I’m a Senior Product Designer focused on designing thoughtful and delightful digital products.
Currently at Yahoo News, I design data-rich and editorial discovery experiences that help people navigate rapidly evolving information and real-time content. My work spans interaction design, scalable systems, and AI-assisted workflows that accelerate exploration and iteration across product teams.
Previously, I was the Lead User Experience Designer at Color Of Change, where I helped shape digital product strategy and establish the organization’s first dedicated user experience and product design practice. Before that, I was a User Experience Design Manager at Forum One, leading multidisciplinary design work for organizations including the Smithsonian, USAID, CFPB, March of Dimes, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Before moving into product design, I worked in social and economic policy research at Abt Associates, conducting qualitative and quantitative research focused on homelessness, workforce development, and vulnerable communities. That research background continues to shape how I approach systems thinking, audience understanding, and complex problem solving in digital products.
Across my work, I’m most energized by ambiguity, collaboration, and designing experiences that bring clarity to complex information.
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WORK EXPERIENCE
January 2025 - Current
Senior Product Designer, Yahoo
I am a Senior Product Designer on the Yahoo News team on the data services team.
June 2023 - December 2024
Lead User Experience Designer, Color Of Change
I am the first and only user experience designer on the technology team. I support the team on keystone projects, including a web-based application and a full website redesign project, while also setting the standards of practice for user experience design.
January 2022 - April 2023
Manager, User Experience Design, Forum One
I led the UX design on dozens of client projects, focusing on full website redesigns and digital tools. I managed Visual and User Experience Designers, contributed to organizational design decisions, updated templates and training for internal teams, and contributed to business development efforts. I collaborated closely with team members, including developers, strategists, data analysts, and visual designers. I conducted rigorous research, created designs, and delivered innovative solutions to clients.
March 2020 - January 2022
Senior User Experience Designer, Forum One
August 2018 - March 2020
User Experience Designer, Forum One
September 2017 - August 2018
User Experience Associate, Forum One
June 2016 - April 2017
Social and Economic Policy Associate Analyst, Abt Associates
Utilized rigorous research methodologies, including interviews and surveys, to learn about impacts of domestic policies across the US, including on homelessness, runaway and homeless youth, and Hispanic families and children in the US.
January 2015 - June 2016
Social and Economic Policy Research Assistant, Abt Associates
EDUCATION & TRAINING
May 2022
Design Dept.
Design Leadership Fundamentals I
January 2019
Cooper
Service Design Immersive
February - April 2018
General Assembly
Visual Design Course
August - September 2017
TechChange
Mobiles for International Development
May - July 2017
General Assembly
User Experience Design Immersive
400+ in-class hours with top design professionals; 5 class projects, including 1 client project.
March 2017
DesignLab
User Experience Research & Strategy Course
September 2010 - May 2014
Johns Hopkins University
Bachelor of Arts in Economics (GPA 3.93) and International Studies (GPA 3.94)
Minor: Global Environmental Change & Sustainability (GPA 4.00)
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
TOOLS
Tools I currently and commonly use:
Figma
Claude
GitHub
Atlassian
Google Analytics
UserTesting
Julia is a wonderful communicator, who forms strong connections with her teammates and clients alike. She helps clients and teammates to feel seen and heard, and explains UX concepts in a way that even those unfamiliar with design can understand.
Designer
Anyone who's worked with Julia for more than a few minutes knows that her gracious attitude is sincere and that she has some serious skills.
Project Manager
Julia is a warm, supportive mentor to associate designers and inspires others with her excellent UX work... an incredible design leader and a truly important member of our design team at Forum One. Her positivity and confidence helps others around her to feel confident as well.
Designer
Julia has never missed a deadline and I know if I have Julia on my project things will get done with quality, precision, and speed
Account Manager
Julia is such an amazing collaborator internally and with clients. I've witnessed her navigate conversations with clients who are typically hard to orient to good user experience practices with such aplomb. She handles all feedback gracefully and is exceptionally fast to execute any updates.
Technologist
Julia is a great team player and amazing at communicating project risks, project timelines, and her resourcing. She's a PM's golden star. She communicates all the things PMs need to know and flags things right away.
Project Manager
Her expertise significantly enhanced our software development process by introducing a much-needed
level of design polish and sophistication.
Chief Information Officer
Julia consistently brings fresh perspectives to problem-solving. Her ability to identify innovative solutions is invaluable to our team.
Staff Manager
selected feedback
"Julia consistently brought smart ideas, took feedback well and executed them thoughtfully. She has a great balance of creative thinking and practical product sense, and I really appreciated working with her."
Head of Visuals
"Julia is great at walking through design decisions with stakeholders. She displays a lot of confidence and gives solid context around decisions while keeping it moving briskly."
Data Engineer
"Julia consistently came prepared, followed up thoughtfully, and checked in at the right moments. She strikes a great balance between having a clear point of view and staying open to input.
UX Researcher