheet Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Bellevue, WA Led end-to-end experience design for 3 enterprise work management features, collaborating with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment to transform project requirements into customer-centered design solutions. Redesigned the user experience of a globally used feature, improving platform usability and reducing friction for enterprise customers. Designed new functionality for an existing feature intended to improve customer workflows and support retention, successfully delivering production-ready designs. Designed and contributed 50+ new components for Smartsheet's next-generation design system, improving consistency and scalability across products. Partnered and coordinated with Engineers through build and quality assurance (QA), ensuring timely and accurate translation from design to development. ### User Interface Designer @ Left Field Labs Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Culver City, CA Successfully launched an internal educational learning website with structured curriculum and interactive modules for Google employees. Delivered web and mobile experiences for Google products including Chrome OS, Firebase Summit, and TensorFlow, solving complex interaction design challenges across user contexts. Created design systems, style guides, and component libraries in accordance with Google brand guidelines, ensuring visual consistency and brand alignment. Worked directly with clients, Product Managers, and Engineers through iterative design processes, presenting work in a timely manner and incorporating feedback to deliver production-ready design files. ### Product Designer @ Wish Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States Crafted an accessible account creation experience for the Wish Local mobile application, reducing drop-off rates in the onboarding workflow. Created an automatic enrollment experience for users to seamlessly join a Wish Local program partnership, resulting in the increase in customer acquisition and program participation. Worked closely with product owners and engineering teams to lead structured design reviews that aligned design solutions with project requirements. ### Product Designer @ San Francisco State University Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California, United States Contributed to the redesign of a syllabus management website by creating scalable components which enhanced the user experiences and streamlined the development workflow. Led structured design reviews using prototypes to align team members on design solutions, enabling faster decision-making and reducing design changes during development. ### Visual Designer @ IBM Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Austin, Texas Collaborated with a multidisciplinary team to conceptualize and deliver innovative solutions, enhancing the product's functionality and usability for business applications. Owned the visual design of an AI-driven computer vision product, leveraging IBM's Carbon Design System that resulted in a consistent interface design. ### Graphic Designer @ San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California, United States Designed visual assets for SF Bicycle Coalition campaigns and events, including the flagship annual Bike to Work Day, driving community engagement and promoting sustainable transportation. Conceptualized creative designs tailored to campaign goals, ensuring consistent messaging and brand alignment across digital and print platforms. ### Package Handler @ Amazon Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | South San Francisco, California, United States ### Warehouse Worker @ Amazon Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Brisbane, California, United States ### Front Desk Receptionist @ Villa Montes Hotel, an Ascend Hotel Collection Member Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Bruno, California, United States ### Barista @ Starbucks Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Barista @ Peet's Coffee Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | South San Francisco, California, United States ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Design and Visual Communications San Francisco State University ### Associate Degree for University Transfer in General Studies College of San Mateo ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tarreatolbert - Portfolio: https://www.tarreatolbert.com - Behance: https://www.behance.net/tarrea90377 --- Source: https://flows.cv/tarrea JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tarrea/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13