A system thinker at heart, my interests are deeply rooted in how design and technology can serve as vessels to create more fulfilling and personal experiences.
With 11+ years of experience and a knack for pushing system-level, complex work forward into execution, I’ve developed as a design leader with a broad range of experience across subject matter, scope and craft— as well as culture building and public speaking.
I’ve been building world-class, social products at Instagram and Facebook for 7 years. I joined this space to create ways for people to connect and feel closer to the people and experiences they love, all while growing my design expertise to deliver real-world impact to billions of people in an extremely fast and demanding environment— right at the center of the zeitgeist.
Previously, I was part of the amazing design team at ustwo New York for 4 years, where I started my career developing a broad set of skills– supporting projects from research and concept generation/validation, to interface/motion design, prototyping and visual output. There, I launched work for brands like American Express, Nokia, Warner Bros. and Google, while developing conceptual pieces published in ustwo Auto, Wired and Fast Company.
I have a B.F.A in Industrial and Interaction Design from The Savannah College of Art and Design, where I started the journey to pursue my deep love of technology and all its possibilities.
THINGS I CARE ABOUT
I’m a design expert that values an open design process
Great ideas can come from anywhere, and creating spaces for all disciplines to have visibility and a voice creates teams that are more invested and trusting in the vision.
Design is most impactful when it makes it into people’s hands
As designers, we rally our partners towards prioritizing and solving the right things, delivering real world impact to people and the business. We do this with strong intuition, informed conviction and deep care in every detail.
Building trust within teams to weather any and all challenges
When teams foster and prioritize trust, they celebrate good results, but also stand up from bad ones together. We move forward as a unit, and have each others back.
Crafting work that people love— and stoping work they won’t
Designers build things that can make your day better, but can also result in the opposite. Doing our job well means using technology towards good, responsibly.
SKILLS
Design 🖌️
User-centered methodologies
Sprints & workshops
Partnering with UX Research
Partnering with Copywriters
Interaction, Visual, Product Design
Complex, high-fidelity prototyping
Pixel-perfect execution
Using & expanding design systems
Accessibility & Internationalization
Strategy 💡
Setting Vision & Principles
Establish team pillars & workstreams
Defining scope (MVP, Milestones)
Competitive Audits
Roadmapping
Prioritization
Leveraging Data & metrics readouts
Collaboration with Privacy & Legal
Pivoting
Building 🛠️
Single support for eng teams of 10+
Ideation workshops with eng teams
Ideating within technical constraints
Iterative development
Supporting & reviewing diffs
iOS & Android implementation
Bug bashing, dogfooding
Unshipping
Leadership ⛰️
Primary Design POC within teams
Collaborating with XFN Leads
Storytelling
Owning reviews
Company-wide Platform & Area POC
Pitching Ideas & building consensus
Culture 🤝
Starting & scaling Design Programs
Owning craft initiatives
Interviewing & Onboarding Support
Mentorship
Retros & team building activities
BRG Leadership
Software & Tools 💻
Figma, Sketch, Adobe Suite
Origami, Figma Prototyping
Keynote, Google Slides, Figma Slides
Slack, Workchat, Messaging
White-boarding, Sticky notes, Sketching