Delivering Thoughtful Experiences
I back product decisions with research, testing, and analytics. By blending innovations, best practices, and business requirements I create positive outcomes for companies and users. I’m experienced in collaboration with designers and engineering teams to provide new product features and improvements to existing journeys.
every Product Challenge is an opportunity to grow
My Work
Product Management
I bring a dedicated and adaptable approach to problem-solving and team-building. I deliver value-driven features from end to end by motivating people to accomplish great things together.
I’m passionate about understanding and conveying the necessary balance between business goals, technical constraints, and users’ needs.
I strategize with stakeholders while conducting research and gathering data to plan roadmaps, epics, and product requirements.
I work directly with designers, developers, and QA teams to find the best possible solutions and demonstrate the success of those solutions through data and user testing.
Product Design
Directory Page Experience
My Role: UX Designer | HomeAdvisor
Challenge: Provide consumers a way to easily find, compare, and contact service professionals in their area.
Login Flow
My Role: Product Designer | HomeAdvisor
Challenge: Provide consumers a secure login process, while updating the visual designs to current standards.
Site Navigation
My Role: UX Designer | Angie’s List
Challenge: Provide consumers with intuitive global navigation, seasonal information, and increase SEO value.
Additional Industry Experience
UX Research
Conducting and assisting in various UX research studies strengthens my experience in interviewing, creating task plans, discussion guides, personas, and advocating for users.
UX Writing
Practical experience in evaluations, recommendations, and writing within my roles as a Product Designer & Manager is elevated by my studies and certification with the UX Writers Collective.
Design thinking Process
My Process
I utilize design thinking to create successful products that are backed by research and data. Frequent, non-linear cycles of empathy, ideation, research, and iteration allow my designs to continuously improve. Every success, setback, and failure teaches me a lesson that I can apply to my work and share with others.
Empathize & Discover
Ideate & Design
Prototype & Test
Refine & Iterate
Design thinking was a part of my work before I even knew the term. While bar-managing, I designed and implemented a 5-week beverage menu design process encouraging a workflow that allowed collaboration, iteration, and testing. This process resulted in higher consumer retention and increased revenue.
About Me
Hi, I’m Sarah
I love solving problems through research and creative thinking. Believing there's always room for improvement in life as well as work, I push myself to continue to learn and have new experiences. I’m a generalist in the sense that I enjoy having a base knowledge in many contributing parts of the Product field, but I thrive in the strategic thinking, planning, and execution of products. I’m ambitious and hardworking. I find fulfillment in contributing to the growth of my team as well as the product. Greatness is never achieved alone.
I’ve recently returned to my home state of Oregon after creating life experiences in Denver and Miami. I love being near the ocean and the forest again. I'm an adventurer at heart but also love curling up with a book, visiting new restaurants, and watching bad TV.
Work History
Remote Senior Product Manager | FuelCloud April 2020 - Present
Product Designer | HomeAdvisor, August 2018 - March 2020
Remote UX Designer | Angie’s List, August 2018 - January 2019
Education
UX Writers Collective | UX Writing Fundamentals, June 2019 - August 2019
General Assembly | UX Research & Design Immersive, February 2018 - May 2018
Art Institute of Seattle | Commercial Photography, 2000 - 2001