Daniel Singer chilblane

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Contact

Email: daniel at chilblane dot com

GitHub: github.com/chilblane

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/chilblane

Skills

Knowledge

  • Design Systems
  • User Experience
  • Information Architecture
  • Design Tokens
  • UX Engineering
  • Content Strategy
  • Strategic thinking
  • A/B Testing
  • Conversion UX
  • Form UX
  • Wireframing
  • Prototyping
  • Product Management
  • Process Design
  • Mobile Design
  • Web Analytics

Tools

  • Figma
  • Miro
  • React
  • Gatsby
  • Hugo
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Git
  • Github
  • GitLab
  • TypeScript
  • Azure DevOps
  • Jira
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

Experience

Senior Design Technologist

Zonar Systems

August 2022 - November 2023

Remote

  • Worked with the UX organization and product/engineering teams at Zonar to evaluate the current state of their design system (DSPLY) and pattern library and identify opportunities for improvement and development
  • Audited the Angular-based pattern library, documenting for the first time how every team used its components in their product work
  • Identified and pushed forward the need for a centralized Storybook instance to consolidate documentation for both UX and engineering, and provide isolated code specimens without the need for app deployment
  • Planned out how to more effectively use design tokens within the design system project, in both the Angular code as well as our Figma library
  • Worked with the design director on a comprehensive color framework overhaul, incorporating updated branding and design requirements as well as knowledge from the above audits

Design Technologist

Smartsheet

April 2021 - July 2022

Remote

  • Planning and content strategy for a documentation site for the Lodestar design system
  • Designing and building the documentation site in Gatsby alongside the UI Engineering team
  • Testing various design system React components in non-SPA (single page application) contexts using the documentation site
  • Planning and initial implementation of design token strategy, with a priority on colors

User Experience Designer & UX Engineer

Offerpad

July 2017 - May 2020

Chandler, Arizona

  • Designed, built, and maintained marketing site, Home Offer Request experience, and worked with engineering team on home listings experience
  • Wrote proposal for a complete revamp of Home Offer Request experience, including major changes to UX, architecture, user outcomes, and more
  • Worked closely with product manager on requirements and general experience of a self-service portal for home-sellers once they accepted our offer, including a significant audit and redesign of the transaction process between a home-seller requesting an offer to moving out of the home
  • Consultation and exploratory design on Offerpad mobile application
  • Initiated basic design system (Floorplan)

Front-end Designer / Developer

Axosoft (GitKraken)

February 2011 - October 2016

Scottsdale, Arizona

  • Primary webmaster (design and code) for Axosoft and GitKraken marketing sites
  • Worked on WordPress theme for Axosoft blogs, including writing a CSS framework to share code and design language between blogs and marketing sites
  • Produced graphical assets for GitKraken application launch
  • Participated in Axosoft product redesign for version 16 launch
  • Various other marketing, graphic design, and social media tasks

Education

BA, Marketing

August 2006 - May 2010

W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

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