Hello! My name is Sierra 🌱

I'm a User Experience Designer who creates end-to-end products, experiences, and spaces. I thrive in fast-paced, collaborative work environments and have a knack for navigating ambiguity to accomplish project goals.

I bring thoughtful solutions and a keen visual eye in user-focused design thinking. I have a proven track record of successfully delivering projects that enhance the user experience, exceed business expectations and balance stakeholder considerations.

• My journey from Architecture to UX 🚀

I thrived in leadership roles during my architectural career, which led me to realize that I aspire to solve for big picture design problems. I first became interested in UX/UI design when I had the opportunity to collaborate with UX designers at Google during the pandemic to prototype new space types. We developed standards for hybrid Design Sprint rooms that would support new technology when ways of working together were rapidly evolving. I immediately resonated with a user-focused priority in design thinking that valued data-driven, researched backed decisions and was highly collaborative.

Over the next few years, I strived to bring more user research into my architectural career and ultimately found the greatest fulfillment in my work when I was able to connect directly with users and apply design principles to a problem-solving mindset for digital products. The skills I practiced in interior architecture contributed to why I am a successful Product Designer today: empathy, communication, and iteration of creative ideas to reach a solution.

• What I can bring to your team 💪🏻

A growth mindset, creative thinking, high attention to detail and emphasis on craft, embrace of feedback, the ability to design around uncertainty, excellent communication, and expertise collaborating in product design tools.

• My spikes ⚡️

Visual + Graphic design, Wireframing, Conducting User Interviews, Cross-team collaboration, communication + presentation

• Outside of work 🎉

You can find me adventuring in nature with my Australian Shepherd named Olli or reading a good book with a really good cup of coffee in my favorite chair.