About
Senior Product Designer working remotely out of Ventura, CA.
Songwriter + Producer working in LA on nights and weekends.
Attempting to connect with and uplift others through the things I make. Crafting with intention, integrity and purpose.
Interested in the intersection of design/music, tools that enable makers, and product strategy through the lens of fundamentally making better (well crafted, cared for, more user centric) products.
Projects
In order to fill a world with care we create w/ care.
Awards
I'm proud of this peer voted award I received from my co-workers "For the Zipster who comes up with the most creative solutions to problems."
Work Experience
At Zip I...
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prioritize our users and create systems to get our teams closer to their feedback.
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contribute novel initiatives and ideas to our product roadmap backed by verified user need, pain, problems.
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lead feature work from idea to implementation.
earn buy-in from stakeholders at every level. -
mentor and lead other designers.
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inspire my team through storytelling, unearthing new opportunities, UI choices & my process.
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inspire wider teams through creating + leading public forum, storytelling, taking initiative, caring for both the people that make our products and the people we make our products for.
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ask considerate questions without fear, respect my co-workers & deliver proactive communication with kindness and candor.
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influence business strategy, product roadmap, org structure, product-design-engineering relationship & process.
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communicate the value of design to the rest of our org and earn faith in our team.
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contribute to our multi-product design system I helped build
(Promoted 23' EOY)
Creating bespoke web-apps of varying shape and function leveraging React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Typescript, MDX and AWS.
Supported an internal agency within Charter focused primarily on delivering net-new 0-1 internal tools.
Education
Minor in Business. Focus in Web Design and Development