My work history...

LEIGH ALLEN-ARREDONDO – UX DESIGN LEADER
I drive user-centered design to help your company make products that users want, use, and love. I develop & execute on user-centered strategies, build and manage high-performing teams, direct interactive & creative design, and I’m a player-coach. 
 
UX Director, MetaBrite Inc – Seattle, WA
Feb 2016 - current
I lead research & design for a start-up that delivers an automated, machine-learning solution for collecting consumer purchase data within mobile apps. I get to wear many hats in both leadership and hands-on research & design in a small team building something large and ambitious. Through user research we help identify priorities for product roadmap, as well as opportunities for new user experiences. My role encompasses marketing as well as product design. You can learn more about what MetaBrite does at www.metabrite.com
 
Head of UX, Consumables CX, Amazon, Seattle, WA
October 2015 - Dec 2015
I led the UX team for the Consumables Customer Experience at Amazon, where the mission is to make shopping for everyday items effortless. My team supported multiple categories -- baby, beauty, health, grocery, household essentials; programs such as AmazonFamily, Subscribe & Save, Baby Registry, Treasure Truck; and platform programs such as consumables search and detail page. The role was both tactical and strategic, from launching multiple iterations of a new detail page with very specific targets to hit to developing design initiatives for big innovation within the consumables space for Amazon customers.
 
Lead UX Manager, Kindle Content; Amazon, Seattle, WA
April 2013 - October 2015
As a lead manager in Kindle Content, I led a fantastic group of UX designers in our mission to create innovative and intuitive experiences that help authors expand their audiences around the world, and help readers discover new content. I brought a user-centered approach to creating and implementing customer experiences. We launched Kindle Scout, Kindle First, Kindle Worlds, Amazon Enterprise Publishing, and Write On, public beta re-design for Kindle Direct Publishing (still dialing up in public beta), Crossing Translation, and more author and publisher experiences to be launched in 2016.
 
UX Consultant, Arredondo Design, Seattle, WA
December 2007 to April 2013
I worked with design agencies and corporate product teams to lead strategic product design & research. Highly complex web & mobile applications for many clients including Blink Interactive, Garrigan-Lyman, T-Mobile, Microsoft, Qualcomm Mobile, Windermere Real Estate, and more.
 
User Experience Director, Digital Railroad Inc., Seattle, WA
February 2006 to December 2007
Created and managed a UX design team for a start-up web platform for photographers and stock photo site. Through research and insight-driven design, I integrated UX strategy into the business and product development. I also remained hands-on in product design and research while directing and mentoring a content and design team.
 
UI Design Lead
Getty Images Inc Seattle, WA
May 2001 to February 2006
Led UI design for multiple e-commerce websites of Getty Images, a multi-billion dollar global company.  I worked with global cross-functional teams, leading the design of key functional areas of the e-commerce website, including searching, purchasing and downloading of digital media over multiple versions of Getty’s internal and external websites.
 
Product Design Manager
Sierra Online/Havas Interactive, Bellevue, WA
1998 – 2001
Managed product design & research team for Sierra Home (division of Sierra Online); oversaw design & release of 20+ consumer software titles. Worked with the UI team throughout design process, encouraging individual career growth and the success of the department through mentoring, motivation and an exciting learning environment.
 
Senior UI Designer
Broderbund Software, Novato, CA 
1996 – 1998 
Designed and prototyped UI navigation, functionality and visual design of for a top-selling consumer software product, PrintShop, and other consumer software products published by Broderbund.
 
Senior Designer & Art Director
1987 – 1996 
High-end graphic design, information design, interaction design, and illustration. Projects ranged from print marketing, branding, packaging & catalogs to websites to video and interactive media.
 
EDUCATION
1994 – 1997, San Francisco State University (San Francisco, CA)
BA Film, emphasis in Directing and Producing
1985 – 1993 SF State (San Francisco, CA); Pitzer College (Claremont, CA), Fine Art concentration
 
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