An experienced product design leader guiding young product designers to create engaging experiences through discovery work, research and iterative testing.
My work
My leadership
My leadership goal is to fosters collaboration, guidance, and support; trying to bring out the best in team members. I encourage people to grow by giving them a bit more freedom. It creates a safe environment, encouraging people to take risks because they will not be afraid of failure.
GENERAL STYLE
VALUES
LEAD BY EXAMPLE
As a UX leader I embody the principles of user-centric design to inspire and motivate my team. By demonstrating a commitment to understanding and advocating for the user, I set the tone for the ux team.
COLLABORATION
Championing collaboration, as it is through diverse perspectives that the most innovative solutions are born.
EMPATHY
Empathizing with our users as well as team members we’re able to build products that solve problems that actually exist while keeping the team engaged and fresh.
BUSINESS OBJECTIVES
Understanding business objectives, the data around them and being able to talk about it with stakeholders enables my team to achieve our goals faster and communicate better.
CASE STUDY
This case study describes the use of strategy and best practices to find easy wins that helped us achieve our quarterly OKRs and overall company business goals.
Asset roll over on search results
CASE STUDY
By taking the lead, gaining stakeholder support, and understanding how ux can effect business metrics I was able to get buy in to change the Shutterstock navigation.
Shutterstock navigation
MENTORSHIP EXAMPLE
Concept maps have long been my favorite design activity. Mentorship changed my opened my mind to a better version.
Concept maps
Endorsements
“It was amazing getting to know you professionally and building experiences with you. You are by far one of the best designers I have ever worked with; and your diligence, transparency & positive attitude always impressed me.”
— Jergan C. Senior director of product - AI @ Shutterstock
“I really appreciate your work on this project despite the complexity that comes with the logistics of this type of project on such a tight timeline. You covered the topics in the discussion guide and pivoted will when the user didn’t quite fit the profile that you designed these interviews for. I specially liked the level of depth that you went into when a surprising element surfaced from user feedback.”
— Diamanta P. Director of research @ Shutterstock
