Hi — I’m Liz.

About

I’m a designer, researcher, and writer.

Previously UX Lead at Micropsi Industries, where we built an AI vision system helping industrial robots solve complex automation tasks, and product design at IDAGIO, a classical music streaming service featured in TIME magazine's 100 Best Inventions of 2019, Vogue, and The New Yorker.

~8 years in UX/product design and ~2 years in front-end development roles across agency and startup environments.

What I do

  • Work in technical or ambiguous domains
  • Design complex software products and workflows
  • Improve the usability of existing tools and products
  • Bridge design and engineering teams
  • Write long-form and technical content
  • Create and maintain technical documentation
  • Build and evolve design systems
  • Improve design operations and team workflows

Skills

UX
Interaction design | Information architecture | User flows | Wireframing | Design systems | Accessibility | Design documentation | Design QA | Complex workflow design | Tool usability | Design/engineering collaboration
Engineering
Front-end foundations (React, HTML, CSS) | Git workflows | Basic robot programming | Design system implementation | Prototyping and technical exploration | Front-end troubleshooting
Research
User interviews | Long-form writing | Usability testing | Workflow analysis | Journey mapping | Research synthesis | Problem framing | Requirements gathering | Stakeholder workshops

Other

For 2.5 years, I worked in political consulting around the Ontario Legislature and volunteered on federal and provincial electoral campaigns.

I have a master’s degree in music composition from Oxford University, where I wrote a symphony and a string quartet. I still do musical things and also sometimes do audio plays.

Based in Berlin. Previously Toronto, London, Bucharest, Liepāja, and Dublin. Right to work in the UK and EU. Remote-first, with availability for periodic on-site work.