# Zach Buechler > Senior Product Designer (First Design Hire) at ModernLoop Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/zachbuechler I’m a 0-to-1 product designer with a passion for wholistic, accessible design systems. I like my interfaces clear, intuitive, and natural. Years: 11 designing (37 living) First design hire: 3 times Exits: 1 acquisition, 1 DPO I put problem solving above art (but dang I do love some nice art). I have a strong penchant for design systems, fundamentals, and doing what’s best for the user. I work on products where the polish goes all the way down to the settings and on teams where the people care about those settings as much as the front page. ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer (First Design Hire) @ ModernLoop Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 Developed ModernLoop from an MVP into a fully-fledged, feature rich product. Designed and implemented an MUI5-based UI design system to speed up developer productivity, reduce time to implement, and reduce decision-making time. Evangelized cross-functionally and cross-continent for adoption and implementation. Contributed to our React codebase in weekly office hours with engineers based in India and the USA, advocating for best-practices in code structure for front-end implementation. Led user research sessions with customers, C-Suite, eng, and design to develop new products and areas of expansion. Project manage large-scale features from 0-to-1 including phases of discovery, research, design, implementation, roll-out, and feedback. Remotely mentored a junior product designer from onboarding through to full feature roll-out with emphases on design system cohesion, self-advocation, working directly with developers, and ideation, critical thinking & problem solving skills. ### Senior Product Designer @ Slack Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 Worked on new Developer Platform programs shipping Fall 2021 - 2022 Rebuilt internal Slack design system tools using Figma Component Libraties to make it easier for designers to build screens faster and iterate quicker on new concepts. ### Product Designer @ Slack Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 Worked on the Interoperability team to make Slack and email work better together through the Email Bridge program. We reoriented how invites in Slack work to instantly create user tokens that Slack users could then use to mention newly invited members, add them to channels, etc. Next we created ways to allow email holdouts to reply to mentions and threads in Slack right from email so they could continue to use workflows that felt right for them. Worked on the Platform team to bring better access and awareness to Slack Apps. Shipped the App Launcher in 2019, a visual view of all the apps used by your team, including your to used apps and Apps most used by everyone. Shipped the Shortcuts menu, the lightning bolt button featured first in the message composer. This menu brought access to global Slack functions as well as a visual launching point for all functionality, taking apps from secret, text-based slash commands for power users to a graphical interface that was more accessible for all users. ### Product Designer (First Design Hire) @ Astro Technology, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Palo Alto, California Product Hunt Mobile App of the Year 2017 http://bit.ly/2nrKzCH Astro brings AI to workplace communications. We launched intelligent email apps for iOS, Android, Mac, Slack, and Alexa in early 2017. We're backed by Redpoint Ventures, Harrison Metal, Aspect Ventures, and Upside Partnership. ### UX Designer @ Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Sunnyvale, CA - Created a system of iconography and metaphors for use in production head-units on all 2019 and later Mercedes Benz vehicles using MBUX. - Collaborated with 2 designers and an engineering team through regular reviews and updates to bring to life a digital world inside the MBUX Settings app. - Developed new ways to visualize and demonstrate a car's real-time performance, including speed, g-force, tile and more, as part of the MBUX experience. ### Lead UX Designer (First design hire) @ MOOV INC Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Mountain View, CA Moov is the most advanced fitness wearable, providing real-time coaching to help you reach goals faster and prevent injury while improving form and technique. Red Dot and iF Hannover Award winner. Learn more about Moov at http://welcome.moov.cc/ - Coordinated and led a team of three designers and four remote (Beijing) developers to build 10 sports-focused apps in 13 months. - Produced a total of 13 apps in 22 months. - Designed and tested an artificial intelligence coach for teaching running to all skill levels that resulted in 4 unique training systems and 120+ levels of variability. - Directed visual language and redesign of the core app, bringing together and simplifying features from 5 separate apps and adding new functionality on a 3 month deadline. ### UI/UX Designer @ imPekable Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Jose, CA - Managed teams of designers on large-scale SaaS and other design projects including work for Groupon, Aruba Networks, and Firebase. - Collaborated directly with business clients and created all deliverable requirements from user research to wireframes, interface designs, and front-end web development. - Provided full front-end development services including user research, wireframing, prototyping, Photoshop/Illustrator visual design, and deployable HTML/CSS code. - Coordinated with clients and teams of all sizes, from funded start-ups and fortune 500 companies, to make greatness. ### Web Designer, Photographer, Owner @ FlashKick Studios Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Bay Area, CA Niche photography business specializing in martial arts student portraits. - Design and code website using Adobe Photoshop, HTML/CSS/Less/JavaScript - Create unique digital photo backdrops for martial artists - Improve workflows using complex Photoshop scripts/actions and in-camera photography techniques - Marketing and business development ### Designer, Photographer @ Striking Image Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | Hillsboro, OR Portrait photography company specializing in dance, gymnastics, and martial arts. -Redesigned company website: photography, layout, and verbiage -Photo retouching and digital backdrop design -Poster and marketing material design and usability testing -Business development and implementation of new marketing programs that led to net new business and increased repeat online sales -Organize, coordinate, and manage photo sessions serving 70+ micro-appointments/day -Independently developed strategy, led expansion plan netting 15% growth over 3 months ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration; Marketing and Entrepreneurship University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/zbuechler --- Source: https://flows.cv/zachbuechler JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/zachbuechler/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31