# William Bee > Design Systems Lead | Platform Foundations + Adoption | Tokens • Libraries • Documentation | WCAG + Cross-functional Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/williambee Portfolio: http://www.william-bee.com — Open to Design Systems Designer / Design Systems Lead roles. I’m a Design Systems Designer with deep experience building and scaling tokens, component libraries, and governance that teams actually adopt. I’ve led systems work across enterprise products—aligning design and engineering so UI stays consistent, accessible, and faster to ship. What I do best • Token foundations (color / type / spacing) + theming strategy • Component architecture (variants, states, responsive behavior) • Governance + contribution workflows (intake → review → release notes) • Documentation and enablement that drives adoption • Accessibility baked into components (WCAG) Impact: • Increased library adoption across 11 teams • Reduced design-to-dev rework by 13% and cut UI drift • Improved accessibility compliance and QA consistency ## Work Experience ### Founder & Creative Director at Bee Studio @ Bee Studio Jan 2025 – Present | United States Founder leading product design + systems thinking across digital and physical products (apps, prototypes, brand systems). Built reusable UI patterns and component-level guidelines to speed iteration across projects and collaborators. Owned end-to-end delivery: research → IA/flows → UI → prototyping → implementation support. Partnered with developers and vendors to ship polished experiences under real constraints (time, budget, manufacturing). Tools: Figma, prototyping, design documentation, accessibility considerations. ### Product Designer, Design Systems @ Vista Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 Designed and scaled a design system supporting multiple product surfaces by improving component architecture, tokens, and documentation. Partnered with engineering to align Figma components to coded components, reducing handoff gaps and UI drift. Drove adoption through governance practices (intake, reviews, release notes, usage guidance) and cross-team enablement. Improved accessibility through clearer component behaviors, states, and usage guidelines aligned to WCAG. Contributed to system quality via audits, consolidation of patterns, and ongoing library maintenance across teams. ### Product Designer, Design Systems @ Gap Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Built and evolved a design system for enterprise experiences, improving consistency across workflows and teams. Created reusable components and interaction patterns with clear specs, enabling faster design and more predictable development. Facilitated alignment across design and engineering through documentation, reviews, and component usage guidance. Helped establish system standards that reduced fragmentation and strengthened accessibility and usability across experiences. Supported governance and ongoing system health (component QA, library updates, pattern consolidation). System adopted across 6 brands and 3 design systems, reducing UI drift and speeding delivery. ### Product Designer @ Metromile Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, California Designed end-to-end customer support experiences, improving discoverability and usability of key flows. Collaborated cross-functionally to ship features and refine UI patterns across web surfaces. Produced workflows, wireframes, prototypes, and specs to reduce ambiguity and accelerate development. Improved experience quality through iterative testing and design refinement informed by stakeholder feedback. ### Product Designer @ Tradecraft Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Tradecraft is a full-time immersive program that trains smart, motivated people to fill traction roles at high growth startups. I worked with a large group of world-class mentors and a small group of inspiring peers to develop the necessary skills to be relevant in the workplace and as a social media pioneer. ### UX+UI Design Lead @ Opter Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Lead whiteboard sessions with stakeholders Performed usability tests for product validation for Opter App Designed wireframes, hi-fi screens and prototypes Rendered formatted deliverables for development team Create documentation outlining design specs ### Product Design Consultant @ PublicBNB Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area ### UX+UI Designer @ lucy Activewear Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Alameda, CA Lucy Activewear is an industry lead in making beautiful, functional and high performance athletic wear for women. I developed products through wireframes and mocked up rapid prototypes for their web and email presence. I designed digital assets featured in Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, and POPSUGAR. I enjoyed working on their brand story through editing photos and in-store marketing assets, and by creating videos, animations and presentation assets. ### Volunteer Design Committee Chair @ Intel LANFest Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | DuPont, Washington Intel LANFest is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that holds LAN parties and gaming events to raise money for local and national charities. I lead a team of volunteers through assigned brand projects such as events signage and website development. I collaborated with sponsorship committees, developers and other cross functional teams to determine operational plans. I managed marketing asset release timelines and milestones. ### UI Designer @ PRO Unlimited Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area PRO Unlimited is a pioneer in contingent workforce management systems. I created marketing portal product for Symantec, Nike, Sanofi, and EA Games. I produced screencasts for CW Analytics, YourSource, VMS Overview. I mocked prototypes in Axure for the mobile apps “Magic WAND” and Supplier/Worker UI. I animated B2B presentations using Prezi. ### Graphic Designer @ HP Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 Designed photo compositions with Marvel and Disney assets under brand guidelines. Created vector backgrounds in Illustrator and photoshop for photo templates. Developed Excel spreadsheets for photo template publishing workflow. Imported content into file structures in their cloud Content Management System. ### Graphic Design Intern @ Response Capture, Inc. Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Beaverton, OR Developed web identity and optimized web experience for www.ResponseCapture.com. Wireframed and designed web UI for Lexchange mobile app. Published web content to Demandware platform. ### Graphic Designer @ KBVR-TV Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 Helped develop identity systems, posters, and print collateral. Materials were used in social media outlets including the Barometer, KBVR 26, and KBVR Radio. ### Graphic Designer @ PRISM Magazine Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 Collaborated with fellow designer to create bi-monthly art magazine. Focused on working with copy and visuals to create spreads in magazine. Communicated and worked with various artists, authors and print shops throughout the process. ### Web Designer @ Associated Students of Oregon State University Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Oregon State University Created web templates using Dreamweaver in CSS & HTML. Managed digital content in Drupal Developed icons, email templates and design collateral using various Adobe Creative apps.` ### Event Coordinator @ Gaming Club @ Oregon State University Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 | Corvallis, Oregon Area Planned tournament schedules and executed dozens of events for LANs that had 200+ participants. Lead technical support for both power, internet, and digital displays. Admined servers and tournament brackets in the lead position as tournament referee. Emceed on stage for contests and delivered info. ### Campus Representive @ S2 Games Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 Strategized community outreach plans with campus groups and local organizations. Designed collateral material for advertising. Managed Heroes of Newerth booth and guided engaging activities during LANs ### Graphic / Web Designer @ Department of Forestry Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 | Oregon State University Created working templates using Dreamweaver. Coded web pages in HTML and CSS. Made icons, email templates, and design collateral ### Graphic Designer @ Nanobits Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | Corvallis, Oregon Area Produced icons, business collateral, and Powerpoint presentations. Learned printing specs to ship design materials to print shops. Designed and soft-coded their website. Photographed all their visuals and implemented them into various projects. ## Education ### BS in Graphic Design Oregon State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/william-bee - Portfolio: https://www.william-bee.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/williambee JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/williambee/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13