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Sam Grise
PRODUCT DESIGNER
I’m a highly collaborative & empathetic Product Designer who is skilled at listening to users & turning their needs into business outcomes. I’m adept at working with a broad range of individuals with experience across fintech and ecommerce.
WORK EXPERIENCES
Product Designer | Chedar.io
Contract • B2B SaaS Fintech Startup
2022 - 2023
Creating impactful design collateral for Chedar's web presence.
Revamped the design of the platform, including personally completing 50% of the redesign work and managing a team of designers. This included updating the design system, improving the visual aesthetics and user experience, which was fully adopted.
Conducted a design audit of 100% of past work from prior teams to identify inconsistencies and improve usability.
Led design debriefs and presentations to the CEO, showcasing a comprehensive understanding of the company's needs and garnering positive feedback. Launch of the updated application is planned for Spring/Summer 2023.
Design Lead | Little Horse Marketing Group
2021 - 2022
Contract • B2C Ecommerce Marketing
Drove the creative for 8 brands, creating hundreds of assets supporting > $15 million in revenue, including 5 highly successful video advertisements that were praised by clients and users alike.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams and external consultants to develop impactful designs through market research and iterative feedback, achieving 100% satisfaction on all deliverables.
Lead Graphic & Motion Designer | VTB Co. & Sister Companies
2017 - 2021
B2C Ecommerce
Redesigned highest earning brand’s homepage in collaboration with upper management, development, and marketing, which after A/B testing outperformed our prior design by up to 20%, leading to one of our highest profit years.
Spearheaded a new ecommerce initiative, designing Amazon product page collateral that increased revenue by up to 10% annually.
Streamlined the design team's processes by leading documentation efforts and creating over 15 detailed standard operating procedures (SOPs). Managed a team of freelance designers and successfully onboarded new designers, boosting productivity by up to 25%.
Designed for all 5 companies, including creating annually 1000+ product page assets, 10+ homepage designs, and 400+ emails.
INDEPENDENT PORTFOLIO PROJECTS
2022
Crunch Social View
Defined new functionality within an existing hypothetical app to improve user retention & goal accomplishment.
2022
GalleryPal View
Google sprint designing a mobile app for a museum to offer interactive content with rich information to museum patrons.
HangKick View
2022
Deeply investigated the subject area utilizing research and analysis to confirm the problem before designing and testing.
EDUCATION
UX/UI Design Certification
Springboard
Masters Information Technology, Digital Media Arts & Instructional Design
Harvard Ext. School; GPA: 3.95
Bachelors in Global Studies
University of Vermont; Minor ASCI & Japanese; GPA: 3.5
SKILLS
Design
Wireframes, Wireflows, Prototyping, Information Architecture, Branding, Iconography, Video Editing
Research
Usability Testing, Empathy Mapping, Personas, User Stories, User Flows, User Research, Surveys, Analysis
Tools
Proficient in Figma, Miro, Mural, Adobe Suite: Adobe XD, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator