As a Senior Product Designer at Kitman Labs, I led product and design strategy across multiple areas of the platform for high-profile clients such as the NFL, Premier League, NBA, NCAA, and MLS. Kitman Labs is a sports performance SaaS platform that partners with elite sports teams and leagues, helping staff maintain athletes' strength, health, and peak performance, in addition to helping organize league and club operations.

Currently, I am embedded with the League Operations team, focusing on staff and player discipline, player movement, MLS registration, and MLS NEXT homegrown players. In this role, I interface regularly with external MLS stakeholders to ensure the platform meets the needs of their clubs and leagues.

Key Responsibilities

• Led design efforts across diverse product areas, including the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system, mobile player applications, dynamic forms, and League operations.

• Collaborated closely with product managers, engineers, and QA teams in cross-functional environments to identify and implement ideal solutions for the product and its users.

• Championed accessibility by starting an A11Y design group and developing an accessibility guide/checklist for the design team.

• Played a key role in shaping the Design System to ensure a unified, modern and consistent design language across the product.

• Mentored and supported design team members by offering constructive feedback and fostering a space for sharing and growth.

Hybrid role - Design Director and Individual Contributor

Director

• Managed up to 9 reports (remote and in-person) from mid-level designers to managers giving them feedback, support and coaching them to reach their professional goals.

• Helped double the size of the design department through external hiring and promoting within to support growth.

• Responsible for recruiting, staffing, shaping team processes/initiatives and planning for growth for the department.

• Collaborated with the strategy team on pitches and scoping for RFPs and represented Postlight in pitches and client meetings.

• Created the framework and foundation for the design internship program

• Contributed to the design team and company culture by leading the design review, participating in a panel discussion with leadership and leading internal workshops to create knowledge sharing around tools, industries and expertise.

Individual Contributor

• Led and created product strategy and product, UX, UI and interaction design on a messaging platform to power all the MTA communication channels while overseeing 4 designers on parallel tracks of work and led external research, interviews, and user testing.

• Led the strategy, research, UI, UX and user testing in partnership with an external design team on a web platform communicating the consequences of climate warming through storytelling and interactive maps. Also worked as the liaison between design and the copy team and led the design on an MVP of a climate data tool.

• Collaborated closely with product managers and engineers on cross-functional teams to determine what was best for the client, product and users

• Wrote articles about user design and best practices for interactive maps for the company blog

• UX, UI, Visual design and branding for over 30 products ranging from mobile applications to responsive websites for large-scale enterprise clients, mid-size companies and small start-ups

• client sectors included finance, real-estate, publishing, education and healthcare. A few clients were HMH, Tenet Health, University of Wisconsin, Ashoka

• mentored junior and mid-level designers to help them advance their design and leadership skills

• created and lead the design internship program

• co-founded and led a charity committee that did 6-8 events/fundraisers per year

• started and ran the design intern program for the past 4 summers