Elena Marsh

UX Designer creating inclusive, human-centered digital experiences

📧elena.marsh@example.com 📞(415) 555-0139 🔗https://elenamarsh.design
📍548 Market St, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, United States, 94104
LinkedIn: @elenamarshux Dribbble: @elenamarsh Medium: @elenamarsh.ux

Basics

  • UX designer with 7+ years of experience designing web and mobile products across health tech, fintech, and analytics

  • Human-centered design advocate specializing in user research, prototyping, and design systems

  • Collaborative team player skilled at partnering with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to ship intuitive solutions

  • Passionate about accessibility and inclusive design, ensuring every user can accomplish their goals with ease

Education

California College of the Arts
Bachelor, Interaction Design, Score: 3.8
  • Developed a strong foundation in user-centered design principles and iterative design processes

  • Completed hands-on projects in mobile app design, responsive web design, and interactive installations

  • Recognized for outstanding work in the senior capstone project, a public transit navigation tool for elderly users

Courses: Human-Computer Interaction, Visual Communication, Design Research Methods, Prototyping for Digital Products, Psychology of User Experience, Design Ethics and Accessibility

Work

Nimbus Analytics
Senior Product Designer
  • Led end-to-end design for a data visualization platform used by 50,000+ analysts, revamping the dashboard experience and reducing onboarding time by 35%

  • Built and maintained the company’s first design system, including 120+ accessible components and tokens, resulting in a 40% faster handoff to engineering

  • Drove user research initiatives, conducting 30+ contextual interviews and usability tests to shape the product roadmap

  • Partnered with product and engineering leadership to define design strategy and quarterly OKRs for the analytics suite

  • Mentored two junior designers, facilitating design critiques and skill-building workshops

Keywords: Product Strategy, Design Systems, User Research, Data Visualization, Figma, Mentorship
Brightline Health
Product Designer
  • Designed patient-facing mobile app and web portal for a telehealth startup, improving task completion rate by 28%

  • Collaborated with clinical and engineering teams to translate complex healthcare workflows into simple, accessible experiences

  • Planned and moderated remote usability testing sessions, synthesizing findings into actionable design recommendations

  • Created high-fidelity prototypes in Figma and ran rapid iteration cycles to validate concepts with real patients

  • Advocated for accessibility standards, partnering with engineers to meet WCAG 2.1 AA compliance across all products

Keywords: Healthcare, Mobile App Design, Accessibility, Prototyping, Usability Testing, User Flows

Languages

English: Native or Bilingual Proficiency
Keywords: Native speaker, Writing and documentation
Spanish: Limited Working Proficiency
Keywords: Conversational, Basic reading comprehension

Skills

User Research: Advanced
Keywords: Interviews, Surveys, Personas, Journey Mapping, Usability Testing
Prototyping: Expert
Keywords: Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Framer, Interactive Prototypes
Visual Design: Advanced
Keywords: Typography, Color Theory, Layout, Design Systems, Accessibility (WCAG)
UX Strategy: Intermediate
Keywords: Product Roadmapping, Stakeholder Management, Design Sprints, Metrics, A/B Testing

Awards

UX Design Award — Best Mobile App
Interaction Design Association

Recognized for designing a mindful spending app that helps users understand their financial habits through visual data and gentle behavioral nudges.

Certificates

NN/g UX Certification
Nielsen Norman Group
Google UX Design Professional Certificate
Google

Publications

Designing for Trust in Health Tech
UX Collective

Explores how transparency, clear language, and coherent visual hierarchy can build trust in digital health products, sharing lessons learned from patient-facing design research.

Projects

Mindful Spending App
A personal finance app concept that helps users build mindful spending habits through visual spending insights and gentle, non-judgmental nudges.
  • Conducted diary studies and interviews with 12 participants to understand emotional relationships with money

  • Designed low-fidelity paper prototypes and iterated through high-fidelity Figma mockups based on feedback

  • Developed an interactive prototype in Framer to test navigation and core-spending reflection features

  • Awarded an honorable mention in the IxDA student design showcase

Keywords: Mobile App, Fintech, User Research, Prototyping, Accessibility

Interests

Photography: Street photography, Portraits, Film photography
Accessibility: Inclusive design, Assistive technology, Web accessibility
Hiking: Bay Area trails, National parks, Nature photography

Volunteer

Design4Good SF
Design Mentor
  • Mentored early-career designers from underrepresented backgrounds in portfolio development and interview preparation

  • Facilitated monthly critique sessions to help mentees refine their design thinking and presentation skills

  • Partnered with local nonprofits on pro-bono design projects, including a website refresh for a food bank and a donation flow redesign for a homeless shelter