# Zack Karrasch > Building cool products! Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/zackkarrasch Problem-solving, great design, innovation, making a difference are where my passions lie. These interests pointed me toward my graduate studies in human-computer interaction (HCI) at Carnegie Mellon. My path to HCI though was rather unorthodox but has given me a unique perspective of the field. When I was a college undergrad, I started as a neurobiology major with dreams of becoming a doctor, but I switched majors after meeting renowned psychologist Philip Zimbardo and becoming fascinated with social psychology. Like social psychology, HCI requires a deeper understanding of human behaviors, and asks the researcher or designer to step into someone else’s shoes, which is why I’m so drawn to HCI. When I interned on the mobile team at PayPal as a UX designer, I realized my passion for connecting products to people. I loved the challenge of creating an emotional connection to customers through discovery (understanding their needs), design (holistic, simple and seamless experiences) and technology. At CMU, I focused on mobile design because I like the constraints they create and wearables because I'm fascinated by discrete technology. ## Work Experience ### Design at Zip @ Zip Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States ### Lead Product Designer @ Cottage Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Co-Founder @ Decarbon Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 ### Senior Product Designer @ Faire Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 ### Product Designer @ Faire Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Senior Product Designer @ Side Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Product Designer @ Side Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area ### UX Designer @ Stitch Fix Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 ### User Experience Designer @ SpotOn Parking Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 • Improved the experience of listing spot(s). • Helped redesign the website. • Designed the parking enforcement mobile experience. ### User Experience Design Intern @ PayPal Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | San Jose, CA • Designed experiences for the PayPal mobile app. • Explored high-level ideas for possible new PayPal products – held customer interviews, researched competitors, and created flows and low fidelity wireframes. • Helped the Standards team with their initiative to define PayPal’s design identity and standardize design at PayPal. ### Social Media Intern @ AchieveMint Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 • Managed Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook accounts. • Developed marketing strategies to reach target customers on each platform. ### SEO Intern @ AutoVitals Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 • Made auto repair shops more searchable for potential clients and boosted the customer retention rate. • Used Majestic SEO as a tool to optimize search capability, planted anchor links in different directories and analyzed client needs. ### User Experience Design Intern @ HealthSouk Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 • Designed the employer splash page and dentist search page, as well as error pages, login pages, map pages, and comparison charts. ### Marketing Intern @ HealthSouk Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 • Developed marketing strategies to raise awareness of the services HealthSouk.com provides. ## Education ### Master's Degree in Human-Computer Interaction Carnegie Mellon University ### Bachelor's Degree in Psychology UC Santa Barbara ### Neurobiology and Behavior University of California, Davis ### High School Diploma San Francisco University High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/zacharykarrasch - Portfolio: https://www.zackarrasch.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/zackkarrasch JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/zackkarrasch/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13