Senior Product and UX Designer
Web, SaaS, and project leadership
Creating experiences that enhance users’ lives is my passion. I believe in design’s power to make a difference and am dedicated to building products that are both empowering and accessible.
– Allison
✦ Why you should work with me
Creating impactful user experiences through strategic decisions
As a senior UX designer with experience in both web and SaaS, I bring a rare blend of creative insight, technical fluency, and strategic thinking to every project. I’ve led high-impact, high-visibility initiatives, understand how design translates to code, and consistently drive outcomes that align user needs with business goals. Here’s what I bring to the table:
► Proven leadership on high-impact projects
Led UX for nationally recognized platforms, delivering accessible, standards-compliant designs under tight timelines.
► Facilitator for strategic discovery
Designed and led collaborative workshops that surfaced key insights, aligned stakeholders, and set clear direction across cross-functional teams.
► Strategic thinker with a systems mindset
Aligns UX strategy with business goals to create scalable, user-centered solutions that drive both adoption and long-term value.
► Diverse project experience
From SaaS products to government websites, I’ve worked on a variety of projects, adapting to different industries and user needs with ease.
► Technically fluent designer
With a background in coding since middle school, I bring a deep understanding of how design decisions translate into code enabling smoother handoffs and more thoughtful collaboration with engineers.
► Accessibility advocate
Ensuring accessibility and WCAG compliance is a priority in my work, making sure that the products I design are usable by all.
Elizabeth M.
“Allison is the best problem-solver I’ve ever worked with. She approaches design with a strategic thoughtfulness and thoroughness that result in seamless, outstanding results. And even beyond the results, she is a genuine pleasure to work with, communicating clearly and often.”
Julie A.
✦ What I'm thinking about
Latest posts
Curated Clicks – June 2025
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Are We Burned Out From Work or Working on Screens?
We’ve created tools to streamline tasks, reduce friction, and help people do their jobs more efficiently. But in solving for ease and access, we also moved more and more of the workday onto screens. What used to happen on paper, in person, or through brief conversations now unfolds entirely through pixels. And now with screens […]
What if it’s Misused?: Why Ethical Imagination Matters in AI Design
In the fall of 2023, a quiet private school in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, became the center of national attention, not for academic excellence, but for a disturbing misuse of technology. Deepfake images had surfaced online depicting several female students in explicit, AI-generated nudes. None of the images were real. But the impact was. The photos, […]