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Hi, I'm Danielle Marie Herbert, a research-driven digital product designer passionate about creating user-focused experiences. Over the years, I've had the chance to work independently as a freelancer and collaborate with larger teams in enterprise environments, tackling projects from smart home devices to healthcare platforms. I enjoy turning complex problems into intuitive designs by combining user research with hands-on UX, UI, and visual design. Whether working on internal tools, mobile apps, or dashboards for major clients like McKinsey, Google, and Honeywell, my goal is always to deliver thoughtful, effective, and engaging digital products.…Hi, I'm Danielle Marie Herbert, a research-driven digital product designer passionate about creating user-focused experiences. Over the years, I've had the chance to work independently as a freelancer and collaborate with larger teams in enterprise environments, tackling projects from smart home devices to healthcare platforms. I enjoy turning complex problems into intuitive designs by combining user research with hands-on UX, UI, and visual design. Whether working on internal tools, mobile apps, or dashboards for major clients like McKinsey, Google, and Honeywell, my goal is always to deliver thoughtful, effective, and engaging digital products.

Danielle Marie Herbert

UX Designer, Product Designer, UI Designer

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Hi, I'm Danielle Marie Herbert, a research-driven digital product designer passionate about creating user-focused experiences. Over the years, I've had the chance to work independently as a freelancer and collaborate with larger teams in enterprise environments, tackling projects from smart home devices to healthcare platforms. I enjoy turning complex problems into intuitive designs by combining user research with hands-on UX, UI, and visual design. Whether working on internal tools, mobile apps, or dashboards for major clients like McKinsey, Google, and Honeywell, my goal is always to deliver thoughtful, effective, and engaging digital products.…Hi, I'm Danielle Marie Herbert, a research-driven digital product designer passionate about creating user-focused experiences. Over the years, I've had the chance to work independently as a freelancer and collaborate with larger teams in enterprise environments, tackling projects from smart home devices to healthcare platforms. I enjoy turning complex problems into intuitive designs by combining user research with hands-on UX, UI, and visual design. Whether working on internal tools, mobile apps, or dashboards for major clients like McKinsey, Google, and Honeywell, my goal is always to deliver thoughtful, effective, and engaging digital products.

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Hi, I’m Danielle Marie Herbert, a research-driven digital product designer passionate about creating user-focused experiences. Over the years, I’ve had the chance to work independently as a freelancer and collaborate with larger teams in enterprise environments, tackling projects from smart home devices to healthcare platforms.

I enjoy turning complex problems into intuitive designs by combining user research with hands-on UX, UI, and visual design. Whether working on internal tools, mobile apps, or dashboards for major clients like McKinsey, Google, and Honeywell, my goal is always to deliver thoughtful, effective, and engaging digital products.

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Work Experience

Design Consultant at Independent

January 1, 2010 - Present

Consulted in different roles for clients, leading research and design projects for a variety of products including smart home devices, crypto investment platforms, enterprise directories, workload management tools, and award-winning websites. Responsibilities included developing surveys, conducting user interviews, synthesizing data, creating UX/UI designs, facilitating design workshops, and coding animated micro-sites.

Lead UX Designer at McKinsey Design

November 30, 2024 - July 14, 2025

Led end-to-end UX and product design for client applications, including prototyping complex dashboards for utilities, designing mobile marketplaces, creating digital experiences for health-focused products, and managing junior staff for white label platform design. Responsibilities spanned user research, wireframing, high-fidelity prototypes, user testing, and smooth developer handoffs with detailed documentation.

Senior Experience Designer at Designit

October 31, 2023 - July 14, 2025

Provided product design services to Honeywell, collaborating with Product Managers and Engineers to improve B2B shopping cart experiences, managing tasks in Jira, and presenting competitive analyses to enhance shopping journey features.

Senior Product Designer at Union Studio

October 31, 2022 - July 14, 2025

Created a billing platform for healthcare providers to verify eligibility and track insurance claims, incorporating WCAG standards into a simple design system. Also enhanced an AI-powered app addressing emergency room patient needs.

Interaction Designer at Google

April 30, 2021 - July 14, 2025

Designed and prototyped mobile and desktop experiences for the Shopping Ads team. Created systems for ad variable integration, explored interaction patterns, assisted in ad organizational structures, and participated in design workshops and governance board presentations.

Senior UI Designer at Deloitte Digital

July 31, 2020 - July 14, 2025

Designed responsive features for UBS Bank’s wealth management portal, strategized with overseas clients and global teams, participated in visioning workshops, usability interviews, and implemented accessibility standards into visual designs.

Product Designer at WhoYouAre Pro

September 30, 2016 - July 14, 2025

Created a platform connecting stylists and designers from ground up, merging founder aesthetics with user-friendly experience including shopping and selling features. Developed requirements and translated them into actionable UX deliverables such as IA documents, site plans, user journeys, and wireframes.

Senior UX Designer at eHarmony

October 31, 2015 - July 14, 2025

Synthesized user feedback to improve a career tool in beta, designed new usability features, collaborated with stakeholders to pivot product focus from job seekers to enterprise companies, and performed A/B testing on landing page concepts.

Design Consultant at Independent

January 1, 2010 - Present

Consulted in various roles for different clients, including leading research on smart home devices, designing a crypto investment platform, building new features for an enterprise directory, owning research and design on internal tools, creating award-winning websites, and developing animated micro-sites and graphics.

Lead UX Designer at McKinsey Design

November 30, 2024 - July 14, 2025

Led end-to-end UX and product design for client applications, including prototyping complex dashboards for utilities, developing marketplace mobile app experiences, creating digital experiences for health monitoring devices, and leading white label platform design and developer handoff processes.

Senior Experience Designer at Designit

October 31, 2023 - July 14, 2025

Provided product design services to the high-revenue client Honeywell, collaborating with product managers and engineers, managing tasks in Jira, improving B2B shopping cart experiences, and presenting competitive analyses for feature improvements.

Senior Product Designer at Union Studio

October 31, 2022 - July 14, 2025

Created a billing platform for healthcare providers to verify eligibility and submit insurance claims, including a WCAG-compliant design system, and enhanced an AI-based app addressing patient needs in ER.

Interaction Designer at Google

April 30, 2021 - July 14, 2025

Designed and prototyped mobile and desktop experiences for the Shopping Ads team, created systems for variable integration in ads, explored interaction patterns, helped form new ad organizational structures, and participated in workshops and governance presentations.

Senior UI Designer at Deloitte Digital

July 31, 2020 - July 14, 2025

Designed responsive features for UBS Bank’s wealth management portal, strategized with overseas clients and a global design team, participated in workshops and usability interviews, explored informative dashboard ideas, and led accessibility standards implementation.

Product Designer at WhoYouAre Pro

September 30, 2016 - July 14, 2025

Created a platform connecting stylists and designers from scratch, combining aesthetics with user-friendly shopping and selling features, developing UX deliverables like IA docs, site plans, user journeys, and wireframes.

Senior UX Designer at eHarmony

October 31, 2015 - July 14, 2025

Synthesized user feedback for career tool Elevated, designed features for improved usability, collaborated with stakeholders to pivot product strategy towards enterprise companies, and performed A/B testing on landing pages.