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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

Work Experience

  • 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.