Type

Practice, made perfect

Company

Lawtrades™

Role

Founding Designer

Location

New York, NY

Year

08.2014

"Lawtrades is a legal talent marketplace connecting top-tier lawyers with high-growth startups and enterprise companies. The platform evolved beyond talent matching into a full legal operations ecosystem — integrating workflow management, payments, time tracking, and performance analytics."

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My Role

I led Product & Design, overseeing UX, UI, systems architecture, brand evolution, and front-end execution. Owned the full redesign of the core platform and led multiple 01 initiatives, including:

Marketplace redesign
End-to-end hiring flow optimization
In-person payments & billing systems
Multi-session engagement workflows
Ticket transfer mechanics
Website rebrand + redesign
Search overhaul
Feed + discovery architecture
Design system implementation

I worked closely with engineering and executive leadership to define roadmap strategy, improve conversion metrics, and scale operational efficiency.

Impact

Improved marketplace conversion and matching velocity
Reduced onboarding friction across both sides of the marketplace
Established a scalable design system across product + marketing
Increased retention via workflow simplification

Skills Applied

Product Strategy
UX Architecture
Marketplace Systems Design
Design Systems
Brand Identity
Interaction Design
Growth Optimization
Payments & Fintech UX
Team Leadership

Toolset

Figma
Node.JS
Wordpress
SwiftUI

Full case study available upon request.