Sara Gustafson

Designing inclusive, data-informed technology that puts people first.

saram@gusplace.com

Professional Experience

☎️ T-Mobile, October 2020 - Current

User Experience Designer

  • Lead UX & UI efforts for 12 products within a flagship internal initiative that impacts all T-Mobile employees.

  • Carry out the iterative design process, from creating low-fidelity wireframes to finalizing high-fidelity mockups.

  • Strategize research and synthesize data with UX researchers to create data-driven design requirements.

  • Partner with the accessibility team to identify and resolve digital accessibility issues.

  • Collaborate with business stakeholders, product managers, and developers to ensure accurate implementation of design work.

Associate User Experience Designer

  • Created iterative design work for internal, low-code T-Mobile tools.

  • Advocated for user-centered design practices in an agile/scrum framework while uplifting digital accessibility for the organization.

UX Design Intern

  • Evaluated and reimagined T-Mobile’s internal tools through research and accessibility audits to design an inclusive employee experience.

  • Created brand cohesion and supported enterprise-wide communication through varying design work.

👩‍🔧 Best Buy, Summer 2020

UX Design Mentorship

  • Participated in weekly professional UX critique sessions.

  • Learned about industry-standard accessibility practices, UX metrics, and UI standards.

  • *Hired as a UX Design Intern, but the formal internship program was canceled due to COVID-19.

🚀 Lockheed Martin, Summer 2019

Information Technology Intern

🧪 The Aerospace Corporation, Summer 2018 & 2017

Materials Science Intern

Education

🌲 University of Washington

Seattle, WA 2017-2021
BS in Human Centered Design and Engineering
GPA 3.88

🎨 Designlab

Advanced Figma Course
September 2024

Toolbox

UX Design, UX Research, Wireframing, Prototyping, High-fidelity Mockups, Visual Design, Responsive Design, Digital Accessibility

Creating safe spaces for design critique, Mentoring new UX professionals

Figma, HTML/CSS, Adobe Suite, Whiteboard