About Me
I help teams turn complex problems into intuitive, user-centered experiences.
Senior UX designer with 15+ years of experience in UX, UI, and graphic design. I create scalable solutions that balance user needs and business goals, working closely with product managers, engineers, and business leaders to align teams and deliver impact.
Always happy to talk shop, virtually or over coffee. Reach out on LinkedIn or renaewood.ux@gmail.com.
Skill Sets
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Shape product vision through user-centered research and design strategy.
Align cross-functional teams on outcomes using workshops, storytelling, and structured frameworks.
Establish design systems and scalable standards to ensure consistency and usability.
Translate business goals into actionable UX priorities that balance impact and feasibility.
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Conduct user research, interviews, and usability testing to uncover actionable insights.
Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs for complex workflows.
Develop information architecture, interaction flows, and AI-assisted interface solutions.
Collaborate with engineering to maintain design intent and ensure technical feasibility.
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Apply systems thinking to optimize complex workflows and user journeys.
Lead feature prioritization, backlog refinement, and roadmap planning alongside product owners.
Integrate emerging technologies (e.g., AI tools) into products while maintaining trust and usability.
Facilitate organizational adoption of design best practices and UX governance.
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Mentor designers to strengthen skills, design thinking, and cross-functional influence.
Foster collaborative culture across product, engineering, and business teams.
Advocate for user needs in high-stakes or ambiguous decision-making contexts.
Guide teams through pivots, evolving requirements, and strategic shifts.
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Design Tools: Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, Whimsical
Prototyping & Testing: Figma
Workflow & Collaboration: Jira, Confluence, Whimsical, Figma
Methodologies: Agile/Scrum, Lean UX, Human-Centered Design, Systems Thinking
Research & Analysis: Qualitative & Quantitative Research, Customer Journey Mapping, Heuristic Evaluations, Competitive Analysis
Experience
Most Recent
UI/UX Design Manager – Treasury4
Mar 2022 - Present
Product Designer – JUNO
Jun 2021 - Mar 2022
UX Designer – RiskLens
Feb 2020 - Jun 2021
Senior UX Designer – Aon
Jun 2019 - Feb 2020
“Our UI has evolved nicely over the last three years, primarily as a result of Renae’s thoughtfulness, efforts, and leadership. We hear a lot of comments from customers, prospects, and partners that we have a nice intuitive UI.”
“Kudos to Renae for always having patience with our team and doing an amazing job of leading journey mapping sessions that help uncover potential user issues from the start rather than down the road after half (or more) of the work is done! Her mockups and UI/UX suggestions are way better than anything I ever have or could produce!”
Work Examples
Modernize Insurance Portal and Align with Agents’ Workflows
The goal for this project was to deliver an updated online agent experience that improved insurance agents’ daily use of the platform and streamlined their most common workflows.
Design the Payments Module for a Treasury Management System (TMS)
This project aimed to evolve our Treasury platform into a complete TMS by building a Payments module that met MVP requirements, supported customer objectives, and delivered modern yet familiar workflows with controls for templates, approvals, group management, and compliance.
Create Medication Tracking Mobile App with AI Chat
This digital health coach app was created for Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and caregivers to help them keep track of their patch medication records, get quick easy access to information on PD and keep track of their overall health.
Improve Information Architecture and UI of a Conversational Data Analysis Tool
With a limited amount of time to dedicate to the project, the goal was to make UI improvements that would improve the visual experience and not be time consuming to implement.
User Persona Workshop
This presentation and workshop was created for a Spokane UX Meetup session where I presented information about user personas and why they are important. We split into groups and I walked participants through an example workshop on how to create user personas.
Visual Design
A collection of print and logo design work.