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Sterling

:: Hill
Sterling Hill • Fort Worth • Texas

Principal Product Designer with 20+ years of experience delivering 53%–61% usability gains across enterprise platforms, including Caris and Gaea, and reducing ordering assistance by 65% at Nucor. Extensive experience leading design from concept to production for enterprise platforms, working closely with engineering to simplify complex workflows and build scalable, research-driven systems.

Provided end-to-end UX/UI across enterprise organizations including Gaea Global, Sparq, Oracle, Hallmark Cards, Caris Life Sciences, USF Bulls, High Voltage Software, Vario Virtual, and Nucor Steel.

Design

  • Figma
  • Webflow
  • Photoshop, Illustrator

Generative AI

  • UX Pilot, Mocha AI
  • Figma AI, Webflow AI
  • Flux, Gemini

Engineering

  • HTML, CSS
  • JavaScript, React
  • PHP, MySQL

Systems

  • Figma Design Systems
  • ADA/WCAG Compliance
  • UX Strategy, Heuristics

Development

  • Jira / Agile
  • Azure Boards

Media / Motion

  • Premiere, Resolve
  • Adobe AE, Cinema 4D

Principal Product Designer (UX/UI)

Gaea Global, Inc.
Sep 2025 to Present (contract)

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 the end-to-end redesign of Bolo AI Assistant across desktop and mobile, leveraging research, heuristic evaluation, and UX strategy, resulting in a 61% uplift in usability.
  • Redesigned Synkrato Scan, an AI-driven warehouse document scanner, on mobile iOS and Android.
  • Owned Exto’s redesign (enterprise commissioning platform), using A/B testing, interviews, and client feedback to modernize interfaces/workflows, boost scalability, and launch AI-assisted integration.

Principal Product Designer (UX/UI)

Sparq Holdings, Inc.
Aug 2022 to Apr 2025

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.

Creative Director

Newman Services, Inc.
Sep 2019 to Aug 2021

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, LLC.
Oct 2006 to Sep 2019

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.

Senior Web Designer

Time Warner, Inc.
May 2003 to Sep 2006

Time Warner is the multimedia leader in TV entertainment, movies, cable systems, and broadband.

Responsibilities: Build, administrate, and maintain company websites and intranet.

  • Owned the design and direction for early digital products, including Time Warner’s first online bill payment system, PayXpress.
  • Created six Flash/ActionScript sites for Road Runner Business Class high-speed internet service.
  • Led the design of CSR forms for Time Warner’s first Digital Phone service offering.
  • Designed forms and process flow for America Online/Road Runner CSR interfaces.
  • Contributed to enterprise-wide design standards and branding systems across national web properties.
  • UX/UI Designer certifications from the Interaction Design Foundation
  • RIVE interactive UI design from the School of Motion Design
  • Oracle DBA from Techno Edge, Inc.
  • Bachelor’s in Art and Graphic Design - University of Tulsa - Tulsa, OK
  • Time Warner Web Developer of the year for corporate think tank
  • Time Warner Web Developer of the year in application development
  • Time Warner of Texas employee of the year; all expenses paid trip to Puerto Rico
  • Overall outstanding Art Student of Union High School with awarded scholarship


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