# Zack Ginies > Staff product designer @ Stripe Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Profile: https://flows.cv/zackginies Zack is a passionate and dedicated designer with over 10 years of hybrid UX design and front-end development experience within industry-leading organizations with a focus on developer experiences, SaaS products, eCommerce, documentation, and advertising/marketing. His technical design skills include user research, prototype development, information architecture and interface design. Additionally, he has a deep understanding of HTML, CSS/Sass and JS/React development which have been vital to his design practice. Zack has experience mentoring designers with different backgrounds and skill levels, and leading engineering teams in shipping successful projects. As a queer person, Zack has unique lived experience and a diverse perspective which he brings to every challenge he encounters allowing him to reframe problems and deeply empathize with users. Zack excels on teams that value data, technology, humanity, empathy, diversity, and good design. ## Work Experience ### Staff product designer, developer tools @ Stripe Jan 2024 – Present | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ### Product designer, developer tools @ Stripe Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Product designer on the Stripe developer platform, primarily responsible for: Workbench • Working with product, engineering, and other designers, I was responsible for bringing Workbench from early concepts through to general availability • Collaborates with product and engineering to scope, plan, and design new features and iterate on the existing ones • Responsible for creating and maintaining the Workbench design system and component library Event destinations, webhooks, and events • Responsible for evolving the webhooks experience into event destinations, collaborating deeply with product and engineering to move through several beta phases and into general availability ### Instructor, User Experience Design @ BrainStation Jan 2021 – Present | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • Assists in the delivery of education material relating to user experience design, including design thinking and problem discovery, user research, information architecture, lo/hi fidelity wireframes, prototyping and user validation • Reviews student work and provides constructive and critical feedback ### Experience Designer, Developer Platform @ Electronic Arts (EA) Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Vancouver, Canada Area • Focused on designing a cohesive and unified developer experience that includes support, product documentation, developer console and platform marketing • Develops well researched, planned and user validated design with user interviews, usability testing, heuristic evaluations, competitive analysis, and information architecture • Creates & contributes to design systems and research workflows to establish consistency and promote a high level of standards within the design and engineering teams • Collaborates with other designers to develop team strategy, vision and process improvements, including project repositories, Slack automations, and Agile and Kanban workflows • Partners with product, engineering and technical writing teams to conceptualize and develop new, or improve existing features, such as navigation, discoverability, search, and documentation style guide • Guides product vision and direction with product managers and organization leaders • Mentors cross-functionally with a focus on growth, goal setting and creating development plans ### UX Developer @ Format Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Toronto, Canada Area • Partnered with design and engineering leadership to establish a unified process between design and engineering teams that ensured smooth communication, including project hand-off best practices and collaborative feature development • Responsible for the grooming, prioritization and estimation of a product backlog focused exclusively on user experience tasks • Lead the creation of a designer style guide and developer component directory using Storybook.js • Engaged designers and product managers to provide early stage feature feedback regarding user experience best practices ### Front-End Developer @ Format Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | Toronto, Canada Area • Built and launched major application features, including e-commerce, inventory management and proofing tools, primarily written in ES6, React/Redux, and Sass. • Built and launched 3 major marketing projects, including a full app redesign • Collaborated with the design team to ensure creative vision was maintained and helped bridge the gap between development and user experience. • Mentored peers through Git collaboration and code reviews, as well as through contributing to overall company process and efficiencies. ### UX Developer @ Teehan+Lax Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Key collaborator in conceptualizing and brainstorming innovation ideas for companies like Google and Starbucks • Developed a new bundle tool for Bell Canada • Developed a content management system and admin interface for Bell Canada ### Front-End Tech Lead @ Grip Limited Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Works closely with producers to create accurate costs and time estimates for projects. • Mentors junior and intermediate developers, providing them with guidance and support. • Brand experience includes: Budweiser, Stella Artois, Honda, Kokanee, Expedia, CGA, YUM! Brands (Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell) ### Developer @ Grip Limited Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 • Develops web applications of varying scale and type (microsites, Facebook apps etc.) • Integrate front-end code with back-end APIs to create fully functional websites ### Developer @ Teehan+Lax Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 • Develops front-end code for websites of various scale, including ecommerce and social networking sites • Creative and usability brainstorming and planning • Brand experience includes: Bell Canada, GelaSkins, OurFaves, Toronto.com, AirMiles ### UI Designer & Front-End Developer @ CM3 Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 ### UI Designer & Front-End Developer @ MaRS Discovery District Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 | Toronto, Canada Area ## Education ### Diploma in User Experience Design BrainStation ### Diploma in Web Design and Development Georgian College ### Diploma in Visual Merchandising Seneca Polytechnic ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/zack-ginies - Portfolio: http://zackginies.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/zackginies JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/zackginies/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31