Experience

Google

2005 - present, Staff User Experience Designer

YouTube

2009 - present, Technical lead and manager for video discovery

  • Manage a team of five senior-level designers working across video discovery (home page, search results pages, browse pages)
  • Previously was the sole designer for YouTube search and launched topics, as well as kicked off the efforts around browsy search. I currently manage two designers working in this space.
  • Established the site architecture for YouTube, including bringing the product together as a whole and envisioning potential future directions for the product
  • Initiated and contributed to creating an internal style guide for designers and developers
  • Helped define the social strategy for YouTube and facilitated the key decision-making conversations
Google Maps

2007 - 2009, Senior User Experience Designer

  • Connected efforts across all maps front-end project teams as well as coordinated and prioritized the design work for a team of eleven designers across six international offices
  • Ran Geo UX Review for all user-facing geo products and features
  • Led Maps UX redesign efforts
  • Unified the local business search flow across Google properties
  • Designed the MyMaps drawing tools
Google web search and consumer properties

2005 - 2007, User Experience Designer

  • Designed the UI for local business and maps results in Google web search
  • Explored different ads display UIs on google.com
  • Contributed to the design and strategic efforts to debrand Google search properties
  • Designed Real Estate Search product
Carnegie Mellon University

2003-2005, Instructor for Graphic Design Fundamentals

Taught graphic design introductory course to graduate and undergraduate students with varying levels of design expertise. Course material included basics of typography, composition, color and image.

Motorola

Summer 2004, Interaction Design Intern

Designed the architecture, interactions and visuals for a web-based tool to simplify the process of selecting preloaded media for different phones in different markets.

The American Red Cross of Greater Chicago

2001-2003, Webmaster

Managed the website information and visual redesign for one of the largest chapters of the country's leading nonprofit organization. Oversaw and executed all interactive projects, including the 2001 annual report.

Web Elite

2000-2001, Web Designer

Designed websites for clients such as Ford Motor Company, Hachette Filpacci, Sun Microsystems and Bell and Howell.

Education

Carnegie Mellon University

2003-2005 Master of Design in Interaction Design (Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society)

The University of Michigan

1996-2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design (Magna Cum Laude, Dean's List, University Honors)

Spanish/American Institute

1999 Study Abroad Program in Seville, Spain