Joined when the company was <10 and left when it was 100+. By myself or on a team of 2 designers max, I went 0 to 1 on product design, design systems, and brand for the crypto wallet and crypto + stock exchange on desktop, extension, and mobile. Worked in Figma and shipped PRs with Claude Code.
Maintained colors, typography styles, and a component library in Figma and Zeroheight for a team of 10 product designers, working with developers to build Addepar Product Language, our design system. I also documented our design process on Confluence and held open office hours that the broader design team relied on, not just product designers.
Designed and user tested crypto apps on Ethereum including token staking, institutional staking of ETH and minting Central Bank digital currencies. I set up and led the interview process for hiring 2 product designers, created a design system and worked with a design systems team to implement it.
Helped with product strategy, research and design, using discovery interviews, NPS, and search data to redesign the navigation, registration flow, shop pages, and product pages.
Onboarded a 40+ person product team to Figma, worked on a design system, and designed and user-tested campus recruiting and event management tools.
Designed and developed a Shopify theme and launched a subscription feature, increasing revenue and improving customer education.
Joined as the 1st designer/FE engineer hybrid when the team was under 10, building in Angular. Shipped core features like bill payments, invoice approval workflows, and an inventory management tool for web and iOS, working with customer support, engineers, and users to translate feedback into UI improvements.
Joined as the CTO's first engineering hire when the company was pre-Series A and under 20 employees. Rebuilt the frontend in React and built a personalized activity feed and knowledge base for the e-commerce site's product launches and community discussion.
Designed and built logos, icons, interactive maps, and websites for over 30 clients including the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), PBS KIDS, and the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), as well as governments in Indonesia, Angola, and Mongolia.
I grew the group from 100 to 600 members in under a year, organizing in-person and virtual events by finding speakers, picking topics, and lining up venues. I stayed active through 2022 and officially handed it off in 2024.
Mentored aspiring and early-career product designers, taking 1-2 calls a week for 6 months.
I organized 3 bake sales, baked for them alongside friends, and donated the proceeds to nonprofits, raising close to $10,000.
Prepared healthy hot meals that went to those who had serious illnesses, were in isolation, or were otherwise suffering from the health challenges of aging.