Alison Powers
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Dynamic UX/UI designer with 10+ years specializing in end-to-end product design, design systems, and user-centered solutions.
Proven ability to lead product design from concept to execution, including an 82% increase in single-session completion in 4 months.
Expert in Figma, design thinking, high-fidelity prototyping, accessibility standards, and user feedback implementation.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UX/UI + Print Designer Specialist
Self-employed • Sept. 2025 – present
I help local small businesses establish and maintain their brand identity by delivering high-quality designs for print collateral and intuitive interfaces for web and mobile applications.
Figma Designer
Cambria USA • Short-term contract • April 2026 – May 2026
Implemented design updates in Figma, while ensuring design consistency by utilizing Cambria USA's established design system and components.
Fostered cross-functional collaboration to align business goals with technical feasibility.
Sr. Product Designer, Design Systems
TIAA • Full-time • Jan. 2023 – March 2025
Led a cross-functional team to create and maintain component documentation and design style guide for TIAA’s rapidly growing design system.
Implemented inclusive design standards in Figma, achieving WCAG 2.1 level AA compliance for 30+ components, improving accessibility 58% within 4 months.
Collaborated with product teams to align design system patterns with brand strategy, increasing design consistency by 40% in 6 months.
Senior Product Designer
TIAA • Full-time • Nov. 2018 – Dec. 2022
Spearheaded an end-to-end product redesign, simplifying complex workflows into a "one-click" experience, increasing single-session completion rates by 82% in 6 months.
Created and iterated user flows and high-fidelity prototypes, leveraging design tools such as Figma and Adobe XD to improve digital submission rates by 36%.
Iteratively enhanced the onboarding process, while leveraging presentation skills to share insights with stakeholders as changes to complex problems were made.
User Experience Designer
TIAA • Full-time • May 2017 – Oct. 2018
Transformed a line of acquired products to align with marketing initiatives, enhancing brand consistency by achieving a 98% conversion of targeted experiences within 3 months.
Collaborated closely with technical engineers while creating and refining requirements, design specifications, and high-fidelity prototypes.
Visual Designer
Nemours • Full-time • April 2011 – Jan. 2017
Partnered with developers to design and deliver high-fidelity prototypes for implementing responsive designs across branded B2B and B2C experiences.
News Layout Designer
The Florida Times-Union • Full-time • 2007 – 2011
Collaborated with content editors, photographers and press runners to create design solutions with complex visual storytelling for news, sports, and entertainment sections
SKILLS
Design Tools: Figma, Sketch, InVision, Adobe XD, Adobe Creative Suite, AEM
Design Systems: Component Creation, Pattern Libraries, Design Guidelines, Systems Thinking
Front-End Development Concepts: Angular Material Design, Storybook, HTML, CSS
Inclusive Design: WCAG, W3C Accessibility (A11y) Standards & Testing
Product Design: UX, UIX, Information Architecture, Visual Design, Scalability, SaaS, B2B/B2C
Communication Skills: Cross-Functional Team Collaboration, Teamwork, Presentation skills
Design Thinking: User-Centered Design, Visual Execution, User Advocacy, User Experience Principles
Concept to Execution: Wireframing, High-Fidelity Prototyping, Responsive Layouts
Usability: User Research, A/B Testing, User Journey Mapping, Design Heuristics
Workflow: Agile Methodologies, JIRA, Adobe Workfront, Confluence
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Web Accessibility for Designers
Deque University • 2025
Earned 10.25 IAAP credits by completing all the courses in Deque University’s UX Design Curriculum.
Bachelor of Journalism, Newspaper (Design)
University of Missouri • 2007
Graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism with a minor in art history in May 2007. Influenced visual design and copy editing principles as a layout designer, design editor, paginator and teaching assistant for the Columbia Missourian news desk.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Jacksonville Jaguars
NFL Cheerleader • 2015 – 2020
Created memorable experiences through football, dance and fun for local businesses, students and military as well as U.K. fans as part of the NFL London Games.
Enhanced the Jaguars game day experience, performing on the field at EverBank Stadium.
Community Nutcracker
Performer • 2009 – present
Perform as a soloist and corps de ballet in six shows of The Nutcracker Ballet each year.
Graphic Designer • 2009 – 2015
Created print collateral for the nonprofit, volunteer-run organization donating $50,000 annually to Dreams Come True of Jacksonville.
Updated May 2026