Grew from product designer to design manager while Pinterest scaled from millions to over a billion monthly users. I led major product efforts across mobile and web, built and led the team behind BRIO (Pinterest's first design system), and launched the Portland product office.
The scope expanded from shipping features to scaling an organization: hiring and developing designers, partnering across engineering and product, and building systems that increased quality and velocity across teams. This was the role where my leadership responsibilities became as central as my design work.