Current Role at Stanford

UX Designer

Honors & Awards

  • Best Banking/Bill Pay webiste, Webby (2011)
  • Award for Excellence in the Electronic Communications, B. Websites, AAMC Group on Institutional Advancement (GIA) awards (2015)

Education & Certifications

  • BA, Cogswell Polytechnical College, Computer and Video Imaging (1994)

Contact

  • zakin@stanford.edu
    University - Staff Department: SoM - Information Resources & Technology Position: UX Designer
    • 3172 Porter Drive
    • Palo Alto,  California  94304 

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 5474

Links

Work Experience

  • Director of Product Design, Upwardly Mobile Inc. (July 2011 - September 2012)

    Re-developed disjointed product and feature sets to behave as a complete system.

    Combined market research and industry insight to design and oversee development of UpMo’s “Social Talent Engine”. Focused on usability for engagement and rapid adoption.

    Created design specs. for mobile application

    Location

    Mountain View, CA

  • Sr. Visual Designer, LendingClub (August 2009 - July 2011)

    Winning designs for the 2011 Webby: Best Bill Pay/Banking Website.

    Contributed to and implemented the complete redesign of the Lending Club Brand.

    Delivered detailed application design comps for new products and features.

    Maintained all front-end website HTML/CSS and design. - Created multiple designs and tracked results for A/B testing of various features.

    Location

    San Francisco, CA