Innovating for business impact
Is your product lacking a profitable vision? Are you working with outdated systems and processes? Do you need someone who can innovate, present complex ideas in a simple way, and blaze a fire promoting the customer experience? Send me a note at Jamiebetsybraith@gmail.com.
Mission
With a BFA in Design and Interactive Media, a UX Certificate from the Nielsen Norman Group, and over 15 years of design experience, I'm committed to elevating the user experience.
I specialize in gathering data, researching customer use cases, and building complex user flows. I can define problems based on user insights and create a vision that aligns user needs with business goals.
Years of Experience
15+ years of overall design experience
10+ years working on internal corporate custom tools, large-scale marketing websites, and B2B SaaS products
2 years of people management and lead duties including design process definition
Accomplishments
Designed all-new, highly adopted features including tags, notes, and saved views. Conducted user interviews, built journey maps, synthesized research, framed problems, and completed high-fi designs.
Conducted generative research interviews with customers, built user archetypes, and developed a strategic company vision to support the different user roles and their goals.
Led an internal redesign of a marketing website (Sophia.org). Created customer journeys, wireframes, style tiles, high-fidelity designs, and a scalable design system.
Assisted with an agency-led redesign of a marketing website (Strayer.edu) including a scalable design system.
EXPERIENCE
Wells Fargo
Senior Product Designer
Jan 2025 to present (9mo+)
TekSystems (Client: Wells Fargo)
Senior Product Designer
Aug 2024 to Jan 2025 (5mo)
2U
UI/UX Bootcamp Instructor
Part-time, Aug 2023 to Jun 2025 (1yr 11mo)
Parallax
UX Lead
Full-time, Jul 2022 to Aug 2024 (2yr 2mo)
Product Designer (UX)
Full-time, Jun 2021 to Jul 2022 (1yr 2mo)
Strategic Education, Inc.
Senior Product Designer (UX)
Full-time, Oct 2019 to May 2021 (1yr 8mo)
Robert Half (Client: Strategic Education, Inc)
Art Director Consultant
Full-time, Feb 2019 to Oct 2019 (9mo)
Red Circle Agency
Art Director
Full-time, May 2017 to Jan 2019 (1yr 9mo)
Designer
Full-time, Aug 2013 to May 2017 (3yr 10mo)
Education
B.F.A. Graphic Design & Interactive Media
University of Wisconsin — Stout
2008 to 2012
M.S. User Experience & Interaction*
Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia University)
2016 to 2017
*incomplete
UX Certificate
Nielson Norman Group (NNG)
Jun 2023
Credential ID: 1070314
Tools
I'm proficient with tools like Figma, Miro, ChatGPT, and the Adobe Creative Suite.
I gather customer data from tools like Gong, Google Analytics, ZenDesk, ChurnZero, Database Queries, and UserInterviews.com.
SKILLS
Leadership
Change Management
Data Driven
Delegation
Design Advocacy
Design Operations
Design Thinking
Emotional Intelligence
Management
Product Vision
Sizing & Estimation
Workload Balancing
Technical
Basic HTML/CSS/JS
Concept Mapping
Design Systems
Information Architecture
Integrations
Interaction Design
Microanimation
Migrations
Mobile
Modernization
Prototyping
Redesigns
Research Plans
Wireframing
Human-centric
Accessibility
Customer Experience
Emotional Design
Journey Mapping
Problem Identification
Responsive Design
Story Mapping
Usability Testing
User Interviews
User Stories
Storytelling