Resume

  • Sr. Manager of Product Design and Lead Product Designer (Dec 2022 - Present)

    • Lead & mentor a multi-disciplinary design team

    • Set UX and product strategy in partnership with PM/Eng.

    • Partnered with Data/Marketing/Research to ship features that increased conversion, retention, and monetization.

    • Introduced user-centered frameworks (JTBD, journey mapping, prototyping) that improved clarity and decision-making across teams.

    • Integrated AI into end-to-end design workflows to accelerate research synthesis, concept exploration, and content iteration while maintaining high craft and human-centered judgment.

    Lead Product Designer (Mar 21 - Dec 22)

    • Owned end-to-end design for booking, payments, onboarding, and marketplace experiences.

    • Drove product outcomes through usability testing, insights synthesis, and iterative prototyping.

    • Improved cross-functional alignment with clear storytelling, design rationale, and documentation.

    Senior Product Designer (Oct 2019 - Mar 21)

    • Led first major product rebrand and UI modernization across mobile + web.

    • Directed visual direction and partnered with engineering to improve search and discovery.

  • Associate Design Director (2016 - 2019)

    • Directed digital design across global web, email, mobile, and social channels.

    • Owned concept → execution for large-scale creative campaigns.

    • Built scalable toolkits for global markets, improving content consistency and velocity.

    Senior Digital Designer (2014 - 2016)

    • Developed scalable global campaign assets that preserved Benefit’s brand voice across diverse markets.

    Interactive Designer (2011-2014)

  • Graphic Designer (2008 - 2011)

    • Client list includes: Landor, Citi Bank, Brown Forman

  • Graphic Designer (2004 - 2008)

Core Skills

Product Strategy: UX vision, roadmapping, experimentation, OKRs

Leadership: Team management, coaching, hiring, stakeholder alignment

Execution & Craft: Interaction design, prototyping, design systems, responsive design

Collaboration: PM/Eng/Data partnership, workshops, storytelling

Research: JTBD, qualitative + quantitative insights, usability testing

Tools: Figma + whatever gets the job done

  • "Amanda is not only talented, but also someone who elevates everyone she works with. "

    Deepali Agarwal (Senior Director of Engineering)

  • "...she has an amaing sense ofwhat users will actually need to improve their lives"

    Zach Baker (Lead Product Designer)

  • "She created an environment where I felt trusted, supported, and challenged to do my best work"

    Jeff Barr (Lead Product Designer)