EXPERIENCE

UX Director

New York Post, New York

August 2015 - July 2026

  • Responsible for designing and coding the New York Post Style guide for brand typography, colors, and components
  • Collaborated with product and data teams on new product features, including component design and user A/B testing
  • Worked with the Digital Creative Director to create new features for all brands including NYPost, Post Sports+, Page Six, and Decider
  • Promoted to UX Director under leading design operations and scaling cross-functional execution
  • Integrated a new work flow to accommodate wireframing, high fidelity designs and prototyping increasing production by 50% using design sprints
  • Implemented accessibility guidelines across all brands raising the overall accessibility compliances from 60% to 95%
  • Partnered with the design team to create the full end-to-end experience for the Post Sports+ paid subscription product
  • Architected the Xander Design System to feature typography, color tokens and design components, increasing production by 75%
  • Facilitated stakeholder alignment sessions to present user flows and design concepts for upcoming product launches
  • Led the design, content management and implementation of the Page Six Virtual Reality Awards two years in a row with a massive 60% increase in tickets sales for the second event

Web Producer

Christie's Auction House, New York

November 2013 - May 2015

  • Joined as a freelance web producer to support the digital team for online and offline auctions
  • Increased production by 30% for multi-sale and single-sale pages using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Assisted in migrating the digital platform from a legacy framework to the Sitecore CMS
  • Collaborated alongside engineering team and the VP of Content Management to streamline content and assets for high-impact sales sites
  • Developed a reusable template for sale sites and refactored legacy markup to improve code maintainability
  • Translated the new design style guide into production-ready stylesheets

Front End Developer

Salesforce, New York

April 2011 - August 2013

  • Joined as a freelance web producer to support the digital team for online and offline auctions
  • Increased production by 30% for multi-sale and single-sale pages using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Assisted in migrating the digital platform from a legacy framework to the Sitecore CMS
  • Collaborated alongside engineering team and the VP of Content Management to streamline content and assets for high-impact sales sites
  • Developed a reusable template for sale sites and refactored legacy markup to improve code maintainability
  • Translated the new design style guide into production-ready stylesheets