Hello, I’m Amanda
CURRENT LOCATION
Austin, TX
EXPERIENCE
5+ years
Senior Level
When I am not designing I am probably…
Hybrid training
Taking too many photos
Reading
Cooking
Touching grass
Learning something new
Cuddling my dog
EXPERIENCE
The Social Institute
2026 - PRESENT
Lead Product Designer
Own design quality across #WinAtSocial, setting company-wide visual standards and QA’ing every release, reducing the volume of post-release hotfix tickets.
Determine when to apply AI tooling versus traditional canvas tools based on the problem at hand, then rapidly prototype and stress-test concepts through internal and external focus groups.
Use prototype and focus-group findings to scope features down to an MVP, delivering value to users while streamlining engineering time.
Drive design’s connection to product strategy by shaping sprint scope, resizing tickets to reflect true complexity and making the call to drop tickets from active sprints when competing priorities demanded it.
Own a biweekly release communications meeting, screen-sharing the staging environment for a team walkthrough of new features and functionality ahead of launch.
Improved to 90%+ adoption on a core feature shipped last year, through ongoing design refinement supporting usage and implementation.
2023 - 2026
Product Designer
Solo product designer, owning design end-to-end for a platform used by 1M+ students, families, and educators. This is executed by partnering closely with marketing, implementation, and engineering to ship cohesive, well-supported experiences.
Shipped multiple 0-to-1 features from concept to launch, including 120+ new core screens and flows.
Migrated #WinAtSocial’s design tooling from Adobe XD to Figma and built a library of 65+ component sets, establishing design consistency across the platform.
Mentored design interns and teammates on our brand, helping them ramp up quickly and deliver consistent, on-brand output.
2021 - 2023
Associate Producer
Produced both print and digital graphic deliverables for marketing and product, including videos, social graphics, emails, case studies, year-end reports, and more. All assets were produced with brand alignment and high-quality execution. This work drove student and teacher engagement.
Clemson University
2019 - 2020
Athletic Communications Intern - Inaugural Softball Team
Assisted in launch of the social media presence for Clemson’s first ever softball team, working alongside the Sports Information Director to create and manage content that engaged fans and promoted the program.
Produced multimedia content including graphics, videos, and photography, while traveling with the team to showcase the players and provide real-time updates.
2018 - 2020
Graduate Assistant
Taught technical labs, teaching students the intro skills to photography, videography, and front-end web development
EDUCATION
2018-2020
Clemson University
M.S. Graphic Communications
2016-2018
Pfeiffer University
B.S. Business Management & Leadership
CLIFTON STRENGTHS
01
Learner
02
Belief
03
Connectedness
04
Responsibility
05
Achiever
SKILLS
UX/UI
Design Thinking
Product Strategy
Information Architecture
Design Systems
User Research
Prototyping
WCAG Compliance
Wireframing
Visual Design
Heuristic Evaluation
AI Augmented Workflows
TECHNICAL
Figma
Jira
Claude Code
Adobe Creative Suite (Pr, Ai, Ps, Id, Ae)