Paige Saez
Senior Product Designer at Aurora Solar | Rapid prototyping, HCD, UXR | Renewable Energy & SaaS | Led the redesign of HelioScope product line, boosting user engagement by 30% | Advocate for Sustainable Design
Emeryville, California
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2023
Senior Product Designer
2023
I spearheaded a multi-year effort at Aurora Solar to redesign the HelioScope product line, focusing on enhancing usability for scaling teams in global markets. By implementing user-centered design principles and collaborating with cross-functional teams, I successfully addressed critical usability issues and improved the overall user experience.
Product
2022
2019 - 2022
Principal Product Designer
2020 - 2022
Senior User Researcher
2019 - 2020
2017 - 2019
Lead Product Designer
2017 - 2019
Led ongoing product discovery workshops and quarterly inter-departmental design sprints with customers. Produced an inspiring north-star product vision prototype shared by leadership globally. Created user flows, wireframes, and final designs to help explore concepts, drive research, and validate alignment between user needs and business goals. Managed and mentored three junior designers.
2017 - 2017
Lead UX Designer
2017 - 2017
Guided product strategy, including discovery and definition, through user research with customers to validate hypothesis-driven product exploration. Created user flows, wireframes, final designs, and prototypes for product iterations.
2015 - 2017
UX Design Director, Curriculum & Content Designer
2015 - 2017
First employee. Created the flagship Bootcamp program UX Academy and a new revenue stream. Increased new student enrollment by 5x revenue per student, resulting in a 10x increase in total annual revenue. Defined internal team processes and managed contract and vendor resources. Led company-wide rebrand in 2017. Built and managed a remote three-person product design and content team.
2014 - 2017
Senior UX Designer
2014 - 2017
Multiple contract roles including Intuit, Seagate, Fanatics, and Lattice for iOS/Android product design and responsive web design. Embedded onsite with product development teams for long-term engagements. Established product strategy, including discovery and definition through user research with customers. Created UX and visual design deliverables to explore concepts, drive research, and production-ready designs.
2014 - 2015
Senior UX Designer
2014 - 2015
2013 - 2014
Senior UX Designer (Contract)
2013 - 2014
2013 - 2013
Senior UX Designer
2013 - 2013
(Acquired by Facebook) Led discovery and definition for product feature sets to launch MVPs and inform further iterations. Turned concepts and ideas into product designs that addressed strategic and tactical goals and met end-user needs. Partnered with stakeholders to lead teams in product strategy and iterations.