Sarah Vance, Designer in Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Sarah Vance

Verified Expert  in Design

Designer

Location
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Toptal Member Since
September 23, 2022

Sarah is a designer, creator, and innovator who helps products and services transform and adapt to an increasingly digital world. She has a background in UI/UX design, interaction design, visual design, wireframing, prototyping, branding, and shaping user experiences from the problem-recognition and ideation phases through development and deployment. Currently, Sarah enjoys tackling more demanding design challenges, from seed-stage startups to large, scaled corporations.

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Portfolio

Work Experience

Product Design Lead

2021 - PRESENT
Huddles
  • Acted as a brand and art director during the acquisition of Byte, a TikTok competitor. I led rebranding efforts to rerelease the app in less than a year, incorporating existing infrastructure into the new app with a fresh visual aesthetic.
  • Created a new design system from scratch, including creating color and type styles, a logo, and component library comprised of over 100 custom components, and a multi-platform grid system that supports web, tablet, and mobile screens.
  • Spearheaded the design feature releases, leading to the app being featured on Apple Store charts, nominated for the app of the day, and mentioned in publications, including TechCrunch, Tubefilter, Yahoo, and VentureBeat.
Technologies: Figma, Adobe CC, Lottie, Miro, Jira, Maze, Usertesting.com

Digital Consultant

2018 - 2021
Accenture
  • Improved the iOS, Android, and chatbot experiences across six client brands to help customers understand their payment options as a visual and conversation designer for a Fortune 500 utility client.
  • Supervised a team of analysts as a designer and content lead on a global eCommerce retail website redesign, content assessment, and rebranding initiative to build brand awareness and improve customer loyalty among a younger target audience.
  • Owned end-to-end design delivery as a design lead for a Fortune 500 telecommunications customer service tool, including UX research, interaction design, visual design, and development hand-off to improve customer satisfaction and retention rates.
Technologies: Figma, InVision, InVision Studio, InVision App, Sketch, Miro, MURAL, Botmock, Jira, Adobe CC, dscout
2014 - 2018

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Information Technology Management

University of Notre Dame - South Bend, IN, USA

AUGUST 2019 - PRESENT

Visual Design

General Assembly

OCTOBER 2018 - PRESENT

Certified ScrumMaster

Scrum Alliance

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