Charlie Ussery
Senior Product Designer
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I'm a multi-disciplinary Senior Product Designer based out of San Luis Obispo, CA, specializing in design systems, mobile visual design, and User Experience. Currently, leading design @KinshipCreative.
Experience
Lead Product Designer @ Kinship Creative - Sept 2010 - Current
●Lead all design work for all Kinship creative web design programs and worked closely with the lead creative director on brand & Illustration projects.
●Develop custom Webflow projects, custom Shopify e-commerce themes, custom Wordpress sites, and framer sites.
●Custom HTML/CSS/javascript web applications.
●Designed Custom Native applications for iOS & android
Senior Product Designer @ Photofolio - April 2016 - Oct 2022
●Led the design team for the Photofolio portfolio app working with the engineering team on developing and shipping new features.
●designed specific features to drive new customer acquisition that directly increased monthly growth by 20% 6 quarters in a row.
●Designed and prototyped native iOS ipad portfolio app. Downloaded and used by over 50% of our customer base.
●Designed and prototyped PDF portfolio builder
●Designed internal design system, called "Lens" in Figma to match the engineering component system our lead developer created in storybook.
●designed experiments aimed at increasing feature conversion, lowering time on task, and reducing churn throughout the product experience.
●Developed interactive prototypes for new features for front-end templating and back-end systems.
Education
University of California, Santa Barbara - History - Sep 2006 - 2010
Skills: Web Design, Figma (5 years), UX/UI design, user research, prototyping, usability testing, and front-end development (HTML, CSS, and Javascript)