Resume
Experience
ActBlue
Group Product Design Manager
May 2025 - Present
As Group Product Design Manager, I lead end-to-end growth projects, collaborating with UX research, product management, engineering, and internal teams to deliver cohesive, user-focused products. I facilitate executive brainstorming sessions to drive innovation and align teams around creative solutions.
Lead Product Designer
Aug 2023 - May 2025
As Lead UX Designer, I collaborated with internal teams to align user experience with business goals, designing intuitive journeys that improve metrics like conversion, engagement, and revenue. I mentored designers and aimed to foster a collaborative, high-performing design environment.
Senior Product Designer
April 2022 - Aug 2023
As Senior Product Designer at ActBlue, I championed accessible and inclusive experiences, collaborating with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to turn mission-driven goals into intuitive designs that boosted donor retention and online giving.
CoSchedule
Design Strategy Lead
March 2020 - March 2022
While leading a team of designers, I drove CoSchedule’s product-led growth strategy through cross-functional research, ideation, and prioritization, bridging design, engineering, and stakeholders to solve complex user problems.
Web Products Lead
Jan 2019 - March 2020
I led a small team to build a 0-to-1 product for CoSchedule, handling product management, research, UX design, and front-end development. In nine months from concept to launch, we gained 100k+ users, achieved a world-class NPS, and became profitable within a year.
Marketing Design Lead
Dec 2015 - Jan 2019
I led a team of visual and web designers focused on conversion, using research-driven design to grow CoSchedule from a niche startup to an award-winning product with a global user base.
Todaymade
UX Designer
Nov 2014 - Dec 2015
As a UX designer at a small marketing agency, I combined UX design and front-end development to create responsive, intuitive, and visually engaging websites and applications.
Todaymade was acquired in December 2015. At that time, I transitioned to Todaymade's sister company, CoSchedule.
Sundog
Web Designer
May 2013 - Nov 2014
As an agency web designer, I created concepts and promotional materials for clients, specializing in graphic design, web layouts, ads, and social media, while ensuring consistent brand implementation across all mediums.
Volunteering / Freelance
North Dakota Democratic-NPL
Digital Director / Planning Committee
June 2019 - Nov 2024
As Digital Director and volunteer for the North Dakota Democratic-NPL, I led digital strategy to grow online engagement across websites and social channels. I also contributed to state convention planning and managed branding and digital strategy for local and statewide campaigns.
Heidi for North Dakota
Campaign Designer
Jan 2018 - Nov 2018
For the Heidi for North Dakota campaign, I collaborated with the Campaign Manager to design merchandise, banners, posters, and social graphics.
Girl Develop It
Chapter Leader / Chapter Founder
Oct 2014 - Dec 2018
Girl Develop It is a national nonprofit offering affordable tech classes for women. As founder and leader of the Fargo chapter, I managed operations, planned classes and events, promoted our chapter, and built community and industry connections.
Education
Bachelor of Science,
Graphic Design Technology
University of North Dakota
Graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelors of Science in Graphic Design Technology, Visual Arts Minor, and Certificate in Entrepreneurial Studies
Professional skillset
Design leadership
Stakeholder management
Storytelling & presentation
UX Research & Discovery
Ideation & prototyping
Front-end development
Product management
Project management
Information architecture