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Jax Engel

Fort Worth,TX

Summary

With nine years of experience in design, I'm committed to crafting user-friendly, accessible, and empathetic interfaces. I'm currently actively pursuing Senior or Staff IC Product Designer positions in a remote work environment.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Product Designer

Albertsons
06.2023 - Current
  • Led documentation of universal design system for 20+ teams for an enterprise B2B product serving 1000+ retail and warehouse locations
  • Collaborated with 20+ product pods to create Figma components and develop the documentation website
  • Used documentation to promote usability and design standard adherence across the product ecosystem

Senior Product Designer

ActBlue
03.2022 - 05.2023
  • Utilized design thinking and product discovery to craft designs for software integrations within entity admin platform
  • Reduced admin support time by thousands of hours annually, reducing overhead cost by $1.5 million
  • Designed integrations with key platforms like Google, Salesforce, Facebook, and Mailchimp, using collaborative approaches involving product, engineering, and design
  • Managed in-house design system, and led accessibility through weekly office hours and regular trainings

Senior Product Designer

Routable
11.2021 - 03.2022
  • Led design for crucial product team, with focus on creating seamless, user-friendly experiences for financial power users of Routable's small business invoicing platform
  • Streamlined operations with bulk actions and invoice batching, simplifying tedious data entry
  • Conducted user interviews and research with businesses users of different sizes to inform and optimize design

Senior Product Designer

FireHydrant
11.2020 - 11.2021
  • Led design for B2B SaaS product for security engineers managing incident response under tight SLAs
  • Conducted weekly research-informed discovery workshops resulting in wireframes, hi-fidelity mockups, and functional prototypes
  • Established FireHydrant's comprehensive design system and implemented product design documentation

Senior Product Designer

Indeed
02.2020 - 10.2020
  • Led design and documentation of Indeed's global atomic design system, servicing 100+ designers
  • Collaborated with engineering and product teams and provided mentorship to junior designers
  • Designed the system with strong emphasis on accessibility, responsive design, and localization
  • Design system continues to be vital for Indeed B2B/B2C products across web and mobile

Senior UX Engineer

Visa
11.2015 - 02.2020
  • Led design and development of atomic design system for enterprise B2B SaaS products serving thousands of users
  • Designed and documented 20+ components, from complex data tables to advanced search filtering across millions of transactions
  • SME for design and implementation, overseeing CSS libraries, reviewing pull requests, and contributing to codebase
  • Drove user-centric UX processes, handled frontend code, and conducted usability testing
  • Collaborated cross-functionally internationally, leading workshops and presentations

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Web Design & Interactive Media

The Art Institutes of Austin
Austin, TX
2014

Skills

  • Figma
  • Design Systems
  • Accessibility
  • User-Centered Design
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Prototyping
  • Wireframing
  • UI / UX
  • Design Thinking
  • User Research
  • Product Design

Timeline

Senior Product Designer

Albertsons
06.2023 - Current

Senior Product Designer

ActBlue
03.2022 - 05.2023

Senior Product Designer

Routable
11.2021 - 03.2022

Senior Product Designer

FireHydrant
11.2020 - 11.2021

Senior Product Designer

Indeed
02.2020 - 10.2020

Senior UX Engineer

Visa
11.2015 - 02.2020

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Web Design & Interactive Media

The Art Institutes of Austin

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