EXPERIENCE
Director of Product Design
The Holding Co.
August 2020 - Present
Staff Product Designer
SoFi
May 2017 - July 2020
Senior Visual Designer
frog Design
July 2013 - April 2017
Design Intern
Office Brand Studio
March 2013 - July 2013
UX Contract Designer
SAP Mobile Design Center
May 2012 - December 2012
EDUCATION
Graphic Design
California College of the Arts
Sept 2011 - June 2013
Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art
& English Double Major
Wesleyan University
2008
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Product Designer
U.S. Digital Response
May 2020 - Present
Graphic/Digital Designer
Tech for Campaigns
June 2017 - November 2018
Hi, I’m Constance! Nice to meet you.
I’m an experienced product designer and design manager based in San Francisco, with a speciality in creating comprehensive digital experiences from the ground up that are accessible and delightful to use for people from all walks of life. My specific passions include civic design and designing for caregivers, from empowering voters with access and information, to making it easier for older adults and their loved ones to receive benefits and services.
In my professional roles, I’ve most recently been both an individual contributor and manager. As a manager and mentor I strive to empower other designers to do their best work through coaching on process, craft, and storytelling. My current role is Product Design Director at The Holding Co., a design lab focused on increasing equity in the care economy.
I am a true full-stack product designer (UX, visual design, and research) who brings a depth of experience across both craft and industries. I’ve worked as a design consultant (first at frog Design, now at THCO) but also loved working in-house at SoFi, where I focused on building out a new personal finance tool called SoFi Relay from zero to a successfully launched product in 2019 that is still active today. I can work from a more high-level strategic viewpoint, such as translating research insights into design opportunities, to getting into the weeds of complex systems, and executing pixel-perfect designs while collaborating with engineering teams. I have a strong passion for craft and visual design that stems from my graphic design education and my start at frog as a visual designer.
My recent focus on caregiving at THCO has been in perfect alignment with my personal life, as I became a mom to two little girls. Parenting has proved to be my most challenging and rewarding role yet, something that has pushed my creativity, problem-solving, and time-management skills to an all-time high (IYKYK).
My special skills include: Leading teams, mentoring, UX design, visual & graphic design, responsive web design, native mobile/mobile-first design, design language systems, designing for accessibility, design research & usability testing, product strategy, information architecture, and UX Copyrighting (former English major!).