# Winston Toy > Product Designer Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/winstontoy In my journey to craft delightful experiences, I specialize in making an impact on business needs and building on a better engagement for the user. My creative problem solving capabilities touch visual, interaction, and user centered design. ## Work Experience ### Principal Product Designer @ Intuit Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Mountain View, California, United States Responsible for connecting and executing end-to-end experiences from multiple marketing channels leading to in product experiences for the QuickBooks Payroll product. Pushed and challenged teams with thought provoking designs through iterative prototyping. Effectively communicate a strong point of view, backed up by personal expertise, design rationale, customer data, and industry trends. ### Staff UI/UX Designer @ MZ Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Palo Alto Challenge and push complex usability problems to deliver simple and elegant solutions enabling next generation smart city initiatives. Work with product owners across the businesses to understand market needs and vision. Rapidly collaborate with teams to quickly translate business vision into engaging MAAS mobile and web experiences. ### Principal Visual Designer @ Intuit Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 Deliver an optimized end-to-end user experience that aligns with user needs and Small Business Marketing goals. Collaborate with cross functional teams in an agile environment applying creative acumen and UX methodologies resulting in compelling designs. ### Art Director @ Citrix Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 Help create, define, and maintain campaign style guidelines and best practices. Collaborate with multiple groups to align business requirements and provide design expertise. Responsible for producing marketing and communication materials for the corporate site. ### Art Director @ Silverlign Group, Inc. Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 Establish a creative vision and guide a team to execute. Oversee the process of developing core experiences to a variety of communication problems. Deliver strong presentations meeting the goals and objectives of both internal and external stakeholders. ### Lead Designer @ PayPal Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 Challenge traditional design thinking and pursue new innovative ways to approach the user experience. Become a champion of Brand and influence other groups to think globally. Possess the ability to articulate design rationale as a means to balance business goals and user needs. Able to teach advanced design techniques and mentor fellow designers. ### UX Design Manager @ PayPal Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 Provide guidance, leadership and development for a team of designers that align with business priorities in Merchant Services. Collaborate with product owners and dev leads to ensure resources are met and product releases are delivered on time. Oversee outside vendor projects and campaigns making sure business KPI's are addressed and UX patterns are at a high level. ### Senior Visual Designer @ PayPal Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 Contribute to the design and maintenance of a comprehensive visual framework to establish consistent design patterns. Communicate beautiful experiences with rationale and data effectively so all members of the team can understand the direction behind the business initiative. ## Education ### BA in Design UCLA ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/winstontoy - Portfolio: https://winstontoy.webflow.io/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/winstontoy JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/winstontoy/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13