A. Omi

A bit more about me: I strive to develop meaningful, simple, and intuitive user experience solutions. Experiences that do not just function effortlessly but also bring delight.

Freelance Consultant, Product Design

May 2023 to Present

Create interfaces for enterprise SaaS users and lead the design process for data products across a variety of platforms. Conduct qualitative user research and work with diverse audiences to implement product strategies. Evolve design guidelines, best practices, and standards to promote a seamless user experience.

Principal Product Designer 

Clearing (closed doors)
January 2023 to May 2023

Owned the visual and UX design for the Electronic Health Record System. Helped Clearing reimagine how doctors and nurses engage with patients by creating a clinical tool that inspires clinicians, presents patients as whole people, and helps our medical team avoid burnout. Came up with innovative solutions for displaying complex data about the human body in a way that helped doctors and nurses make sense and draw insightful conclusions. Worked collaboratively across teams. Partnered very closely with Product Managers and engineers to validate strategies, identify flows and come up with designs that best fit users’ as well as business needs and capabilities.

Principal Product Designer 

AlphaSights
February 2019 to January 2023

Came in as a founding designer and went on to establish product design discipline at AlphaSights. Worked closely with product, strategy, and engineering to spearhead design-led culture, defined and established relevant processes and workflows, while integrating user experience research and testing every step of the way. Oversaw and mentored a team of designers. Worked across disciplines to establish and maintain a robust design system spanning multiple platforms. Possessed an integral understanding of users’ needs. Actively participated in defining the product vision, while establishing and implementing strategies to bring it to life.

Product Design Lead 

Enigma
September 2016 to February 2019

Worked across a diverse product ecosystem to create a common user experience. Identified and balanced business and customer needs, determined long and short-term product strategies, documented requirements, formulated solutions and provided detailed implementation directions. Rapidly incorporated feedback, and prioritized collaboration. Worked across multi-disciplinary team structures throughout all phases of the product development process. Provided mentorship and support to junior team members.

Experience Design Director 

R/GA
June 2014 to September 2016

Inspired and mentored a growing team of designers to develop professionally and make meaningful impacts in their respective cross-functional teams. Provided a platform for team members to grow and excel within, by identifying and creating opportunities based on their interests and strengths. Estimated, planed, and lead user centric design process. Developed and maintained relationships with key client stakeholders. Identified opportunities to create business value and improve the user experience. Ensured design team efforts are in sync with best practices, clients' expectations and budget. Collaborated across various disciplines. 

Director of User Experience 

Createthe Group
May 2008 to June 2014

Championed user experience initiatives, fostering a user-centered approach through best practices, strategies, and product development techniques. Created and evolved global design standards used across multiple touch points, platforms and devices. Guided a team of ux designers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement. Built trusted relationships with product managers, creatives, technical leads, and business stakeholders. Managed multiple project flows, defined deliverable estimates, timelines and resource requirements.

Sr. User Experience Interaction Designer

MetaDesign
December 2006 to May 2008

Provided short and long-term strategy solutions, gathered requirements, performed usability testing and competitive auditing. Developed information architecture and visual interface solutions across various devices and platforms. Provided detailed functional and visual documentation. Ensured client commitments are addressed and deliverables are of top quality.

User Experience Interaction Designer

Eastman Kodak Co.
September 2003 to December 2006

Designed interface models, menu systems and navigation schemas for hand held accessories and digital cameras. Created information architecture flow diagrams, screen layouts and visual look and feel for desktop and kiosk applications. Worked closely with researchers, developers and product managers.

Available upon request.

yojic.aomi@gmail.com   •  415.439.3212