Product Designer

About

Direct and intuitive. Delivering intent with delight. Software design & branding for companies large and small.

My inspiration comes from the sea.

My inspiration comes from the sea.

 

Greg Cutler

With over 20 years of learning and professional experience as a UX designer, I’ve brought a deep skill set to the digital product teams that I’ve worked with. I’m able to work within brand guidelines and collaborate on enhancements to utilize, enhance, or create Design Systems. I have increased efficiency for my teams by using variables in Figma to prototypes to create counters, create a content management system to manage current and future state content, and design for mobile, tablet, desktop, and large screens simultaneously, reducing time to delivery by 75%. I have mentored other more junior designers on how to optimize their use of design systems, custom interactive components, and variables.

For the past 6 years, I’ve been using my skills and experience to design user experiences and influence UX strategy in the banking industry. As a Senior Designer at Wells Fargo and Silicon Valley Bank, I’ve helped increase the level of care we show to our customers by converting high-touch, manual application processes to integrated, adaptable digital platforms. At SVB, I’ve been a key contributor to SVB's Client Onboarding Experience vision. I’ve discovered, collaborated on, and operationalized SVB's ability to share relevant, actionable, on-brand information to applicants and clients with well-crafted design and interactivity.

During my time at SVB, I co-founded a startup called Inovite. We were on the verge of finishing an MVP for a Flutter app that would have been a platform for publishing and collaborating any idea within an organization.

During my 6-year span of work at Arceo.ai and Apple, I designed visually stunning and functionally excellent user experiences for complex report-generating apps for desktop, iPad, and iPhone.  My ability to guide stakeholders towards a human-centered experience resulted in the creation of the Sales and Trends financial dashboard on iTunes Connect. I also designed report retrieval apps, data visualization tools, dashboards, data manipulation tools, source creation tools, documentation websites, style guides, icons, logos, and provided design expertise to a range of teams across each company.

While working for California State University, I spent 8 years developing my skills in HTML, CSS, and User Centered Design.

My design process varies for each team and need, but at Silicon Valley Bank, it typically goes like this:

  • Business leaders and product owners come to the Design Team with an initiative to create or iterate a user experience. 

  • We leverage user research findings and the design team’s experience and knowledge of past feature design efforts to define a working model. 

  • We generate a series of open-ended questions to validate and extend our understanding.

  • I confer with stakeholders (platform owners, business and technology experts, content strategists, and other designers) to articulate our vision and define next steps.

  • We create interactive Figma prototypes to try out various approaches.

  • I collaborate with research, content, and development resources, and assure that the selected design is accessible.

  • When there are technology-based constraints, I make required changes to the Figma prototype.

  • When the feature is built, I work with developers to assure that the solution meets specifications defined in the Jira story and in Figma.

  • Post release, the design and content team test the UX to identify future enhancements. Ideally, we also identify opportunities to improve our team’s processes.

When not designing, I enjoy gardening, good food, architecture, nature, hiking, cycling, sailing, and craft beer.