• Own vision, management, and operations related to Product Design (UX, UI, Design Systems) and User Research.

• Lead and manage Product Design team, including contract Designers.

• Manage the creation and implementation of the ACLU’s first ever Design System.

• Work with Product + Engineering leadership to propose, oversee, and improve cross-functional processes.

• Support Product Designers through all parts of the design process, critiques, and career growth.

• Oversee cross-functional, design-driven projects, including a multi-year effort to redesign and rebuild 50+ ACLU Affiliate websites to align with the ACLU National brand and Design System.

• Collaborate with the ACLU Brand Design team, including advising on an org-wide brand refresh, with an eye towards digital implementation and accessibility compliance.

• Selected to serve as the Technology Team’s representative on the org-wide Disability and Accessibility Inclusion Task Force based on digital accessibility expertise.

Mentor designers across all industries on career path advice, team management strategies, interview and portfolio preparation, managing burnout and imposter syndrome, and more.

Long-term mentorship of aspiring design students to help them transition into UX/UI roles. Conduct weekly 1:1 sessions providing feedback on projects as well as insight on design decisions, career advice, and the industry.

HER is the world's largest dating and social platform for queer women, trans and non-binary people. HER was acquired by The Match Group in 2025. The retained app design reflects the UX and UI I envisioned + created while I was Head of Design.

• Led the Design team in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

• Created + managed operational processes, priorities & resources to scale design and cross-functional collaboration.

• Created and owned the Design Playbook: brand guidelines, design system, tools, and best practices for collaboration.

• Promoted cross-functional scaling by leading efforts to build Figma templates and a remote library of brand assets.

• Provided creative direction for performance-driven brand campaigns across Growth, Lifecycle, + Social Media teams.

• Sole product designer for iOS and Android apps.

• Defined processes & responsibilities across Design, Product, and Engineering to work collaboratively to deliver results.

• Owned app improvements based on customer insights, UX research, testing, and executive stakeholder input.

Amazon Honeycode allows you to quickly build mobile and web apps for teams, without programming. I was part of the Honeycode team from the early conception through launch.

• Lead designer researching, concepting, and designing innovative new features unique 
 to the (then pre-market) product.

• Presented product concepts and new features to Amazon Senior Leadership.

• Lead designer for Amazon Honeycode's first time user experience and onboarding.

• Established accessibility and inclusive design best practices and documentation across the Design team and system.

• Design Team Scrum facilitator: lead Design team’s sprint planning and standups to ensure designers were on track and had necessary information to complete their projects.