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