Stefanie Danhope
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Seattle, WA, United States
Toptal member since November 28, 2017
For over 18 years, Stefanie has been crafting digital experiences across various platforms, carrying them from early concept to deployment. She offers value that shines in multiple environments, from a quick burst of support to the end-to-end design. Stefanie has designed solutions for Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, Cisco, and a handful of startups.
Experience
- Product Design - 15 years
- User Experience (UX) - 12 years
- Data Visualization - 8 years
- Web App Design - 8 years
- Software as a Service (SaaS) - 8 years
- Design Systems - 5 years
- Figma - 5 years
- Agile UX - 5 years
Portfolio
EchoMed Directory
Conversational Routing System
EchoMed Design System
Work Experience
Founder and Principal
SJ Danhope Consulting
- Led early-stage product design for a commercial insurance platform, defining UX frameworks, interaction models, and onboarding flows in close partnership with the CEO and engineering.
- Defined interaction models for onboarding, messaging, and relationship management in a commercial insurance platform, enabling users to organize conversations and move deals forward.
- Conducted safety and usability evaluations of frontier-level large language models (LLMs) via Micro1, assessing model behavior, ambiguity handling, and user trust signals in real-world scenarios.
- Led design, research, and oversaw implementation of a customer service task management software for hospital call centers for Syllable. Reduced agent call time by 8%.
- Spearheaded concept design for Tremor, a reinsurance trading platform. Designs secured $10 million in funding.
- Facilitated research-based cross-functional workshops to align executives, project managers, and engineers on vision and tradeoffs for solutions to match patients with doctors for Syllable.
- Designed solutions for authoring and permission scenarios for Socrata, a government transparency platform.
- Led concept design for a learning platform for Palliative Care practitioners to learn new skills at Mount Sinai.
- Designed brand identities and marketing websites for early-stage companies across healthcare, AI, and insurance.
Senior Product Designer
Syllable
- Designed and launched a web-based hospital-facing voice assistant customization tool.
- Owned research, product design, and design implementation quality for a contact management web tool with voice assistant integration.
- Created a design concept for a voice assistant authoring and configuration tool to improve hospital caller experience.
- Defined research-backed scope for an AI-powered analytics tool to track and improve caller experience.
- Led designers and engineers to establish and maintain a component library for a web-based platform.
- Led the recruitment and mentorship of three junior UX designers.
Designer
Thomas Street
- Provided product design for a property risk management web app.
- Provided end-to-end design work for a software-defined networking web app for Cisco.
- Designed and project managed Airloom, an audio app featuring music and news media, on Google Play with a Chromecast integration.
- Designed and managed an independent web-based authoring app.
- Designed a network configuration tool demo for Cisco.
- Created a desktop application design to accompany a plugin which enables collaboration in Sketch.
UX Designer II
Microsoft
- Designed the meetings within Outlook Calendar for Windows desktop and Windows Mobile.
- Designed the scheduling assistant for Outlook Calendar for Windows and Windows Mobile.
- Created a design for an app which helps families stay organized by bringing together calendar schedules, notes, and location information for Windows, Windows Mobile, and iOS.
- Designed a Windows Phone app which allows users to plan and share details for spontaneous gatherings.
- Designed the commenting features for Word and PowerPoint on Windows.
- Created the Insert Media experience design for Word and PowerPoint on Windows.
- Crafted the new file experience design, including template search, for Word and PowerPoint on Windows.
- Provided icon designs for the Microsoft Office Suite for Windows.
- Provided fieldwork analysis and workshop facilitation for feature planning.
Designer | Researcher
NEST | The Home Lab
- Provided the fieldwork, analysis, and recommendations for the package design of a skincare product for Bausch Health (formerly Valeant).
- Provided the fieldwork, analysis, and interface design for a Samsung refrigerator.
- Conducted fieldwork, developed an analysis, and created an interface design for a Samsung washing machine.
- Developed a fieldwork training curriculum for an overseas design consultancy.
UX Design Intern
Intel
- Created a mobile application design which offers therapeutic exercises when there are changes in biofeedback to help the user manage anger.
- Provided the communication design for a mobile project shared at an international conference.
- Conducted fieldwork, developed an analysis, and provided the conceptual design for a product which assists C2C marketplace transactions.
Design Intern
The Creative Coast
- Designed a web-based jobs board.
- Created the design for a web-based event calendar.
- Managed a brand redesign project for an economic development agency.
- Crafted the design for a web-based lodging guide.
- Designed the online donation experience.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Industrial Design, Interaction Design
Savannah College of Art and Design - Savannah, GA, USA
Skills
Tools
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Diagrams, InVision, Sketch, Microsoft Office, Pivotal Tracker, GitHub, Timepicker, Anima, Principle, Balsamiq, Balsamiq Mockups, Asana
Platforms
Mobile, Windows, Web, Figma, Windows Mobile, MacOS, Android, iOS, SoundCloud, Microsoft, Windows Phone
Industry Expertise
Information Technology, Consumer Products, Insurance, Electronics, Media, Music, Entertainment & Leisure, Real Estate, Banking & Finance, Events, Education Technology (Edtech)
Other
Data Visualization, Corporate Design, Competitor Analysis & Profiling, Tablet UX, User Experience (UX), Tablet UI, User Interface (UI), Apps, UX Pattern Design, Web App Design, UX Design, Web Design, User Journeys, Ideation, Rapid Sketching, Tablet Design, User Flows, Redesign, Presentation Design, Prototyping, Concept Maps, Wireframing, Workshop Facilitation, Concept Sketching, Out of Box Experience (OOBE), Product Design, Interaction Design (IxD), Responsive Web Design (RWD), PowerPoint Design, Graphic Design, Design Systems, Workshops, Mentorship, Cross-functional Collaboration, Design Thinking, Design, Dashboard Design, UI Design, Software as a Service (SaaS), Complex Application User Interfaces (UI), SaaS Design, Layout Design, SaaS, Dashboards, Enterprise Design, Enterprise, B2B, Material Design, Responsive Web Apps, High-fidelity Mockups, Web Dashboards, Web App UI, Layout, UX Audits, Mobile Design, Mobile UX Design, DataViz, Mobile UI Design, UX Wireframes, Tools, Admin Panels, Web App UX, UX Prototyping, B2B2C, UX Strategy, Business Intelligence (BI), Mockups, AI Design, Enterprise SaaS, User Interviews, Mobile App Design, Visual Design, Icon Design, Information Architecture (IA), Task Analysis, Generative Research, Typography, Specs, Pitch Presentations, Mood Boards, Branding, Accessibility, Demos, Cognitive Walkthroughs, Agile UX, Fintech, Field Research, Design Workshops, UX Workshops, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Discovery Workshops, Journey Mapping, Landing Page Design, Product Discovery, Strategy, Behavioral Design, Agentic AI, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), Lingo, News, Chromecast, Streaming, Audio, Productivity, Investing, Tables, Risk Management, Reports, Analytics, Strategic Planning & Execution, Planning, Cross-platform, Time Management, Calendars, Meetings, Coordination, Networks, Web Applications, Cisco, Catalogs, Inventory, IT, Software-defined Networking (SDN), Workflow, Scheduling, Mobile Web, Social, Writing & Editing, Content Management Systems (CMS), Notes, UI Motion, UI Animation, Motion Design, Testing, User Testing, UX Research, Leadership, Best Practices in Design, Component Libraries, UI Components, Product Requirements Documentation (PRD), Edtech Design, Voice, Patterns, Roadmaps, Jobs to be Done (JTBD), Atomic Design, Industrial Design, Enterprise UX, Workflow Design, Operational UX, Claude Design
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