# Watson Barry

> Staff Product Designer | Streamlining complex processes into joyful interactions.

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/watson

## Work Experience
### Staff Product Designer @ Pebl
Jan 2025 – Present

### Lead UX Designer @ Velocity Global
Jan 2023 – Present | Remote

### Senior User Experience Designer @ Velocity Global
Jan 2022 – Present

### Brand Designer @ Howdy Kolache
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Chicago, Illinois, United States

### Product Designer @ Rent Application
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Chicago, Illinois, United States

### Product Designer @ Home Captain
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Denver, Colorado, United States

### UX Designer @ 60 Creek
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Remote

### Visual Designer @ Partnership for Economic Innovation (PEI)
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States

### UX Designer @ Designation
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Chicago Area
• Designed process flows, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and prototypes to address real-world user problems. 
• Created presentation decks to faciliate clear communication with stakeholders. 
• Maintained alignment and clear communication with remote team members.

### Product Designer @ Streetalk
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Chicago Area
• Used research and testing to iterate upon the mobile design, ensuring the product helped users achieve their goals and met business needs.
• Developed journey maps, personas, a LTV map, wireframes, micro-interactions, and a modular design system for an international user-base.
• Applied knowledge color theory and typography to increase accessibility for the visually impaired.

### Bar Manager @ The Treasury SF
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
•  Guided by Nielson Norman Group's Heuristic Principles, I designed and implemented systems to increase cocktail making efficiency and increase error prevention, resulting in an improved guest experience.
• Established clear lines of communication to lead a team of diverse perspectives in a client-facing role.

### Bartender @ The Treasury SF
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, CA

### Bartender @ Mystic Room & Tavern
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, CA

### Restaurant Bar Manager @ Le Cheval Restaurant
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Oakland, CA
• Developed mis-en-place to increase bar efficiency and yield greater sales.
• Responsible for hiring and training staff.
•  Designed and implemented menu in Adobe inDesign with guest accessibility in mind.

### Freelance Illustrator @ Reading Partners Sacramento
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
+	Illustrated promotional material to be mailed out to generate awareness for the charity’s involvement with the National Day of Giving

### Visual Development Artist @ "Marshmallow Madness" Short Film by Amy Gohal
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco
+	Designed the environment and props for a 3d short film 
+	Created orthographic layouts for each asset created to be used by the modelers

### Freelance Graphic Designer @ IMA Interactive
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco
+	Created a drain clog removal D.I.Y. infographic for Benjamin Franklin Plumbing’s website

### Stop-motion Armature Machinist/Mold Maker/Caster @ “Frog Bar” short film by Nick Walker
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco
+	Machined and assembled steel joints to be used in puppets.
+	Catalogued and prepped modular wire armatures for casting.
+	Fabricated and repaired plaster molds.


## Education
### UX Design
Flatiron School
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019

### UX Design
Designation
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019

### Certificate in UX Design
Springboard
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019

### Bachelor's degree in Storyboarding
Academy of Art University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015

### Bachelor's degree in History
Occidental College
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/watsonbarry
- Portfolio: https://watsonbarry.com

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Source: https://flows.cv/watson
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Last updated: 2026-03-25