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