COURT KIZER

Product Designer

Lead UI Designer

Design Director

Portfolio

https://kizer.me

Contact

courtkizer@gmail.com

760-970-6981

https://linkedin.com/in/brainchild2b

Education

Bachelor of Science, Human-Computer Interaction at Purdue University

Certified Usability Analyst (CUA), Human Factors International

• Google UX Design Professional Certificate

Skills

Design: From user research and wire-framing to prototyping and final design, ensuring user-centered and visually ensuring user-centered and visually appealing outcomes.

Technical: HTML, CSS, basic JavaScript, React. Experience training AI models including GaNs and LLMs.

Tools: Integrates AI and machine learning into designs for enhanced functionality

Cross-Platform Design: Figma, Raycast, Sketch, Storybook, JS, Adobe CS

Awards

• Figma Socks Award for debugging a shadow layering bug in Figma.Award-Winning Design: Crafted the Eddy award-winning UI for VMware Fusion and received the coveted Figma Socks award for contributions to Figma.

Industry Experience

Successfully collaborated with

top-tier clients, including Apple, Google

Ventures, Meta (Facebook),

Walmart.com, VMware, and Disney

Interactive.

Skills

User Experience (UX) Design: Wireframing, Prototyping, User Research, Usability Testing

User Interface (UI) Design: Visual Design, Interaction Design, Responsive Design

Design Tools: Figma, Sketch, Adobe CS, Storybook JS

Collaboration & Management: Agile Methodologies, Design Sprints, Team Leadership, Stakeholder Management

Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React (basic understanding for collaboration with developers)

Soft Skills: Creative Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Effective Communication, Project Management

I will produce extraordinary results

 I take joy in crafting exceptional products. As a passionate Product Designer with 14+ years of experience, I craft empathy-driven, 

user-centered products. I specialize in translating complex concepts into intuitive, beautiful interfaces and excel in guiding ideas 

from concept to polished product. Thriving in both fast-paced startups and larger enterprises, my strengths include:


  • Empathetic, user-centered design approach with an end-to-end product development process, ensuring pixel-perfect, high-quality designs through rapid prototyping

    Effective communication with engineering teams, expert at building design systems and component libraries, and thorough documentation of the design process.

  • A self-starter with a proven history of entrepreneurial drive and motivation, and experienced design leader and mentor for other designers.

Work Experience

2023 → 2024

Lead Product Designer at Wonderment

  • Designed and built an AI-powered CRM from scratch, including data-driven dashboards, table interfaces, AI-powered filters, and visual interfaces. Applied user-centered design and data-driven design principles to enhance the buyer journey by developing an LLM-powered customer dashboard for e-commerce.

2022 → 2023

Lead Product Designer at Arist

  • Designed and developed an AI-powered course builder for micro-learning, creating a reusable component library to streamline the development process. Contributed to groundbreaking e-learning features and products, enhancing the user experience with advanced real-time AI feedback and suggestions.

2022 → 2023

Director of Design at Narvar

  • Directed the AI-aligned design vision for Narvar’s suite of commerce products, ensuring cohesive and responsive user experiences. Led a team of 10+ designers to deliver beautiful, easy-to-use applications through cross-functional collaboration and agile methodologies. Launched over 10 new features, revamped the user dashboard, and developed a scalable design system, bringing consistent design across all applications.

2021 → 2022

Director of Product Design at Chartmetric

  • Led and mentored a team of product designers at Chartmetric, a music analytics platform.  Applied design leadership and stakeholder management to design and ship over 40 features, revamp the dashboard, and create a comprehensive component library.  This resulted in enhanced user experiences and a significant increase in revenue.

2013 → 2021

Lead UI Designer & Design Engineer at SurveyMonkey

  • Designed and developed multiple applications from the ground up, focusing on user-centered design for SurveyMonkey’s CX dashboards. Integrated NPS analytics and metrics into business e-commerce and polling software, enabling data-driven decision-making and improving user satisfaction across brands by 30%.

Skills

Full-Stack Design

• End-to-End Design Process

• UX Research

• Wireframing

• Pixel Perfect Visual Design

• Interactive Prototyping

• Usability Testing

• Design Systems

Product Development

• Product Strategy

• User-Centric Design

• Iterative Design Process

• Rapid Prototyping

• Figma Design Systems

Collaboration and Communication

• Working with Engineers

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Clear and Effective Communication

• Feedback Integration

Problem Solving

• Ability to Tackle Complex Design Challenges

• Creative Thinking

• User Problem Identification and Resolution

Industry and Market Understanding

• Deep Knowledge of the SaaS Industry

• Understanding Market Trends

• E-commerce and the customer purchase journey

• Competitor Analysis

• Interactive Prototyping

• Usability Testing

Tools & Software

• Figma

• Sketch

• Adobe Creative Suite

• Storybook JS

• VSCode