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Hey there, I'm Lauren 👋

A product designer with 10+ years experience sketching, building, and shipping products for human connection. I love collaborating with curious problem-solvers and helping teams scale the impact of design.

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Work Experience

Principal Product Designer

mmhmm, Remote (December 2021–Present)

• Building video tools for the remote-first asynchronous workforce.

Staff Product Designer

Buffer, Remote (July 2021–November 2021)

• Leading design projects end-to-end across multiple product teams.
• Partnering with engineering, product, and design leadership to plan quarterly roadmaps and integrate my work into the overall vision of the product.
• Spearheading customer research to keep designers close to the problems that matter for our users and to inform product strategy.
• Identifying and pursuing opportunities to shape and improve the design team’s processes and tooling to elevate output and scale impact.
• Championing and contributing to the Buffer Design System (BDS); identifying opportunities for evolving the system and applying it across products, driving towards improved accessibility and a more cohesive user experience.

Senior Product Designer

Buffer, Remote (May 2019–June 2021)

• Led large design projects across multiple teams and product areas.
• Partnered with Product, Engineering, and Data to explore complex problem spaces and drive design outcomes, solving for both customer needs and business impact.
• Fostered a cohesive user experience by identifying and mediating the impact of design decisions across the entire product ecosystem.