Carrie Mah
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Carrie Mah

Senior Product Design in Canada, She/Her

Nice to e-meet you!

2 years ago

About

A Product Designer turning great ideas into exceptional products.

I keep an eye on the big picture and never overlook users, businesses or the small stuff.

Work Experience

2022 — Now
Founder, Principal Product Designer at Carrie M Designs

A design consulting partner delivering user-centric digital experiences and products to startups and large companies.

2021 — 2022
Remote, Canada

Led end-to-end design for a responsive web platform for new and improved features in onboarding, growth, and international expansion areas.

2021 — 2021
Montreal, Canada

Led qualitative research and personas to influence a self-serve SaaS product roadmap, and enhanced investor pitch decks to position them for acquisition by Nasdaq in 2022.

2019 — 2021
Canada

Co-created customer experience strategies with research-based personas, redesigned web platforms, and create design systems to help 3+ enterprises in their digital transformation journeys.

Led an internal marketing design team and coached 10+ junior designers to help 3000+ IBMers lower their environmental impact.

Led design advocacy activities for 50+ design team members with T-shape designer career paths, Figma lessons, and design thinking templates.

2018 — 2019
Intermediate Product Designer at ATB Financial
Calgary, Alberta
2017 — 2017
Calgary, Alberta

Developed 5+ lessons, instructed 100+ K-12 students, and enabled teachers with innovative and creative skills by integrating exploration, creation, play, and arts in design thinking, creative coding, and digital literacy.

2016 — 2017
UX Designer at H&R Block Canada
Calgary, Alberta
2017 — 2017
Instructor at STEM Learning Lab Inc.
Calgary, Alberta
2014 — 2016
Research Assistant at University of Calgary - Interactions Lab
Calgary, Alberta
2015 — 2015
Software Developer at Critical Mass
Calgary, Alberta
2014 — 2014
Software Developer at Nureva
Calgary, Alberta

Volunteering

2021 — Now
Mentor at adplist.org
Remote
2013 — Now
Lead Instructor and Mentor at Canada Learning Code
Calgary, Alberta
2021 — 2022
Mentor at Chic Geek
Remote
2020 — 2021
2019 — 2020
Leadership Team at Calgary UX
Remote
2017 — 2019
Volunteer at Chic Geek
Calgary, Alberta

Features

2023

Sharing my tech journey by encouraging to stay true to yourself.

Speaking

2022

Speaker for a group of 40+ attendees to speak about the benefits of UX mentorship.

2021

Sharing my role at IBM, thoughts on UX & UI, and ways to grow diversity in tech.

Education

2011 — 2017
Bachelor of Computer Science at University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta

Concentration in Human-Computer Interaction, Minor in Visual Studies

Contact

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