Passionate about creating beautiful, functional experiences with a focus on user-centered, mobile-first, and accessible design. I bring a background in design and development and collaborate across teams to shape product strategy through research, data, and user testing.

Stephanie Freund

Passionate about creating beautiful, functional experiences with a focus on user-centered, mobile-first, and accessible design. I bring a background in design and development and collaborate across teams to shape product strategy through research, data, and user testing.

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Passionate about creating beautiful, functional experiences with a focus on user-centered, mobile-first, and accessible design.

I bring a background in design and development and collaborate across teams to shape product strategy through research, data, and user testing.

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Experience Level

Expert

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

UX Design Lead (Contract) at Microsoft
October 1, 2025 - December 1, 2025
Integrating AI into cart, checkout, and small business experiences to create intuitive, data-driven, and personalized end-to-end digital commerce solutions.
Senior Experience Designer at Best Buy
July 1, 2023 - October 1, 2025
Leading high level strategy, research and exploration, and design to shopping, checkout, and payment experiences including credit card and leasing applications.
Senior Product Designer at Facebook (Meta) Ads Manager
April 1, 2021 - January 1, 2023
Contributed to product growth for Facebook Ads Manager by focusing on brainstorming, ideation and quick implementation, while maintaining design quality.
Senior UX / UI Designer at Vest a Heading
December 1, 2019 - March 1, 2021
Leading research, design, and development initiatives to create user-centric interfaces for applications that prevent fraud in eCommerce.
UX / UI Engineer at Health Partners
December 1, 2018 - November 1, 2019
Contributing human-centered design concepts, researching, testing, designing, and developing a doctor-patient application.
UX / UI Design Course Mentor (Part time) at Thinkful
August 1, 2020 - October 1, 2020
Engaging with students through 1-on-1 mentor sessions, group sessions, written feedback, technical coaching, and mock interviews.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Human Computer Interaction at Metro State University
January 1, 2021 - February 9, 2026
Google UX Design Certificate at Coursera (Google UX Design Certificate)
January 11, 2030 - February 9, 2026
A.A.S. in Web Design & Front End Development at Minneapolis College
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2013

Qualifications

Google UX Design Certificate
January 11, 2030 - February 9, 2026
Meta Front-End Developer Certificate
January 11, 2030 - February 9, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Retail, Financial Services, Consumer Goods, Travel & Hospitality, Healthcare