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Product Designer resume example — Senior
Sample summary for Courtney Banks
Head of Design with 10+ years building design orgs from scratch at Series B–D startups. Combines product design, brand, and design systems leadership under a single function. Known for hiring and developing senior design talent, creating executive-level alignment on design strategy, and shipping product experiences that drive ARR.
Key skills
Design LeadershipTeam Building & HiringDesign StrategyProduct + BrandExecutive CommunicationOKR SettingDesign OperationsFigma & ProtoPie
Sample experience
Head of Design
Nov 2021 – Present
Ironclad · San Francisco, CA
- •Built design function from 2 to 11 across product design, brand, and design ops, supporting a $3B valuation legal tech platform
- •Owned design-led product strategy that contributed to 3 flagship enterprise features shipped, cited by 60% of closed enterprise deals
- •Established design operations practices (critiques, QA reviews, roadmap integration) that reduced design-to-dev handoff cycle by 40%
Director of Product Design
Jan 2018 – Nov 2021
Brex · San Francisco, CA
- •Grew product design team from 3 to 8 and oversaw design of card, banking, and spend management products during hypergrowth phase
- •Partnered with CPO to launch Brex Cash product — became top 3 usage driver within 6 months of launch
Tips for your Product Designer resume
Senior design leaders should speak to org-building and business outcomes, not just craft. Show how your design decisions moved product metrics, drove revenue, or enabled strategic pivots. Team size growth, hiring record, and executive partnership are what gets you into VP and C-suite conversations.
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