Sterling
Principal Product Designer leading product strategy, modernization, and end-to-end design across complex enterprise platforms for organizations including Gaea Global, Sparq, Nucor Steel, Caris Life Sciences, and Hallmark Cards.
Recognized for simplifying challenging product experiences and transforming complex workflows into clear, scalable solutions across enterprise SaaS, web, mobile, and AI-enabled platforms. Leads design from concept through production, shapes product decisions, improves usability, and aligns cross-functional teams around measurable outcomes through research-driven design, systems thinking, and close collaboration with engineering.
Recent work includes a 61% usability improvement for Gaea’s Bolo AI Assistant, a 53% usability gain across data-heavy workflows for Caris Life Sciences, and a 65% reduction in customer reliance on ordering assistance for Nucor Steel’s ecommerce platform.
Design
- Figma, Adobe Creative Suite
- Design Systems
- Prototypes / Interaction Design
AI Tools
- v0, UX Pilot
- Figma Agent
- Claude Design
Engineering
- HTML, CSS
- JavaScript, React
- Webflow, PHP
User Experiences
- User Flows / Journeys / Heuristics
- Accessibility (WCAG/ADA)
Development
- Jira / Agile
- Azure Boards
Media / Motion
- Premiere, Resolve
- Adobe AE, Cinema 4D
Principal Product Designer
Gaea is a leading SaaS and Oracle partner focused on supply chain and EPPM solutions.
Responsibilities: Lead Gaea’s product direction and strategy across three enterprise platforms.
- Led Bolo AI Assistant product strategy, design system, and end-to-end desktop/mobile redesign, leveraging user research, interviews, and heuristic evaluations to improve usability by 61% and reduce WCAG 2.2 barriers by 86%.
- Partnered with stakeholders to redefine roadmap priorities and lead the redesign of Synkrato Scan, modernizing AI-powered mobile experiences across iOS and Android to improve efficiency for warehouse and field users.
- Led product modernization efforts for Exto (SaaS enterprise commissioning platform), using interviews, A/B testing, and stakeholder feedback to improve workflows, increase scalability, and launch Exto’s AI-assisted integration.
Principal Product Designer
Sparq is a premier partner for outsourced digital engineering, data analytics, and UX design solutions.
Responsibilities: Manage product design for Sparq clients and mentor junior designers.
- Led the redesign of Nucor Steel’s ecommerce store, simplifying complex workflows, and reducing ordering assistance dependency by 65%, improving efficiency and lowering support overhead.
- Owned UX strategy and alignment across 70+ clinical workflows and forms for Caris Life Sciences, leveraging quantitative research and heuristic evaluation to drive a 53% uplift in usability.
- Synthesized insights from 14 stakeholder interviews to redefine administration dashboards for Medify Health, improving clarity and critical decision-making for multiple staff roles.
- Created and delivered UX/UI presentations that contributed to winning new clients at Sparq.
Director of Product Design
Newman is a non-profit helping high school students find the best college for their academic goals.
Responsibilities: Manage dev team and four company websites. Design phone app and dashboards.
- Led end-to-end UX and product design for the Newman Connect mobile app (iOS/Android), driving a $1 million initiative from concept to delivery and scaling to 350+ colleges within one year.
- Developed new admin interfaces, improving usability and efficiency for marketing and sales.
Senior Product Designer (UX/UI)
RazorX is a progressive studio creating unique and cutting-edge experiences for websites and mobile apps.
Responsibilities: Lead product design, UX strategy, and cross-functional teams for diverse clients.
- Led UX and front-end development for high-profile digital experiences, including the official Lana’i Hawaii website for Larry Ellison of Oracle, increasing site traffic by 150% post-launch.
- Prototyped interactive 3D walkthroughs for Vario Virtual’s shared office experiences.
- Created large-scale database and admin interface systems for Hallmark Cards Personalized Greetings department reducing model line attribute error rates from 20% to less than 1%.
- Designed and developed a large-scale (9ft x 12ft) touch-interactive installation for the University of South Florida Bulls NCAA basketball team, integrating motion, sound, and video.
- Redesigned Change Agents, transforming a legacy government platform into a modern experience.
- Created and maintained High Voltage Software’s website and video assets for 10 years, driving an 80% increase in engagement through desktop and mobile redesigns.
RESEARCH-DRIVEN
UX / UI DESIGN
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CONTACT
STERLING HILL
PRINCIPAL PRODUCT DESIGNER
