Resume of David Paterni
- Product designer with more than 15 years shaping digital experiences that deliver real results. I use JTBD and the Double Diamond to drive work from early discovery through final delivery, always connecting user needs to business impact. Skilled in UX and UI, design systems, accessibility, and team leadership, I focus on what matters most: stronger conversion, deeper engagement, and lasting retention. A builder who ships, a partner to product and engineering, and a leader who raises the bar.
- Top skills: UX/UI Design • Design Systems • Interaction Design • Rapid Prototyping • Usability Testing • Accessibility (WCAG/ADA) • Design Process Leadership • JTBD Framework • Double Diamond Process • SaaS Product Design • Mobile App Design
- Education: BFA, Graphic Design – Art Institute of California, Los Angeles, CA • Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.) – University of Colorado at Boulder
Companies
Senior Product Designer
Anywhere.re
Key Achievements: Increased lead conversion • Delivered WCAG-compliant products • Strengthened user trust • Launched mobile productivity platform
Highlights
- Led property search UX optimization for ColdwellBanker.com, improving search-to-lead conversion through user research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing.
- Applied Double Diamond process and JTBD insights to redesign property detail pages, enhancing clarity, visual hierarchy, and engagement.
- Designed and implemented trust signals (security badges, agent credibility indicators) to increase user confidence and reduce bounce rates.
- Partnered with accessibility specialists to achieve WCAG compliance across all consumer-facing products.
- Designed and tested a mobile agent productivity app from concept through multiple iteration cycles, optimizing workflows and productivity.
Senior UX Design Lead
Altia
Key Achievements: Increased onboarding speed • Improved product usability • Enhanced SaaS platform adoption
Highlights
- Designed Altia Cloud, a centralized SaaS platform for project and file management, improving enterprise workflow efficiency.
- Created Altia Lite, enabling faster onboarding through simplified hardware and design selection.
- Led a UX redesign for Altia Design, improving usability scores and adoption rates using data-driven design and iterative prototyping.
Senior Product Designer
Foresee Results
Key Achievements: Improved admin efficiency • Increased analytics engagement • Accelerated support resolution
Highlights
- Designed role-based permission onboarding, reducing admin setup time by 30%.
- Created a dashboard builder enabling custom, shareable analytics views—boosting product stickiness and engagement.
- Developed Replay, an issue capture tool with real-time screen recordings, increasing support resolution speed.
Design Lead
Statmuse
Key Achievements: Enhanced data accessibility • Increased DAUs • Improved sports fan engagement
Highlights
- Designed a natural language query interface allowing sports fans to retrieve complex statistics via conversational input, increasing daily active users.
Senior UX Designer - Lead
Meltwater
Key Achievements: Improved UX consistency • Increased customer training effectiveness • Enhanced product adoption
Highlights
- Directed end-to-end platform redesign for Meltwater News & Buzz, increasing satisfaction and engagement.
- uilt a customer training portal on WordPress to improve onboarding and adoption.
Designer
Huffington Post
Key Achievements: Shipped high-impact mobile products • Scaled CMS for 10,000+ journalists • Supported major acquisition
Highlights
- Designed and launched HuffPost’s first mobile apps for iPhone and iPad.
- Contributed to growth leading to $350M AOL acquisition.
Design Lead
Compete.com
Key Achievements: Designed first SaaS product • Drove product launch success • Supported acquisition
Highlights
- Designed Compete PRO, the company’s first SaaS analytics product, contributing to a $150M acquisition by TNS.