United States

UI/ Visual Design

Billy Carlson

Product Design Manager

Critical-thinking

Asana

Balsamiq

Figma

Miro

Notion

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe After Effects

ChatGPT

Confluence

Webflow

Empathy

Stakeholder management

Communication

Collaboration

Time management

Team player

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Conflict resolution

Leadership

Problem-solving

Project management

Blog writing

Brand positioning

Branding

Conversational AI

Content editing

Brand strategy

Chatbot

Content creation

Content strategy

Design systems

Human computer interaction

Information architecture

Video editing

User research

Usability Testing

Typography

Relationship management

Prototyping

Product roadmap

Product strategy

Qualitative research

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Conducting good user research

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

I leade the Catalog design team to modernize the primary shopping experience of iHerb.com

Led the product design team to create and manage five different internal tools ranging from B2B and B2C to manage various aspects of logistics for a natural foods company.

As Senior Manager of Design I led and championed the advancement of design in the enterprise health insurance space.


• Focused on user-centric design solutions to for highly complex internal enterprise tools. 
• Interpreting insights from user feedback and research data.
• Conducted regular design reviews. Engaged with experience teams to ensure product alignment and uphold design standards.
• Support and mentorship through investment in dedicated 1:1 time with team members, offering guidance and removing obstacles to optimize their productivity and confidence.
• Advocate for human-centered design by championing the value of UX and product design across all business lines, highlighting its impact and importance.

As Director of UX I led the design and strategy for highly visible digital product from e-commerce to saas, and iOS platforms. 

•Collaborated with executive leadership in the creation of the Artist Shop platform through discovery workshops, development of wireframes and prototypes, and finally delivering high fidelity designs.
• Led the design and product management of three iOS apps. Threadless for iOS and iPadOS, Type Tees for iOS, and Threadless Make for iPadOS. 
• Led the continuous improvement of the Threadless.com ecommerce experience through user and usability testing, Google Analytics, and iterative design.
•Implementation of an updated scoring feature to include a simple to use pre-order feature
•Managed numerous 3rd party vendors

User experience designer and developer working on concepting, architecture, interface design and prototype development for Fortune 100 companies. Also create internal corporate videos and animations to aid in the storytelling of case studies and capabilities presentations.

I am the sole designer for the Marketing and Communications team at Tribune Technology and aid in creating marketing materials, branding, advertising and communications for our wide range of digital products and solutions.

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