Kurtis Derry
Storyteller — Lead Ux Designer in San Jose, CA, He/Him
About
I'm a storyteller and design lead with over 15 years of experience in user-centered design, cross-functional collaboration, and platform thinking across global platforms. I specialize in creating transformative digital solutions in fintech, e-commerce, and real estate that align business goals with user needs. My expertise spans mobile design, information architecture, scalable frameworks, and emerging technologies like AI and AR/VR, enabling me to craft impactful, beautiful designs that both delight users and drive measurable results.
Speaking
I had the pleasure of joining Ronke Majekodunmi on her podcast, Product Magic, for an engaging conversation about the transformative power of collaboration. We explored how aligning design, product, and engineering teams can lead to the creation of truly impactful and successful products.
Work Experience
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Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and other lead designers, to create product strategies that aligned with both user and business goals, impacting over 400 million global users.
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Designed and implemented scalable merchant frameworks, including information architecture, navigation, and hubs, which improved user engagement by 10% and generated $841K in incremental annual revenue.
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Championed user research and testing, integrating insights into the design process to deliver solutions that increased product usage from 1 to over 5 integrated solutions, improved homepage engagement by 93%, boosted activation by 36%, and drove $35M in incremental revenue.
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Led design efforts for merchant frameworks, developing strategies to unify various portals into a single platform while providing leadership and mentorship to designers working on a merchant design system.
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Developed end-to-end product experiences for small businesses and self-employed customers, aligning design strategies with business objectives to enhance user engagement.
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Collaborated with product managers, engineers, and other designers to create cohesive design strategies, ensuring successful product rollouts and user experiences.
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Contributed to Intuit’s platform design by developing scalable solutions that met both user needs and business goals.
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Created experience strategies for the payments product, increasing engagement with unique visitors by 47% and becoming the second largest driver for signups to QuickBooks Payments, contributing to a monthly charge volume of $1 billion.
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Enhanced the design of QuickBooks Payroll by transitioning from a ledger-type experience to modern native interfaces, resulting in 88k new small and medium-sized businesses and generating $1.27 million in quarterly revenue.
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Received US Patent D960924S as co-inventor for the user interface design of a deposit life cycle tracker.
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Worked with clients to reimagine their business models, products, and services using design thinking methodologies, delivering solutions that bridged design, technology, and business goals.
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Applied user-centered design principles to create engaging experiences that aligned with client objectives, resulting in improved user engagement and business outcomes.
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Led design efforts for native mobile applications, including the flagship real estate app and the Rentals mobile app.
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Mentored team members to elevate design quality and ensure consistency across all mobile projects.
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Contributed innovative design concepts that played a role in Move, Inc.’s $1 billion acquisition by News Corp.
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Developed design strategies and user interfaces that significantly improved user metrics, including a 42.28% increase in unique users, a 62.19% rise in page views, a 7.57% growth in time-on-site, a 114% increase in leads per visit, and a 13.40% decrease in bounce rate.
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Received US Patent 2014/0040072 A1 as co-inventor for the sharing of real estate data among multiple users in realtime across mobile devices.
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Led design initiatives for both mobile and web platforms, ensuring that all designs met user needs and business objectives.
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Created comprehensive style guides for mobile and web products, establishing consistency across Realtor.com’s digital platforms.