Adept at user-centered design, team mentorship and translating complex requirements into meaningful, future-focused experiences. 

Proven track record of leading award-winning B2B and B2C projects across multidisciplinary industries. 

EDUCATION 

Master of Science, Interaction Design — NYU Tisch School of the Arts 

Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts / Graphic Design — Western Connecticut State University 

SKILLS 

Design Tools: Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud, InVision, Axure, After Effects 

Frontend: HTML5, CSS / SASS, CMS (Drupal, WordPress, FatWire) 

User Research & Testing: Interviews, Usability Testing, A/B Testing, Analytics, Qualtrics 

Collaboration Tools: Jira, Confluence, Asana, SharePoint 

Additional: Fluent in Spanish; Video Editing; Arduino; Processing 

U.S. Bank (Assistant Vice President, Product Design) 

New York, NY / San Francisco, CA
Jan 2021 – August 2025 

  • Lead end-to-end designs across digital channels (design, engineering, and leadership) around a product vision. Built alignment across diverse stakeholders and represent the experience initiative in company-wide productivity and AI discussions. 

  • Delivered the #1 world-class banking app in 2025. Meeting the goal for digital strategy for banking products with personalization and science-driven insights. 

  • Evolved a higher level of creativity and innovation standards across all digital channels. Converting complex problems into elegantly simple, intuitive designs with an eye for the details. 

  • Moved design projects through the product design process, including discovery, concept, detailed design and implementation, and facilitating progress at each stage. 

  • Contributed to cross-platform consistency, aligning mobile and web experiences with unified design guidelines. 

  • Collaborated with research teams to define usability studies, heuristic evaluations, and A/B testing to validate design decisions and optimize user flows. 

  • Created journey maps, personas, and user flows to visualize pain points, jobs-to-be done to guide feature development. 

  • Defined interaction design patterns for mobile onboarding, account management, feature findability and other features; improving task completion rates. 

  • Collaborated with product managers and engineers in agile sprints, delivering ready-to-ship design specs with annotated workflows. 

  • Partnered with accessibility teams to apply WCAG 2.1 standards, including color contrast, touch targets, and screen reader compliance. 

  • Designed micro-interactions and animations to enhance mobile user engagement. 

  • Created prototypes and presentations to frame context for audiences to attain an informative and intuitive journey. 

  • Mentored and provided design feedback to junior designers, raising the bar for design quality. 

Moody’s (Senior User Experience Designer) 

New York, NY • April 2020 – November 2021 

  • Requirement gathering for the designed ESG Analytics platform, transitioning legacy Excel dashboards into interactive web applications. 

  • Produced wireframes, prototypes, and visual specifications in Figma for data visualization modules. 

  • Designed complex interactive charts, filters, and comparison tools for analysts and institutional investors. 

  • Ran design workshops, feature prioritization sessions, and user feedback cycles with stakeholders. 

  • Established a new UI framework and pattern library, improving design handoff efficiency by 30%. 

  • Created componentized dashboards and reusable templates for data-heavy workflows. 

  • Designed and tested responsive layouts for web and tablet use cases. 

  • Integrated accessibility guidelines into high-density data visualizations. 

  • Partnered with engineers to refine front-end implementations, ensuring pixel accuracy and functional parity. 

Mini-Circuits (Principal Product Designer) 

New York, NY • May 2018 – April 2020 

  • Redesigned global eCommerce platform with responsive layouts, modern checkout flows, and international compatibility. 

  • Created and delivered iOS and Android mobile applications with streamlined product browsing and order tracking. 

  • Built interactive wireframes, prototypes, and design specs in Figma/Sketch for B2B tools and eCommerce workflows. 

  • Developed internal B2B dashboards for sales and operations, focusing on usability and data clarity. 

  • Ran user research, discovery sessions, and design sprints to validate solutions with stakeholders. 

  • Established UI component libraries and style guides, improving design consistency across projects. 

  • Designed product filters, faceted search, and comparison tools to optimize shopping experience. 

  • Conducted cross-browser and device testing for responsive performance. 

  • Collaborated with engineers to refine front-end HTML/CSS prototypes and QA implementation. 

Weill Cornell Medical College (UI/UX Designer - Front end Engineer) 

New York, NY • January 2012 – September 2017 

  • Designed and migrated enterprise CMS platforms, creating wireframes, prototypes, and UI guidelines for faculty and student portals. 

  • Created a design system with accessibility standards, reusable components, and visual consistency for multiple departments. 

  • Conducted user research, accessibility testing, and stakeholder interviews to validate design decisions. 

  • Built HTML/CSS prototypes to demonstrate responsive layouts before engineering implementation. 

  • Designed interactive dashboards and data visualizations for faculty reporting systems. 

  • Documented end-to-end UX flows, including personas, journey maps, and annotated wireframes. 

  • Designed and optimized forms, workflows, and navigation systems to improve usability. 

  • Delivered UX documentation and specs for engineering handoff. 

  • Conducted ongoing usability audits and accessibility reviews for WCAG compliance. 

PREVIOUS ROLES 

NY Stock Exchange – User Acceptance QA 

Rodale (Prevention/Parenting) – Photo Editor / Designer 

Housatonic Area Transit – Marketing / PR Coordinator 

Marketing Drive US – Art Director 

Ethan Allen Inc. – Multimedia Designer 

AWARDS & RECOGNITION 

American Graphic Design Magazine Winner  

Weill Cornell Art Show Winner 

WCSU Alumni Art Show Winner  

VIP Member, National Women’s Transportation Seminar 

Official Translator, City of Danbury 

CONFERENCES & TRAINING 

Deque (accessibility) certified 

Member - IxDA NYC Chapter 

Member - IxDF - The Interaction Design Foundation 

Management Accelerator - HLMA from McKinsey & Company 

Leadership Institute Business Strategy Certificate - McKinsey Academy 

Certificate in Design Leadership — Cooper Institute 

Presenter: SXSW, An Event Apart, IxDA 

Seminars on Email Campaign Strategy 

Marketing for Public Transportation 

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