Product Design Lead at Netflix, turning ambiguity into clarity through design that’s intuitive, purposeful, and human.
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NETFLIX • 2024 → CURRENT
Leading a large-scale horizontal initiative to grow revenue
Growth & Monetization
End-to-end Design Lead and Creative Director. Designing innovative features, established a design system with principles and guidelines, developed the brand identity, etc.
NETFLIX • 2022 → 2024
Launched a 0→1 games platform to power a critical bet
Netflix Games
I designed next-gen experiences, tools, and infrastructure to support cloud and mobile gaming for millions of current and future Netflix members. Launched high-impact developer features to support our growing games portfolio.
NETFLIX • 2022
Branded Netflix’s inaugural design conference
Netflix Design Conference
As part of the planning committee, I served as Creative Director and Designer for Netflix’s internal product design conference, responsible for branding, website development, and art direction for the week-long event.
NETFLIX • 2021 → 2022
Modernized one of Netflix Studio’s oldest internal tools
Cotent Rights & IP Management
Redesigned Netflix’s Content Rights tool, making it more intuitive and better equipped to support emerging business areas like Ads & Games. Partnered with product & creative execs to propose a company-wide IP management strategy to unlock $1B in untapped value
PRIMITIVE HAUS • 2017 → PRESENT
Built a modern, Bauhaus-inspired watch brand
TimeKeeper Automatic
I designed and brought to market three unique watch models, offering high-quality tool watches with a colorful aesthetic, at an accessible price point. We've sold hundreds of units across 60 countries and have been featured in Oracle Time, GQ, etc.
MICROSOFT • 2020 → 2021
Invented an AI-powered, infinite canvas for productivity
Spaces
Spaces explored new paradigms for intelligent, canvas-based organization and collaboration. I partnered closely with product and engineering leaders to define a shared vision for canvas-based experiences across eight teams company-wide.
MICROSOFT • 2021
Brought the best of Outlook to a billion Windows users
Calendar and Task widget for Windows 11
As one of my final projects at Microsoft, I partnered with the Windows design team to explore two highly requested widgets for Windows 11: Calendar and Tasks, bringing them to over a billion Windows users worldwide.
MICROSOFT • 2018 → 2021
Helped millions manage their time more effectively
Outlook
As design lead on Outlook’s time management features, I shipped experiences used by hundreds of millions. My redesign of the event form reduced meeting creation time by 30%
MICROSOFT • 2016 → 2017
Reimagined personal productivity for students
Agenda
Tasked with expanding our user base by engaging younger audiences, we explored Agenda, a playful productivity app for students that reimagined time management with gamified mechanics and an expressive visual style.
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