Hello 👋🏾,

I’m a design executive who believes in cultivating community.

I have had the privilege of orchestrating design system teams to pioneer innovations at eBay and Indeed, two highly impactful billion-dollar brands in the consumer space. I’ve also helped the world’s largest social media companies craft global experiences (Twitter), design for privacy, security, and consumer trust (Instagram), and make a payment platform responsible for 98% of revenue intake easier for advertisers to use (Meta).

I’ve been honored to lead global teams of designers (product and brand), design technologists, content designers, design program managers, and UX researchers to craft experiences that are human, empathetic, hopeful, and trusted.

My expertise is in threading together the vision of a brand, user experience, and technology to make lasting connections with communities.

My Journey

Experience

  • Head of Design, Meta Financial Technologies
    Design executive and Product Group lead responsible for an 800+ org with 5 Pillars (Advertiser Experiences: Business & Creator Monetization, Financial Integrity, Consumer Experiences: Meta Checkout & Pay, Messaging Payments, Platform: Payments Platform) and a 60+ team across Design, Content, and Research that are building the future of payments and commerce in more than 160 countries and 55 currencies across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Oculus.

  • Head of Design, Instagram Trust
    Instagram’s first Expert In Residence (EIR). Design Pillar lead responsible for a 210+ org launching meaningful product and design improvements for the Instagram (IG) community's privacy, security, and youth protections. Built a 15+ team across Design, Content, and Research focused on building systems that empower IG to use data responsibly, helping the community stay in control of their data and interactions and protecting the community’s data from unauthorized access, usage, or modification.

  • Head of Design, Discovery & Connection
    Design executive and Product Group lead responsible for a 300+ org crafting all core consumer product experiences with a 35+ team across Design, Content, and Research for 3 Pillars, (Customer Journey (Onboarding), Discovery & Connection (Home, Search, Explore, Notification, and Interests), and Global Participation (emerging markets).

  • Head of Design
    Product Design Leadership for Minted.com, the leading crowd-sourcing design company to discover luxe stationery, gifts, and fine art. Initially brought on to build a team, post-restructuring, was a senior IC responsible for every product launch, most notably a refresh of the wedding website product and strategies for transforming Minted’s core wedding products (e-commerce and merchandising funnel) into a platform for other verticals.

  • Head of Design, Job Seeker Journey
    Design executive, working directly with C-suite to make the world’s largest job platform (with over 250 million unique visitors every month) distinctive, well-crafted, and simple. Led a 110+ team across Design, Content, Research, and Design Engineering focused on Onboarding, Home, Search, Notifications, Native Apps and Design Platform: Brand and Design Systems for Job Seeker and Employer experiences.

  • Head of Design Systems
    Led eBay’s Design Systems and Brand Systems to translate a new brand into an end-to-end product redesign for 169M+ active buyers worldwide across all eBay web and mobile surfaces resulting in +5 NPS for shoppers on ebay.com. 

Working Together

  • Aside from her incredible design skills, Kim is the kind of inspiring leader that designers will follow in the face of most daunting design challenges. She also understands the need to instill a sense of belonging and is a thought leader in our external community.

    Design Leader, Indeed

  • Kim has an ability not always observed with leaders, she provides guidance and when needed goes in the weeds to execute on high quality deliverables. She always has a perspective of how to approach a problem, but also invites the team to provide input, creating an environment where ICs feel empowered to voice their opinion, even if contradictory.

    Researcher, Meta

  • Kim is great at thinking about what she is learning, incorporating that into her perspective, and then sharing to help others. Reviews are painful and randomizing but when Kim speaks up, it almost always helps connect two lines of thinking that were not connected before. When we chat, her questions help me form better and more coherent approaches - so I view any chat with her as something that uplevels me.

    Engineering Leader, Instagram

  • Kim has a capacity for ensuring folks on the team are cared for and about while also keeping business needs top of mind as well; sometimes this can be a tough balance to strike (especially in times that are unprecedented at the company that we are asked to lead through). People can learn a lot from Kim about compassionate, inclusive leadership that is highly business-aware. It truly is a gift!

    VP, Instagram

  • Put very simply, Kim was the deciding factor for me coming to Indeed. She is the type of leader I would follow anywhere. She is a master team builder, a guru of connections and relationships, an insightful and inspiring leader, and just a burst of joy to be around every day.

    Lead Designer, Indeed

  • Kim’s expertise in her strong visual acuity and consistent push for quality has left a strong impression. Kim prioritizes high-quality results. Her commitment to design excellence pushes our team to deliver the best outcomes. Her visual design expertise offers new perspectives and enhances our team’s understanding and implementation of visual design principles.

    Lead Designer, Meta

  • The depth of Kim’s brand and product thinking and execution is fantastic, something I can learn from!

    VP of Product, Minted