Hi, I’m Sarah!
(she/her)
With a background in Cognitive Systems and previous experience designing enterprise products, I'm interested in building products that move things forward and inspire positive change.
I believe that design should be thoughtful, intentional, and human. In combining my technical skills with my love for visual design, I hope to incorporate these into my everyday design practice in creating intuitive and accessible user experiences.
Outside, I love all things art, listening to new music, memes, road trips, the colour blue, the beach, biking, and going on food adventures with friends!
Currently, i am...
Reading
Tomorow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Listening to
Watching
The Bear, Season 2
Work experience
Sept 2023–
Product Designer
May 2023–Aug 2023
Product Designer
In collaboration with Solutions for Hometown Connections.
Jan 2022–Aug 2022
User experience design intern
Worked with the Analytics Team to create wireframes and workflows for Visier People Analytics through user research, feature testing, and data visualization design.
Sept 2021–Aug 2022
UI/UX Designer
Supported the faculty by reestablishing APSC’s Design System as well as helping with the development of both new and ongoing projects within several APSC research units.
May 2021–Aug 2021
Product Design intern
Worked with the Product Team to improve legacy features and design new features including the Properties page, Chat function and Service Planner.
Research
May 2022–Dec 2022
Research assistant
Studied the perception of correlation in scatterplots under the Correlation Team, which aims to study human visual perception with data visualization.
Community
May 2022–Apr 2023
Co-President
Managed the logistics and resources of eight tech leads and their respective project teams, accounting for over 80 developers and designers at UBC.
Education
2020
BrainStation
User Experience Design Certificate