ROAD SCHOLAR — Boston, MA / Remote
Creative & UX Design Director
Sep 2021 – Present

• Lead design strategy and brand evolution for a mission-driven organization serving older adult learners worldwide.

• Manage and mentor a 14-person team across UX, content, video, print, and marketing, delivering enterprise-scale solutions that balance storytelling with usability.

• Spearhead UX initiatives for complex CMS environments and e-commerce functionality, aligning design with user needs, accessibility standards, and engineering constraints.

• Oversee full design lifecycle: research, ideation, prototyping, usability testing, iteration, and implementation.

• Collaborate across departments (Product, Data, Dev, Marketing, Exec) to bring scalable, intuitive solutions to life.

• Launched brand refresh, new design systems, and improved workflows for international and digital product launches.

iROBOT — Remote
User Experience Designer
Oct 2020 – Sep 2021

• Designed and tested UX solutions for global e-commerce initiatives and product pages across devices.

• Led customer testing via UserTesting.com; translated insights into refined user flows and prototypes.

• Partnered with engineering and analytics teams to implement and iterate on live experiences based on real-time data.

ROAD SCHOLAR
UX & Digital Design Manager
Jul 2018 – Aug 2020

• Designed and optimized user experiences for a senior-focused demographic, streamlining discovery, booking, and support journeys.

• Led UX testing and iterative improvements across web, blog, and marketing campaigns.

• Managed a team of designers and developers; introduced workflow efficiencies and accessibility improvements.

Digital Content Specialist
Feb 2017 – Jul 2018

• Built and maintained web and email content via CMS and ESPs (Episerver, Salesforce, Responsys).

• Designed and coded responsive emails and blog content; integrated testing and personalization strategies.

• Drove cross-functional content execution in alignment with branding and accessibility standards.

Production Artist
Oct 2015 – Feb 2017

• Produced large-format print catalogs, brochures, and email campaigns.

• Reviewed and organized photography assets for marketing use.

• UX/UI Design & Prototyping
  (Figma, Adobe CC, Optimizely, Autolayout, DevMode)

• End-to-End Product Design (Research → Delivery)

• Systematic & Scalable Design Thinking

• CMS & Content Strategy Integration

• Human-Centered Enterprise Workflows

• Team Leadership & Creative Direction

• Accessibility & Inclusive Design

• Cross-Functional Collaboration (PMs, Dev, Data, Content)

• Data-Informed Experimentation & Iteration

• Design Lab (2025) – Advanced Figma, AI For UX Design, Figma Prototyping

• General Assembly (2018) – Certificate, UX Design
  

• Fulton-Montgomery Community College (2015) – A.S. Digital Communications & Media
  

• Binghamton University (2008)  – B.A. Theatre

• 50th Anniversary Rebrand – Directed identity refresh and multi-channel campaign across digital, video, and print

• UX Redesign for Product Pages – Led redesign improving booking clarity and accessibility for older adults

• CMS Workflow Modernization – Collaborated across product and engineering to streamline authoring experience

• AI-Enhanced Content Testing & Personalization – Leveraged LLM-informed tools to prototype and test content variations for performance

Figma (Advanced Autolayout, Variables, DevMode), Adobe CC, Optimizely, Braze, Salesforce, Episerver, HTML/CSS, UserTesting.com, Jira, Slack, Trello