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Ponders

Senior Product Designer

Location Pin Hamilton, Ontario        LinkedIn LinkedIn

As a product designer with expertise in research synthesis, ideation, and narrative design, I specialize in turning complex problems into intuitive, actionable solutions that enable users to tell stories of success.

With a 0-to-1 AI-driven B2B SaaS platform under my belt, I’m eager to join mission-driven teams solving global challenges.
I bring end-to-end, hands-on experience with the product cycle and a proven record of transformative design solutions.

Work Experience

Senior Product Designer

Location Pin Hamilton, Ontario        Calendar June 2022 – December 2024

Flightpath: An agile AI-driven predictive analytics start-up working with some of the biggest podcast networks in the world.

  • Took Flightpath from one graph and a few tables to a feature-complete platform designing six core features and leading over 15 feature sprints.
  • Transformed complex analytics data into actionable insights, driving 2x revenue growth and increasing client efficiency by 80%.
  • Created our design system and Figma library from scratch and conducted internal and external research to develop a UX writing and style guide.

UX/UI Designer

Location Pin Remote        Calendar April 2022 – May 2022

The MŌN App: Design sprint for audio-based social media start-up.

  • Pioneered unconventional research methods and in-app feedback sessions—engaging 18 users across five personas within 48 hours of the sprint launch.
  • Redesigned unintuitive navigation, improving workflow success rates by 80% for new users and 60% for existing users.

Before entering the tech world, I was a middle school design and technology teacher and an audio-fiction sound designer. More details on that work experience can be found on LinkedIn.

Personal Projects

Alt Text for All Custom GPT

Calendar December 2024 – Present
  • Creating a plugin for ChatGPT to generate image alt text that meets W3C standards and puts accessibility over SEO. 
  • Leading a team of research and design collaborators to ensure quality and usability. 

Certifications

AI Fundamentals Certificate

Calendar December 2024
Provider Data Camp

SQL Associate Certificate

Calendar August 2024
Provider Data Camp

UX/UI Design Immersive

Calendar January 2022 – May 2022
Provider General Assembly, Remote

Education

Bachelors in Liberal Arts, Mathematics and Music

Calendar August 2013 – May 2017
School College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts

Skills

UX/UI

Design System Development
Rapid Prototyping
UX Writing
Content Strategy

AI

Personality Design
Context Research
Prompt Engineering
Fine Tuning
AI Ethics Compliance

Tools

Figma
Sketch
Adobe XD
ChatGPT
Claude
NoteboookLM
VSCode
Github
Adobe Suite

Languages

SQL (PostgreSQL
Python
Javascript
HTML and CSS