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    Ironclad

    November 2023 – Current

    Bringing contracts into the digital age at Ironclad

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    Nature Sabbatical

    Summer 2022 – October 2023

    Spending time in nature (backpacking, kayak camping), training my rescue doggo (@cali_to_the_bone), dabbling in hobbies (crabbing, woodworking, cooking), and crushing my Goodreads goal.

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    Autodesk

    2020 – 2022

    Roles:

    • Group Lead & Senior Design Manager (’21 – ’22)
    • Group Lead & Senior Principal Product Designer (’21)
    • Group Lead & Principal Product Designer (’20)

    Responsibilities: Leading design for three teams reimagining how to track progress and issues on construction sites

    • Ensuring delivery of three high-quality products critical to business goals (the unification of PlanGrid and Autodesk tools), while balancing existing user retention and revenue
    • Communicating status to leadership (priorities, wins, blockers) and advocating for team needs
    • Defining group strategy for target audiences and prioritization frameworks
      Identifying new product investment areas based on research, desired user outcomes, and sales strategy
    • Managing three full-time designers (plus interns or contractors); resulting in high-quality output
    • Cultivating a supportive and productive culture (1:1s, team bonding, crit, addressing feedback, etc)
    • Developing user journey map templates and a repository to deepen knowledge of users across the org
    • Facilitating improved collaboration between two cross-cultural, cross-timezone teams
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    PlanGrid, Acquired by Autodesk

    2018 – 2019

    Roles:

    • Principal Product Designer (’19)
    • Product Designer (’18 - ‘19)

    Responsibilities:

    • Leading design for a new cross-functional product team from discovery through beta and launch
    • Capturing a new customer segment and generating a new stream of ARR
    • Leading design system process improvements – iterating on the tools, contribution process, and designer onboarding. Facilitating weekly design system council meetings
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    Travel sabbatical

    2017

    10 countries. 6,000+ photos. 27 books (definitely hit my #goodreadsgoal). 26 scuba dives. 4 cooking classes. 3 volcano hikes. 1 tech talk at a Malaysian co-working space.

     

    During this time I also helped bring user experience to 2 start-ups operating in SE Asia, including this pro bono project which I proposed to Zomia: www.lucilaffitte.com/zomia

    Check out my travel pics: instagram.com/aroundtheworldwithluci

    [Warning: Jealously may ensue]

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    AKQA

    Jun '11 – Jan '17

    Roles:

    • Senior UX Designer (Jul '14 – Jan '17)
    • UX Designer (Jul '13 – Jul '14)
    • Associate UX Designer (Jul '12 – Jul '13)
    • UX Design Intern (Jun '11 - Aug '11)

    Responsibilities:

    • Developing user experiences through user research, wireframes, user flows, site maps, content audits, interactive prototypes, and functional specifications.
    • Working closely with clients to lead discovery sessions and shape product direction.
    • Assisting project managers in planning project roadmaps.
    • Collaborating with visual design, development, and QA teams to execute the vision through launch.

     

    Clients: Verizon Wireless, Zarbees, Frigidaire, USPS, Delta Airlines, Barclaycard, Calvin Klein,

    Platforms: iOS, Hybrid, Mobile Web, Desktop, Android, Responsive Web

     

     

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    Carnegie Mellon

    Aug '08 – May '12

    BFA Industrial Design, GPA 3.6

     

    Honors: University & College Honors, Senior Class Merit Award, Ethal Kirk And Mary Murdock Scholarship.

    Activities: Varsity Track & Field, Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.

     

    LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/luci-laffitte/

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