Product Leadership Experience
Collage Director of UX/UI
DEC 2022 – PRESENT · BETHESDA, MD (REMOTE)
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End-to-End Product Strategy: Architect and execute UX strategy for fluen.ci, Collage’s flagship SaaS application; drove a 50% increase in Monthly Active Users within six months of launch.
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AI Tooling & Innovation: Designed AI-powered analytics tools enabling enterprise clients to extract rapid, deep cultural insights, steadily expanding platform adoption.
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Design Systems & Governance: Built and maintained Mosaic, the company’s React/Figma component library, establishing accessibility and design governance across all web assets.
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Data-Informed Optimization: Synthesize Fullstory and Google Analytics metrics to eliminate workflow friction and validate product features.
Brand & Marketing Alignment: Overhauled company web properties and corporate branding to unify digital marketing with product UI.
Optimizely Staff Product Designer
APR 2021 – DEC 2022 · REMOTE
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Enterprise UX Architecture: Owned end-to-end UX for Optimizely Data Platform post-acquisition, designing real-time segment builders and campaign tools that enabled enterprise marketers to target audiences in minutes instead of hours.
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Cross-Product Unification & Governance: Partnered with the VP of Design to unify navigation and interaction patterns across Optimizely’s entire SaaS suite into a single cohesive platform.
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System Scaling: Evolved the enterprise Axiom design system in Figma, aligning component integrity across desktop and mobile frameworks for multiple product teams.
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Design Leadership & Advocacy: Mentored designers and engineers in interaction design and accessibility; evangelized design thinking company-wide and supported internal ERGs.
Zaius (Acquired by Optimizely) Senior Product Designer
MAR 2018 – APR 2021 · BOSTON, MA
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E-Commerce & Campaign Tooling: Led UX/UI design for core platform features, architecting complex cross-channel campaign builders, segment creation workflows, and real-time behavioral tracking interfaces.
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Design Systems & Scalability: Built the organization’s initial component library and style guide in Figma, standardizing UI patterns and accelerating design-to-development handoffs.
DZone Lead UX/UI Designer
JUN 2015 – MAR 2018 · CARY, NC
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Technical Audience Design: Led UX strategy across theDZone.com platform and AnswerHub SaaS product, translating complex technical specifications into intuitive, content-dense systems for developers.
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Career Growth & Execution: Promoted from Graphic Designer to Lead UX/UI Designer, driving early research, interactive prototyping, and front-end development through a major site redesign.
Select Community Experience
Freelance Graphic Designer
2014 – 2020
Delivered brand strategy, UI assets, and print systems for corporate and non-profit clients.
Boston Sings [BOSS] A Cappella Festival Website, Graphics & Social Coordinator
NOV 2016 – PRESENT (VOLUNTEER)
Direct digital branding, social campaigns, and website UX to drive festival attendance and ticket sales.
Pow! Arrangers Music Director
NOV 2018 – PRESENT (VOLUNTEER)
Music director, arranger and singer of the Pow! Arrangers semi-pro a cappella group. Also manage web, social and branding needs.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION
NC State University
Bachelor of Graphic Design
MAY 2013
Introduction to Web Accessibility
EdX Certification
NOV 2021
Unconscious Bias
LinkedIn Certification
AUG 2022
SEO
Hubspot Academy
AUG 2025
SKILLS
UX Design, UI Design, Visual Design, Branding, Accessibility, Information Architecture, Design Systems, AI Design, HTML/CSS, Responsive Web Design, Audio/Video Editing, Vocal Arranging, Social Media Management
PROCESS
Collaboration, Product Strategy, Design Governance, Wireframing, Interactive Prototyping, Research, User Research & Usability Testing, Cross-functional Leadership, Documentation, Project Management
TOOLS
Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, Canva, Jira, GitHub, Fullstory, Datadog, Google Analytics, Docs/Sheets/Slides, Wordpress
INTERESTS
Music, A Cappella, Crafts, Baking/Cooking, Crocheting, Weightlifting, Yoga, Video Games, Puzzles, Board Games, Anime
LANGUAGES
English (Fluent)
Farsi (Conversational)
French (Elementary)
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