Resume of David Paterni
- Product designer with 15+ years creating user-centered digital experiences for global brands. I use JTBD and the Double Diamond to guide work from discovery to delivery—aligning user needs with business outcomes. Experienced in UX/UI, design systems, accessibility, and team leadership, I focus on what moves the needle: conversion, retention, and engagement.
- 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.