I'M
ELENA macomber.
Full stack product designer and AI & XR enthusiast with 15+ years of industry experience in market place, games, and education.
I design delightful experiences through design thinking, user research, quick prototyping, and usability testing.
01 PORTFOLIO
02 Experience
Mar 2023 - Present
TEAMWORK COMMERCE
Sr Product Designer, Oct ' 23 - Present
Oct 2022 - Oct 2023
META
UX Program Manager (DPM), Meta Ads, Innovations
Empowered UXers by improving processes and
cross-functional collaboration
Freelance Product Designer, Mar - Oct '23
Improving the usability of POS and other store operation apps that increase efficiencies of 50K+ store employees of major retailers worldwide.
2021 - 2023
BENTLEY UNIVERSITY
MS in Human Factors in Information Design,
GPA: 3.8
2020-2021
META
Content Strategiest, Oculus App Store
Led Oculus' first country specific store content launch campaign by coordinating with cross functional teams, helped make Japan the 2nd revenue generating county after US​
2014-2019
GLASSLAB / LRNG
Head of Product Design and Development
Relevant coursework: Multimodal Experience Design, Emerging Interfaces, Fundamentals in Human Factors, Prototyping & Interaction Design, Mobile Design, UX Leadership & Management, Strategic Innovation, and Managing with Analytics
2019-2020
Global Program Manager, Google Play
-
Managed the backlog of internal CMS development by gathering feedback from users and coordinated the efforts with Engineers.
-
Worked cross-functionally across the organization and timely delivered 19 seasonal campaigns in 11 months
â–ª Produced the first math app for EkStep which is being distributed to 200 million underserved children in India to improve their education
â–ª Successfully led product development of the industry’s first collaborative problem-solving assessment game which earned 5 additional years of funding from the Hewlett Foundation
â–ª Ensures client’s requirements are integrated into the design strategies and visual solutions
2008-2013
UBISOFT
Associate Producer
-
Produced 13 console and mobile games including a Wii title, ‘Just Dance Kids’ which sold 700% more than the forecast
-
Created two successful franchises
-
Provided creative direction and feedback to ensure Game Designers and Product Managers fulfilled the product vision
-
Managed third-party developers, vendors, and globally distributed internal departments
2004-2005
BTRAX
Art Director
Managed and mentored a web design and development team. Established and managed relationships with external vendors, clients, and the marketing team
2005-2006
SEGA of AMERICA
Game Artist / UI Designer
â–ª Designed and created high-quality 3D models, texture,
rigged models,
â–ª Responsible for the UI and HUD brand strategy and design
03 SKILLS
MY KNOWLEDGE IN SOFTWARE AND METHODS
Interaction Design
Personas
Storyboarding
Wireframing
Design Thinking
Data Analysis
Heuristic Evaluation
Usability Testing
Figma
InVision
Sketch
Miro
Blender
Unity
PhotoShop
Illustrator
JIRA
Confluence
Git
C#
Python
HTML
CSS
JavaScript