In my next role, I hope to continue working on complex, data-heavy software applications as a product designer at a dedicated technology company.
Bryan Owens
@bryanowens
UX/Product Designer | SaaS, B2B, data viz, data analysis, design systems, UX research, prototyping
What I'm looking for
As a user experience (UX) designer, product designer, design leader, business analyst, and product manager, I've been working with agile software development teams to deliver world-class digital products for more than 15 years, at companies including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, London Stock Exchange, and The Economist, as well as multiple startups.
Highlights:
▪ Full-stack product designer with 15+ years of experience
▪ 9+ years as an embedded designer in agile software development teams
▪ 5+ years as a design team of one, supporting multiple work streams as a functional peer to engineering managers
▪ Skill set includes interaction design, information architecture, visual design, quantitative & qualitative UX research, UX writing, data analysis, data visualization, design systems
▪ Industries: financial services / fintech, real estate, publishing, travel, marketing & advertising
▪ Enterprise, B2B, B2C, SaaS, transactional applications
▪ Extensive experience with cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management in a variety of corporate environments and startups
▪ Adept at Figma, including auto layout, components, variables, tokens, and shared design systems
https://www.bryanowens.design/portfolio
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanowens/
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
User Experience Design Consultant
Bryan Owens UX Design
Mar 2024 - Present (1 year 2 months)
Clients include(d)...
Insurance Insider, a leading global B2B provider of insurance industry news, analysis, and market intelligence
▪ Advised on product strategy, including defining business goals
▪ Planned and conducted customer interviews to understand their needs and workflows
Lab49, a fintech software design & development consultancy, for end client Blackstone, a global asset manager
▪ Designed information dashboards for Private Bank advisors showing trending philanthropic causes and "giving insights" for individual clients based on their giving activity, to aid advisors with client interactions, event planning, and prospecting
▪ Hired and managed two exceptional product designers while also performing individual contributor role
Lead Product Designer - Yield Book
London Stock Exchange Group
Sep 2017 - Apr 2022 (4 years 7 months)
Yield Book, a world-class fixed income analytics and index business, was previously part of Citigroup. It was acquired by London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) in 2017 and became part of LSEG’s Information Services division.
MY ROLE
▪ UX and visual design lead for Yield Book Q, a web-based enterprise fixed income analytics application
▪ Supported multiple agile work streams, for core portfolio/singl
Lead Product Designer - Yield Book
Citigroup
Sep 2016 - Aug 2017 (11 months)
See London Stock Exchange Group / Yield Book description above. (Same job, different parent company)
Led UX and visual design of internal application for retail financial advisors to analyze and manage their client accounts
Design lead for multiple agile teams developing web and desktop trading applications used by high-volume equity traders
Clients included...
GroupSJR (content marketing agency)
Feb 2015 - May 2015
Wireframes for responsive websites featuring editorial content for leading brands
Stealth.travel (travel startup)
Apr 2014 - Nov 2014
Designed trip booking/purchase process on a desktop/mobile B2B site for travel agents
FCB Global (then Draftfcb; ad agency)
Oct 2013 - Feb 2014
Wireframes, sitemaps and prototypes for hea
The Economist is a highly regarded weekly news, business and international affairs publication. Digital publications include web and mobile apps.
MY ROLE
▪ UX lead for numerous agile development projects, including social login, registration, paywall, internal admin tools
▪ Used SQL queries to identify 600K+ (17K+ monthly active) users erroneously given permanent free premium access
▪ Led impleme
Clients included...
The Economist
Jan 2011 - Sep 2011
Page redesigns for Economist.com migration to Drupal
FCB Global (then Draftfcb)
Nov 2010 - Jan 2011
Content strategy for migration and redesign of theantidrug.com and abovetheinfluence.com
The Economist
Aug 2010 - Oct 2010
Paywall designs (messaging, layout, user flows)
AMC Networks (then Rainbow Media)
Jul 2010 - Aug 2010
Interactive proto
Product Manager
PropertyShark.com
05/2006-05/2008
PropertyShark.com is a subscription-based B2B real estate data website; clients include real estate developers, investors, appraisers, and brokers
MY ROLE
▪ Managed data query tools: Comparables (sale records) and ListBuilder (properties matching given characteristics)
▪ Increased Comparables subscriptions among target user segment by 95% in 11 m
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts, International Relations
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
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