Mike Shai
Product Designer
Experience
Mar 2024 - Oct 2024
Spearheaded the design and development of Hivey, a vendor-venue management platform, from initial concept to market launch.
Conducted user research, to gather insights and align the product with user needs and market demands.
Designed intuitive user interfaces, leveraging feedback and analytics to refine user experience across the platform.
Collaborated closely with engineering, product, and marketing teams to ensure seamless integration of design into product roadmap.
Developed and implemented a cohesive design system to standardize components, ensuring consistency and scalability in product features.
Managed the full design lifecycle, from wireframes and prototypes to final high-fidelity mockups, incorporating user feedback.
Mar 2022 - Dec 2023
Led product design for Printfection, an enterprise swag management software. Transitioned to Custom Ink as part of their acquisition.
Conducted customer and employee interviews, studied competitors, formed user personas, and monitored behavior through FullStory.
Consolidated four unused dashboards into one powerful dashboard that was developed in partnership with customers.
Modernized the legacy Bootstrap 3 UI to Google’s Material Design which was a huge success and major effort from myself and the engineering team. Starting from a comprehensive component audit, to recommending 1:1 changes, and making adjustments along the way.
Led discovery and design efforts for "Custom Ink Pro," bringing enterprise capabilities into Custom Ink. As part of the consolidation of Printfection.
Collaborated with the Principal Architect and Product Manager to differenetiate Printfection’s customer needs from Custom Ink’s. Collaborated with UX team members and participated in team critiques
Jun 2019 - Mar 2022
Led design efforts on Insurance Agency software, “Commercial Submissions” and “QQ Catalyst”
Collaborated with Product Owners, Product Managers, and Engineers
Managed assets in design system, adding new components and deprecating old ones
Conducted research sessions with design partners
May 2016 - Aug 2018
Led UI/UX initiatives for flagship real estate rental data product, RentRange
Collaborated with UX and product members to develop user personas, customer journeys, wireframes, and mockups
Partnered with marketing to design graphics for print and digital campaigns, tradeshow booths, and more
Jun 2012 - May 2016
Worked as a junior designer creating marketing collateral, social media graphics, and corporate templates
Promoted to Design Specialist, creating large scale trade show displays, project logos, and product icon sets
Maintained three corporate Wordpress sites and social media channels
Feb 2012 - Jan 2020
Brand identities for athletes, restaurants, non-profits, mma gyms, and alcohol/spirits
Packaging projects for CBD, food, supplements, and alcohol
Marketing collateral for non-profits, oil & gas, and assorted small businesses
Web design for athletes, realtors, retail, restaurants, investment firms, and an education platform
📍Based in Denver, CO