My experience
Education
Expected Mar 2027
Evanston, IL
Northwestern University
B.S. in Product Design and Development · GPA 3.84
- Coursework: Human-Centered Product Design, UX Design, Digital Product Development, Product Management
Experience
Jan 2026 – Present
Hybrid · Chicago, IL
Nyck AI
Founding Designer
- Build a design system of 150+ tokens and 50+ components, shipped as a developer code package and a Figma library.
- Design end-to-end experiences for an AI-powered B2B procurement platform serving midsize food manufacturers.
- Conduct competitive analysis of agentic AI procurement products to identify key market differentiators.
Jun 2026 – Aug 2026
Remote
Root Inc.
Product Design Intern
- Mapped the core customer journey and sitemap of Root’s product, used in product team alignment sessions.
- Designed 16 high-fidelity concepts proposed for the product roadmap, grounded in quantitative Mixpanel and Mode metrics.
- Conducted competitive analysis of customer retention strategies across the auto insurance industry.
Apr 2026 – Jun 2026
Evanston, IL
Shopify
Product Management Intern · SEGAL Capstone
- Led a 5-person team through a 3-month Shopify capstone on helping college students start their own businesses.
- Ran 8 user interviews and competitor research that invalidated the AI-first brief, reframing the problem around mobile-first selling.
- Designed and tested a Shop app redesign letting students build a shop and sell in-app without full store setup, earning 83% approval from 7 student testers.
Sep 2025 – May 2026
Evanston, IL
City of Evanston
Digital Services Intern
- Redesigned the city website’s navigation to WCAG 2.1 AA standards, improving content hierarchy for 5,000+ residents.
- Applied WCAG 2.1 AA standards to a sub-website redesign, delivering an accessible experience to 2,500+ residents.
- Analyzed site performance with UX principles and user behavior analytics to identify usability gaps.
Mar 2025 – Jul 2025
Evanston, IL
Plaza Marketplace
Founding Designer
- Designed an end-to-end mobile app launched on the App Store, driving 250+ organic downloads in its first month.
- Created a scalable brand guide and cross-platform design system, reducing development time by 75%.
- Designed the onboarding experience, achieving a 48% activation rate.
- Led design of product and video upload flows, generating 130+ product listings and 30+ video submissions.
Projects
Sep 2026 – Present
Startup
Desy AI
Founder
- Building a GitHub-connected design-to-code canvas that lets product designers edit real front-end code and submit changes as pull requests, targeting the design-to-engineering handoff bottleneck.
- Conducted and synthesized 15+ discovery interviews into core pain points that defined the 0-to-1 product vision.
- Analyzed the competitive landscape of agentic AI research and design tools to shape positioning.
- Lead go-to-market strategy and GTM engineering to reach product designers at SaaS companies with separate engineering teams.
Leadership
Jan 2025 – Present
Northwestern University
Quark Design Labs
Co-Founder, Co-President & UI/UX Tech Lead
- Co-founded a McCormick-recognized design organization, defining its mission and growing membership to 200+ students.
Skills
- Design & Research
- UI/UX DesignDesign SystemsDesign TokensDesign EngineeringInformation ArchitectureJourney MappingDiscovery InterviewsCompetitive AnalysisAccessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA)Agile Sprints
- Design Tools
- FigmaFigJamFigma MakeFramerMiroSplineKeyShotJitterAdobe Creative SuiteWixDatawrapperFlourish
- Code & AI Tools
- HTML/CSSMATLABRacketClaude CodeClaude DesignCursorLovableChatGPTGrok