Current role: Staff Growth Product Designer at Adobe

Hey, I'm Sara,
a product designer
living in Seattle.

I've got 14+ years experience working with startups, Fortune 500 companies, and founding my own design agency, Clade Design.

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Sometimes I host Adobe Live, talk at conferences, and encourage my employees to write helpful articles.

About

My career journey over the last decade or so.

2017 – Present

Adobe

I have cultivated a unique relationship with Adobe, serving internally across three distinct roles and functioning as an external agency partner via my firm, Clade Design. This 7-year progression empowered me to shape plugin architecture, direct commerce strategy, and currently drive key generative AI growth tests.

Staff Growth Product Designer Aug 2024 – Present
Clade Design (Agency Partner) July 2023 – Aug 2024
Sr. Design Manager, Commerce May 2021 – May 2022
Product Designer, Integrations Jul 2017 – May 2018
Adobe Growth Tests
Commerce Paywalls
2022 – 2023

ZenBusiness

Staff Product Designer

Led the Guidance division, focusing on experimental personalization and education experiences. Crafted tailored chat experiences, developed new educational funnel frameworks (increasing traffic by 77%), and launched an education center yielding 1,800+ daily active users.

Education Center
2018 – 2021

Clade Design

CEO, Lead Designer

Founded and orchestrated the growth of a successful design agency, partnering with teams like Chick-fil-A, VICE, MURU, Disney, and Marvel. Managed key client relationships, led multidisciplinary teams, and shipped cross-platform apps and games from ideation to mass-scale launch.

MURU App
Chick-fil-A Supply
2016 – 2017

Infor

Product Designer

Designer for 3 core ERP products accounting for over 60% of Infor’s gross profit. Shipped 10 massive enterprise logistics projects and established a standardized design process for ethnographic research trips and fluid cross-team collaboration.

2015 – 2016

NYU Langone Medical

UX Lead

Redesigned the core 'Find a Doctor' functionality, defined holistic digital style guides alongside developers, and transformed the Clinical Trials user experience through exhaustive patient testing.

2012 – 2015

OneWorld DMG

Medical Illustrator & Designer

Shipped over 15 patient-education products encompassing mobile applications, 3D anatomical models, and marketing materials. Led creative direction integrating doctors, designers, and animators.

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