Gabe Grayum
Design leader with a 15-year track record delivering human-centered products at scale. I help mission-driven startups set strategy, build teams, and create environments enabling them to perform. I help teams make evidence-based decisions, measure outcomes, and deliver value.
Key Attributes
Intentional, Curious, Growth-Minded, Data-Informed, Inclusive, Bias for Action
Top Skills
Leadership, Product Strategy, UX, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Usability, User Research, Mentoring, Writing, Remote Collaboration, Design Operations
Relevant Experience
Jul 2020 – CurrentHead of Product Design @ EverTrue (SaaS, remote)
- Built out product design and research functions supporting 3 scrum teams.
- Hired designers and mentored cross-functional teams, leading by example.
- Delivered visionary new features in the core product, a design system, and visual refresh.
- Influenced roadmaps by developing core product principles, a north star, and KPIs.
- Built remote culture via working groups to establish documentation practices, etc.
- Designed the interview process and onboarding experience with a partner in Engineering.
Principal Product Designer @ Poached (SaaS, remote)
- Drove purchases up by 50% and established KPIs.
- Influenced executives & stakeholders on product strategy.
- Improved conversion rates by as much as 59% using A/B testing.
- Increased scheduled interviews 13x via UX design.
- Established a design system and redesigned all user flows.
Lead Product Designer @ dlvr.it (SaaS, remote)
- Led product strategy and built and tested prototypes to evaluate new concepts.
- Owned all aspects of design and research including interaction, visual, and brand.
- Shipped multiple iterations and a major new product version as a cross-functional team.
- Helped two million customers automate 5 million posts/day.
Manager, User Experience @ Janrain (SaaS)
- Hired & managed a six-person UX team and established design culture & process.
- Advocated for & represented design as the organization scaled from 10 to 200 people.
- Owned design & UX for a suite of products, and took products from 0-1.
- Collaborated with teams at Google, Twitter, etc, to define social login best practices.
UX Designer/Developer @ Pheedo (SaaS)
- Designed and implemented interfaces in the b2b space.
- Contributed to 300% revenue growth (and 1 billion monthly impressions).
Education
1995 – 1997Geographic Information Science
Columbia College