Jacob Olenick
Senior Product Designer
Las Vegas, NV, USA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobmolenic
www.jacobolenick.com
As a product designer with a passion for creating premium interfaces, I am always on the lookout for the small details that can take a product
from good to great. With a keen eye for design, I strive to create beautiful and functional user experiences that delight users.
What sets me apart is my ability to communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders. I understand the importance of
collaboration and am always eager to hear feedback and incorporate it into my designs.
To further hone my skills, I even put myself through a coding bootcamp, allowing me to better understand the technical aspects of product
design and to create more effective solutions. This experience has allowed me to design products that not only look great but also function
flawlessly.
Overall, my passion for product design, attention to detail, and willingness to learn and grow make me a valuable asset to any team looking to
create outstanding products.
from good to great. With a keen eye for design, I strive to create beautiful and functional user experiences that delight users.
What sets me apart is my ability to communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders. I understand the importance of
collaboration and am always eager to hear feedback and incorporate it into my designs.
To further hone my skills, I even put myself through a coding bootcamp, allowing me to better understand the technical aspects of product
design and to create more effective solutions. This experience has allowed me to design products that not only look great but also function
flawlessly.
Overall, my passion for product design, attention to detail, and willingness to learn and grow make me a valuable asset to any team looking to
create outstanding products.
Work Experience
Cisco Systems
Senior Product Designer
• Contractor through Braintrust
• Data Visualization
• User Research and Interviews
• Iteratated design concepts quickly based on stakeholder feedback
• Designed a helpful dashboard
• Worked with Cisco Security Design Org's Design system
• Created working prototypes and presented them to stakeholders twice a week.
• Data Visualization
• User Research and Interviews
• Iteratated design concepts quickly based on stakeholder feedback
• Designed a helpful dashboard
• Worked with Cisco Security Design Org's Design system
• Created working prototypes and presented them to stakeholders twice a week.
April 2023
-
Nevada, United States
Wells Fargo
Senior Lead Product Designer
• Contractor through Insight Global
• CEO Transformation (Wells Fargo Vantage)
• Helped streamline the Password reset feature and drove the design while using the Wells Fargo Design Kit
• Helped flush out the dashboard design for Wells Fargo Vantage
• worked efficiently and in a good time manner to help others on my team focus on their work.
• Worked with Design systems
• Worked with the personas that were created for Vantage
• CEO Transformation (Wells Fargo Vantage)
• Helped streamline the Password reset feature and drove the design while using the Wells Fargo Design Kit
• Helped flush out the dashboard design for Wells Fargo Vantage
• worked efficiently and in a good time manner to help others on my team focus on their work.
• Worked with Design systems
• Worked with the personas that were created for Vantage
October 2022
- February 2023
California, United States
Paramount Plus
Product Designer
• As a designer for Paramount+, I owned the design of the homepage of the product for dozens of devices and platforms. From OTT: Samsung
TV, Firestick, Roku, TVOS, AndroidTV, GoogleTV, LG TVs, Smart TVs, and more. As well as Set-top boxes, Android smartphones, iOS, and
responsive Web and tablets.
• Helped Paramount Plus level up its User Interface on the home page.
• Conducted AB Tests on features I designed.
• Sped up production development by involving developers early in the process and having clean and specced handoff files.
• Designed without requirements at times and had to problem solve and think ahead by really knowing business objectives.
• Asked a lot of questions to PMs and POs to finish sprints early with no unexpected challenges.
TV, Firestick, Roku, TVOS, AndroidTV, GoogleTV, LG TVs, Smart TVs, and more. As well as Set-top boxes, Android smartphones, iOS, and
responsive Web and tablets.
• Helped Paramount Plus level up its User Interface on the home page.
• Conducted AB Tests on features I designed.
• Sped up production development by involving developers early in the process and having clean and specced handoff files.
• Designed without requirements at times and had to problem solve and think ahead by really knowing business objectives.
• Asked a lot of questions to PMs and POs to finish sprints early with no unexpected challenges.
April 2022
- October 2022
California, United States
Crt Side
Freelance Product Designer
July 2021
- January 2022
AXS
Senior User Interface Designer
• Executed pixel-perfect designs and solutions based on UX Wireframes in 4 months.
• Connected directly with Project Managers, Engineers, and UX Designer Remotely using communication tools.
Cisco Remote
,
April 2023 - Present
Wells Fargo Los Angeles, CA
,
October 2022 - February 2023
Paramount+ Los Angeles, CA
,
April 2022 - October 2022
Crtside Remote
,
July 2021 - January 2022
AXS Los Angeles, CA
,
July 2021 - October 2021
N/A
N/A
• Utilized tools such as Figma, Sketch, Craft, Invision, Zeplin, Dropbox, etc.
• Conducted UX User Interviews, Presented to Executives, Created Prototypes, and participated in Crits.
• Designed innovative B2B software and solutions for the ticketing space.
• Maintained and Contributed to design systems to speed the design process up by 3-4 weeks.
• Designed user facing software interfaces that would help the company with revenue by being sold as white-labeled software.
• Designed for native iOS and Android as well as for iPad OS and Desktop.
• Connected directly with Project Managers, Engineers, and UX Designer Remotely using communication tools.
Cisco Remote
,
April 2023 - Present
Wells Fargo Los Angeles, CA
,
October 2022 - February 2023
Paramount+ Los Angeles, CA
,
April 2022 - October 2022
Crtside Remote
,
July 2021 - January 2022
AXS Los Angeles, CA
,
July 2021 - October 2021
N/A
N/A
• Utilized tools such as Figma, Sketch, Craft, Invision, Zeplin, Dropbox, etc.
• Conducted UX User Interviews, Presented to Executives, Created Prototypes, and participated in Crits.
• Designed innovative B2B software and solutions for the ticketing space.
• Maintained and Contributed to design systems to speed the design process up by 3-4 weeks.
• Designed user facing software interfaces that would help the company with revenue by being sold as white-labeled software.
• Designed for native iOS and Android as well as for iPad OS and Desktop.
July 2021
- November 2021
California, United States
Adapt
UX/UI Designer
• Collaborating with many designers and developers from across the organization and world.
• Created a seamless handoff to Development to help with confusion and speed up the development process by three months.
• Created working prototypes using Adobe XD in as little as 30 minutes to visualize to the dev team what they should build and how it should
function to save 3-4 months of development time.
• Executed pixel-perfect designs and solutions every sprint. This helps by not having more than 1-3 revisions.
• Designed user flows, lo-fi, and high-fidelity mockups using Adobe XD.
• Found solutions to problems to allow stakeholders to be at ease.
• Designed for Native iOS and Android
• Created a seamless handoff to Development to help with confusion and speed up the development process by three months.
• Created working prototypes using Adobe XD in as little as 30 minutes to visualize to the dev team what they should build and how it should
function to save 3-4 months of development time.
• Executed pixel-perfect designs and solutions every sprint. This helps by not having more than 1-3 revisions.
• Designed user flows, lo-fi, and high-fidelity mockups using Adobe XD.
• Found solutions to problems to allow stakeholders to be at ease.
• Designed for Native iOS and Android
August 2019
- January 2020
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Apartments24/7
UX/UI Designer
• Collaborated with many developers from across the organization in an effective manner using tools like Slack.
• Created a seamless handoff to Development using Zeplin to save 3-6 weeks of time with development.
• Created working prototypes in 30 minutes using Adobe XD to save time with developments.
• Executed pixel-perfect designs and solutions and presented them to leadership and
• Created a seamless handoff to Development using Zeplin to save 3-6 weeks of time with development.
• Created working prototypes in 30 minutes using Adobe XD to save time with developments.
• Executed pixel-perfect designs and solutions and presented them to leadership and
February 2018
- June 2019
Nevada, United States
Education
Nucamp Coding Bootcamp
Full-Stack Mobile and Web Development Certificate
December 2020
- April 2021
Languages
English (Native),
Skills
Autolayout,
CSS,
Design Systems,
Diagraming,
Facilitating Interviews,
Figma,
Figma,
HTML,
Journey Mapping,
Leadership,
MacOS,
Miro,
Presentations,
Problem Solving,
Product Design,
Prototyping,
ReactJs,
Sketch,
User Experience,
User Flows,
User Interface Design,
UX Design,
UX Research,