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UX Design Strategy & Leadership

Jonathan Smith

I turn design strategy into shipped product — and build teams that want to be the ones who ship it.

My background spans digital strategy, UX research, and visual design — running the full arc from discovery and user interviews through Figma-based design systems that give large organizations a coherent language for scale. That includes AI, designed as trust-earning patterns embedded in the work, not features painted over existing workflows. I use AI tools throughout my own process too, and I prototype in code, so the handoff to engineering starts from proven ground.

The best product decisions come from teams who feel safe enough to disagree and clear enough on the mission to move without waiting for permission. Customer obsession isn't a slide in my deck — it's the filter every roadmap decision runs through, and the standard I hold my teams to. I think in systems, lead with passion, and ship.

15+
Years of design leadership
100k+
Enterprise users impacted
20+
Products built from scratch

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By treating trust as a design material, not an afterthought — every AI surface has to earn the right to interrupt someone's workflow. At ServiceNow, that meant defining exactly how, when, and what an AI agent says inside a live enterprise system used by 100,000+ people.

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Because the handoff to engineering should start from proven ground, not a static file. Code prototypes surface real constraints early and keep design and engineering honest with each other.

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It's the filter every roadmap decision runs through — not a value on a wall, but the standard I hold my teams to. If a decision doesn't hold up against a real customer's experience, it doesn't ship.

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By giving large organizations a coherent language, not just a component library — one that holds up as AI, new products, and new teams get added on top of it.

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The scale of trust changes. At an agency, you're proving yourself to a new client relationship every project. In-house, you're building a system and a team that has to hold up over years, not campaigns.

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Experience
01 / 04
ServiceNow
2022 – Present
Staff Product Designer
Strategic Portfolio Mgmt OTTO AI Agent Design Enterprise UX

At the center of one of ServiceNow's most ambitious bets: bringing AI into how enterprises plan, collaborate, and execute. I own OTTO — the centralized hub replacing disconnected spreadsheets and email chains. Built Collaborative Work Management from the ground up as designer #1 — the fastest adopted product in Strategic Portfolio Management history.

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Valtech
2019 – 2022
Creative Director, CX
Disney Universal Studios Under Armour Chanel MAC

Led creative direction for some of the most recognized brands in the world — shaping customer experiences from strategy through execution. Customer journey mapping, interactive prototypes, gesture-based experiences, sensory installations. If a customer felt something, I had a hand in designing that feeling.

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Intuit
2016 – 2019
Senior Product Designer
TurboTax Live Service Design Dual-Sided UX

Part of the beta team that designed and launched TurboTax Live — live CPA access on demand. Fastest-growing product in Intuit's history in its first year. A service design challenge on both sides: the customer navigating one of the most stressful financial moments of their year, and the CPA supporting them in real time.

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Mirum Agency
(WPP)
2012 – 2016
Design Director
Qualcomm Rolex Mazda Marines Epson Taylor Guitars

Design leadership across $75M+ in annual client work. Responsible for creative direction, the team, and the outcome — across multiple brands simultaneously. Brands that had no tolerance for average. Rolex. Qualcomm. The Marines. You show up sharp or you don't show up.

10+
Years of Experience
Fastest-Growing Products
$75M
Annual Creative Portfolio
20+
Global Brands

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Designbysmith@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/jonathansmith16 San Diego, CA