I'm a senior product designer and leader with 10+ years of experience in various industries and organizations, from early-stage startups to design agencies to Fortune 500 companies.

Key skills

🏆  Team management– Led design teams, including hiring and managing interns and junior designers, establishing systems and practices, and planning a product and engineering offsite and hackathon.

🖊️  Design ownership– Served as the sole designer in several roles, partnering closely with stakeholders, self-managing design initiatives, and working across functions like marketing, research, and product.

🏢  Company leadership– Directed org-wide initiatives like creating a client advisory board with customer success, serving as a  founding member of the DEI committee, and organizing an external mentorship program.

📣  Strategic communication– Advocated for design by leading cross-functional design thinking and brainstorming sessions and regularly presenting design complexities to leadership, across teams, and externally.

Education

Carnegie Mellon University

Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors

Communication Design, 2013

Contact

sgorman522@gmail.com

Recent experience

Senior Product Designer, Lead Across B2B and B2C products

Untapped  •  Remote  •  2021 – 2023

Senior Product Designer, Video Conferencing and Hardware

Dialpad  •  Remote  •  2020 – 2021

Product Designer, Business Trip Management

Expedia Group  •  Chicago, IL   •  2017 – 2020

Detailed resume available upon request.

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