About Cecily

Lead product and UI designer with 14 years of experience designing polished, accessible digital products across web and responsive platforms. Expert in visual design systems, pixel perfect interface design, and scalable UI patterns that support complex product ecosystems.

Currently Head of Product Design at TravelBank (U.S. Bank), where I lead a team of six designers while remaining deeply involved in hands-on product and design system work. Previously designed user-centric experiences for an array of companies and clients, including AARP, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Goldman Sachs, GoTab, Hyatt, Marriott, Mandarian Oriental, and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

When I'm not designing and drinking coffee, you'll most likely find me cycling, eating peanut butter straight from the jar, spending quality time with my family, and/or re-reading Tolkien’s classics.

Experience

TravelBank (U.S. Bank)

Head of Product Design  Apr 2024–Present
Senior Product Designer
 Jun 2022–Apr 2024
(Minneapolis, MN • Remote)

GoTab

Senior UX Designer  Sep 2021–Jun 2022
(Arlington, VA • Remote)

Limina

Senior UX Specialist, Visual Design  Jul 2020–Sep 2021
UX Specialist, Visual Design  Oct 2018–Jul 2020
(Longmont, CO • Hybrid)

Shift7 Digital

UX/UI Designer  Jan 2015–Oct 2018
Content Associate  Mar 2014–Jan 2015
(Reston, VA)

Formerly known as Siteworx

Brightspot

Associate Business Analyst  Jun 2012–Mar 2014
(Reston, VA)

Formerly known as Perfect Sense Digital

Courses & Education

Design Dept

Facilitating Decisions  Apr 2023

Design leadership workshop for fostering healthy collaboration, debate, and decision-making.

Designlab

Typography  Oct–Nov 2016

4-week Typography course online. Coursework included typography fundamentals and an emphasis on typography for web design.

General Assembly

Visual Design  Mar–May 2015

Graduate from Washington D.C. GA’s first part-time course in Visual Design. Special emphasis placed on web and responsive design.

University of Virginia

Bachelor of Arts  Aug 2008–May 2012

Bachelor of Arts graduate with a double major in Media Studies and Anthropology with a concentration in Media Policy and Ethics. Special interest in film studies and archaeology.