Building and leading happy, effective design teams

Building and leading happy, effective design teams

I'm a product design leader who specializes in applying cognitive behavioral science to UI design.

I'm a product design leader who specializes in applying cognitive behavioral science to UI design.

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✦ PRODUCT DESIGN ✦ LEADER
A portrait of a young man smiling
A portrait of a young man smiling
A portrait of a young man smiling
A portrait of a young man smiling
UX Research • Product Design • Public Speaking
UX Research • Product Design • Public Speaking
Workshops • Research • Illustration
Workshops • Research • Illustration

Leadership Style

As a design leader, I serve as a mentor, cheerleader, and sounding board for my team to help them become the best designers they can be. I also work cross-functionally with the broader organization to ensure my team is producing high-quality work on-time.

Active Coaching
Active Coaching
Active Coaching
Active Coaching

Sharing feedback with your team shouldn't happen only during performance reviews.


By providing feedback often in 1:1s, weekly team meetings, and design reviews, I have the opportunity to coach designers through challenging situations and help them through to the other side.

Sharing feedback with your team shouldn't happen only during performance reviews.


By providing feedback often in 1:1s, weekly team meetings, and design reviews, I have the opportunity to coach designers through challenging situations and help them through to the other side.

Sharing feedback with your team shouldn't happen only during performance reviews.


By providing feedback often in 1:1s, weekly team meetings, and design reviews, I have the opportunity to coach designers through challenging situations and help them through to the other side.

Sharing feedback with your team shouldn't happen only during performance reviews.


By providing feedback often in 1:1s, weekly team meetings, and design reviews, I have the opportunity to coach designers through challenging situations and help them through to the other side.

Taking Responsibility and Driving Action
Taking Responsibility and Driving Action
Taking Responsibility and Driving Action
Taking Responsibility and Driving Action

I take full responsibility for the work my team delivers and collaborate cross-functionally to see it through to production.


This translates to sharing business context with my team, adhering to timelines, and iterating quickly to accommodate edits and changes from stakeholders.

I take full responsibility for the work my team delivers and collaborate cross-functionally to see it through to production.


This translates to sharing business context with my team, adhering to timelines, and iterating quickly to accommodate edits and changes from stakeholders.

I take full responsibility for the work my team delivers and collaborate cross-functionally to see it through to production.


This translates to sharing business context with my team, adhering to timelines, and iterating quickly to accommodate edits and changes from stakeholders.

I take full responsibility for the work my team delivers and collaborate cross-functionally to see it through to production.


This translates to sharing business context with my team, adhering to timelines, and iterating quickly to accommodate edits and changes from stakeholders.

Facilitating Professional Development
Facilitating Professional Development
Facilitating Professional Development
Facilitating Professional Development

To help my team level up their skills, I constantly seek out opportunities for them to grow.


Whether it's by leading a design book club, facilitating monthly lunch-and-learns, planning annual design retreats, finding conferences, or running workshops, I enjoy prioritizing my team's continuing education.

To help my team level up their skills, I constantly seek out opportunities for them to grow.


Whether it's by leading a design book club, facilitating monthly lunch-and-learns, planning annual design retreats, finding conferences, or running workshops, I enjoy prioritizing my team's continuing education.

To help my team level up their skills, I constantly seek out opportunities for them to grow.


Whether it's by leading a design book club, facilitating monthly lunch-and-learns, planning annual design retreats, finding conferences, or running workshops, I enjoy prioritizing my team's continuing education.

To help my team level up their skills, I constantly seek out opportunities for them to grow.


Whether it's by leading a design book club, facilitating monthly lunch-and-learns, planning annual design retreats, finding conferences, or running workshops, I enjoy prioritizing my team's continuing education.

Crafting a Culture of Excellence
Crafting a Culture of Excellence
Crafting a Culture of Excellence
Crafting a Culture of Excellence

By cultivating a culture of safety and open-mindedness, I enable designers to create their best work.


A highly-effective team is one that not only delivers exceptional work, but that also feels energized and empowered in their roles, which is one of my primary goals as a design leader.

By cultivating a culture of safety and open-mindedness, I enable designers to create their best work.


A highly-effective team is one that not only delivers exceptional work, but that also feels energized and empowered in their roles, which is one of my primary goals as a design leader.

By cultivating a culture of safety and open-mindedness, I enable designers to create their best work.


A highly-effective team is one that not only delivers exceptional work, but that also feels energized and empowered in their roles, which is one of my primary goals as a design leader.

By cultivating a culture of safety and open-mindedness, I enable designers to create their best work.


A highly-effective team is one that not only delivers exceptional work, but that also feels energized and empowered in their roles, which is one of my primary goals as a design leader.

Learn More About My Process

Learn More About My Process

Projects

Projects

Throughout my career, I've had the pleasure of working on a wide variety of UI, branding, and print projects. Explore a few of my favorites below!

How to Write Effective Micro Copy

In this interactive presentation, you'll learn actionable takeaways you can apply to improve microcopy on the web. Whether you're a designer dabbling in UI writing or a marketer looking to improve conversions, this crash course will help you write better microcopy!

"Font Feelings" Presentation

Think you know when to choose the right font? This presentation will challenge everything you know about typography and dive deeper into how different fonts can influence our perceptions of emotions, sounds, and even taste!

Behavioral Science Workshop

A free workshop designed for Product people and designers curious about how behavioral science influences users all across the web.

"Scratch" Handwritten Font

This sketchy, handwritten font is perfect for informal designs or anything that needs a personal touch like recipe cards, flyers, or notes.

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