Northstar
operations
Reframed a fragmented internal workflow into one clear workspace for distributed teams.
Research · UX · SystemsProfile
01 / 06Product designer with eight years of experience making complex tools easier to understand. I work across research, interaction design and systems, partnering closely with engineering to move from a useful first idea to a dependable product.
Selected work
02 / 06Northstar
Field notes
for change
Designed a reporting toolkit that helped small organisations turn data into decisions.
Strategy · Product designGood goods,
better tools
Built a flexible purchasing experience around trust, transparency and repeat use.
Interaction · PrototypingExperience
03 / 062022 — Now
Senior Product Designer
Morrow Works · Remote
- Lead design for a cross-functional operations suite used by teams in moments of high consequence.
- Created the product’s first shared interaction patterns, reducing handoff ambiguity across three squads.
2019 — 2022
Product Designer
Plainspoken Studio · Portland
- Shaped digital products from early research through launch for mission-led organisations.
- Facilitated collaborative workshops that gave mixed teams a shared language for decisions.
2017 — 2019
Experience Designer
Kindred Digital · Seattle
- Designed mobile and web experiences across civic, education and consumer projects.
Capabilities
04 / 06Make sense
Research planning
Journey mapping
Information architecture
Service blueprints
Make useful
Interaction design
Prototyping
Content structure
Design systems
Make together
Facilitation
Design critique
Team alignment
Design-to-code handoff
Education
05 / 06BA, Communication Design
Evergreen State College
2013 — 2017
Let’s make it clear.
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