Experience
Priceline
Design Manager
Promoted from Senior Product Designer
2021-2026
Leading design for Priceline’s Site Experience, Post Booking, Customer Care, and Package offerings
Set design direction and experimentation strategy, and did hands-on design, as design partner to up to four concurrent product teams, presenting work regularly in critiques and biweekly to the CPO
Led design across Site Experience (homepage, search, navigation), Post Booking (confirmation, account, VIP program), Packages (package path, cross-sell), Customer Care (internal tools and customer support experiences), and, later, Customer Growth (teams included Acquisition, Messaging, Cross-sell, Post Booking, Loyalty)
Managed and mentored a team of product designers, establishing critique structure, design QA standards, and continuous exploration practices
Partnered with cross-functional teams including Product, Engineering, and Business to define priorities, product roadmaps, and quarterly objectives
Led Recent Activity, a multi-quarter personalization initiative built with the Homepage and Post Booking teams, from early research and competitive audit through launch, validated through A/B testing and user testing
Designed Trip Inspire, an AI-powered trip preview feature for Packages that generates personalized trip content; the winning A/B test led to its adoption as a pattern across other booking paths
Led design for VIP program, evolving the loyalty program from a transactional discount tier into a clearer, more motivating experience, validated through research with members and non-members
Guardian Direct
Senior Experience Designer
2020-2021
Product design for an insurtech startup with a mission to bring insurance directly to the people
Redesigned the site experience for this insurtech startup into a friendly, evolving DTC insurance experience, validating decisions through user testing and designing for new product offerings
Designed with a conversion mindset, balancing user needs and business goals, and grew enrollments and revenue year over year
Led user testing and research, facilitating tests and building an insights framework that made findings easier to share and act on
Partnered closely with Product, Engineering, and executives on a new design system, improving designer efficiency and consistency
Corra
UX Designer
2018 - 2020
UX design and research for a leading digital and e-commerce agency.
Clients included Sanrio, Baked by Melissa, Wahoo Fitness, and James Perse
Delivered website redesigns and optimization engagements for e-commerce brands; managed concurrent client engagements, presenting to stakeholders, and iterating quickly; clients included Baked by Melissa, Sanrio, Wahoo Fitness, Riachuelo (10,000+ SKU catalog), and James Perse
Led concepts from ideation to development via sketches, wireframes, documentation, and user stories; utilized analytics, research, and user testing to guide work
Designed Baked by Melissa’s “Pick Your Own” customization flow, a build-your-own-order experience balancing flexibility with a clean path to checkout, driving a 29.8% year-over-year conversion increase
Developed consulting and workshop offers, including Customer Journey Mapping and Auditing services, delivering actionable metrics and heuristic insights, boosting client Hedley & Bennett’s revenue by 10%
Identified friction point for Wahoo Fitness via behavioral analysis, redesigned navigation and taxonomy, increasing purchases by 6%
Led design workshops that included sketching, card sorting, and component rating; lessening amount of ramp up time for UX and design, resulting in more succinct sprints
Created sitemaps and taxonomy structures, utilizing data and client KPIs to guide creation
Hylink
Interactive Designer
2017
UX, UI, & prototype design for China's largest independent advertising agency
Created UX and UI designs from low-fidelity sketches to high-fidelity designs for internal and client projects
Created prototypes for internal and client projects with a focus on interactive elements
Worked with developers to oversee the implementation of design and interaction specs
Led educational efforts within the agency to educate all teams on UX basics and best practices, advocating for the use of research and analytics to inform design decisions
Malia Mills
E-Commerce & Content Manager
2016 - 2017
Relaunched & modernized the website and digital presence for luxury swimwear brand
Owned e-commerce strategy and execution; led a full Shopify redesign, established brand guidelines, and managed digital marketing and email campaigns, reporting directly to the Founder
Executed content strategy informed by analytics, resulting in an increase in website visits and conversion rate as improvements were made each month
Designed UX and UI for key elements, including search, filters, and website navigation, resulting in clear purchase paths and less time spent on the homepage for consumers
Managed content calendar for marketing efforts and product launches; created and monitored email newsletters using MailChimp
Barrel
Junior UX Designer
Promoted from UX Apprentice
2015 - 2016
UX design for lifestyle, health, & wellness clients at a boutique e-commerce agency.
Clients included Well + Good, Jacob's Pillow, and Vermont Smoke & Cure
Designed UX, from sketches to wireframes, for Wordpress and Shopify, gaining a technical understanding of each platform
Played an active role in internal UX education and research efforts
Spearheaded agency’s user research efforts, leading interviews, focus groups, and online surveys
Created sitemaps with corresponding content collection plans, resulting in a more refined and organized intake process for both agency and client
Skills
Tools: Design: Figma, Adobe Suite, Sketch, Principle; User testing: usertesting.com, Dscout; Analytics: Google Analytics, Full Story, Hotjar; AI: Claude, ChatGPT; General: Microsoft Suite; MailChimp
Understanding of: HTML & CSS; Shopify; Magento
Education
Boston University - College of Communication
Bachelor of Science in Communication- Concentration in Advertising
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Parsons School of Design - The New School
Graphic & Digital Design Certificate Program