I’m a Product Designer

And I create compelling and usable websites and apps

 

Lead Designer

Gaia Website

Re-imagining the browsing and navigation for a multi-platform streaming video app focused on yoga, spirituality, alternative health and more. A robust research and design process resulted in increased user satisfaction metrics and conversion rates.

 

Lead Designer

Gaia TV App

Designing a new navigation and UI that can apply to multiple TV platforms, while utilizing the same assets and core principles as the web amd mobile app platforms. Resulted in large increases in key use metrics.

 

Lead Designer

Gaia Mobile App

Creating a new pre-checkout experience to facilitate conversion, as well as improving the sign-up and checkout process itself.

 

My Design Process

 

Research

DEEP UNDERSTANDING AND CONTEXT

My process is about gaining a deep level of understanding for the context of the design—what the business goals and visions are, what knowledge already exists in the space, and the key issues facing our users.

I utilize a wide array of methods to uncover as much insight as possible: user interviews, diary studies, academic research, questionnaires, data analysis, usability testing, and competitive analysis.

Getting to the root of the problem and understanding it is my favorite thing about the design process.

 

Strategy

ELEGANT SOLUTIONS FROM COMPLEX PROBLEMS

Once we’ve gained the necessary context through research, strategy is next.

I lead the way on the design direction through personas, user flows, and by conducting brainstorming sessions and design workshops.

It’s critical to achieve a general consensus with stakeholders, product leaders, and the entire team on what the key user problems we’re solving are, and what we believe our most promising approaches may be.

 

Design

CRAFTING BEAUTIFUL AND ENJOYABLE PRODUCTS

I refine the output of our discovery process and dive into creating sketches, wireframes, and prototypes.

Then, refinement through testing with higher-fidelity designs, and building consensus with the entire team and business.

And last, polishing the solution into an interface that is useful, usable, and enjoyable to experience.

Every problem has its own complexities, but my goal as a designer is to gain enough insight and work through enough solutions that the finished product makes it seem obvious and simple to solve.