Hi, I’m Julia — a UX nerd, car guy, and champion of collaboration.
I’m a UX Designer with a Bachelor's Degree in Photography & Arts Administration, and the through-line of my life and career is creating meaningful experiences to help people.
I’ve explored this as a Web Designer, Marketing Manager, Curatorial & Communications Manager, and Photographer.
A systems thinker with a natural instinct to improve things as I go, I’m looking to leverage my decade of design and startup experience to the success of a mission-driven UX team.
Curiosity fuels this cat. I’m endlessly asking “Why?”, and diving deep to learn about people’s experiences and motivations in my quest to leave things better than I found them.
Adept at pivoting from the big picture to uncovering fundamental details, I’m comfortable balancing business with customer needs, and analytical and creative thinking. Colleagues and friends will tell you I’m earnest, reflexive, and playful.
I have special interests in the intersection of technology, innovation, and sustainability.
How might we reduce suffering? I care deeply about impact and the role design plays in improving quality of life.
Beyond work hours, I shake up my snow globe by volunteering as UX Peer Mentor, Formula 1 (hello - big “car guy” here), promoting music events, and cultivating an indoor jungle.
Mentoring & Ongoing Learning
During my learning journey, I joined a grassroots group of motivated UX students. We collaborated on designs, gave feedback, and cheered each other on. It made such a positive impact on me that I wanted to help other students, so I joined Springboard’s pilot Community Advocates program as a Peer Mentor.
I lead biweekly Standup Support Calls, Design Coworking Sessions, and provide 1:1 feedback. The experience also gave me the opportunity to truly listen and keep learning - there’s nothing like teaching to discover what you know! The best part? Seeing everyone learn and make progress together.
Process, Approach & Values
Designing is an exercise in being flexible. That is, I practice being unattached to ideas or outcomes so that I may remain open to other ideas, patterns, or solutions.
One of my favorite experiences is being “lost in the weeds,” an ambiguous moment in a project before the “click” when it starts coming together. Or when new information “curve balls” previous assumptions. I’m here to roll up my sleeves, collaborate, and iterate along with each evolution.
This is the good stuff.
“Loved working with you - your approach and presentation style is so thoughtful.
As a client, I felt heard and relaxed when meeting with you.”
- J.Q., CEO
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