Testimonials

Some kind words from teams that I’ve worked with

  • I had the pleasure of working with Steffenie when we brought her in as a UX consultant. She was able to come in and help our team shift to a design-thinking mindset. Steffenie has the unique ability to organize information and report on insights in a way that is both comprehensive and simple, and visually makes sense. She’s talented and was able to adapt to many shifts in roadmap and direction.

    • Amanda Widjaja, VP of Data Science and Engineering at Norwest Venture Partners

  • Steffenie is one of a kind! I've had the privilege of working with Steffenie in multiple capacities— most recently at joe. I knew I wanted to bring her in to drive user research efforts for our merchant experience because of her aptitude and approach to UXR. She came in and immediately established three key things within the first few weeks: a research plan with clear deliverables, strong relationships with internal teams and stakeholders, and a deep care and curiosity for our merchant users. One thing is evident from the start with Steffenie— she cares... and she cares A LOT. She cares about the task at hand, the impact of her work, and the people she's making an impact for. She sets a high bar for herself and possesses an an unrivaled work ethic. She gets the job done well, but, more importantly, she leaves a lasting impression and helps teams up-level their empathy for the user. She has an ability to translate that deep empathy into a compelling advocation for the user's story and needs to key stakeholders. Her user insights and recommendations had a huge impact on how we prioritized our product roadmap, honed our sales strategy, and built our internal language around the users we were building for. This was a huge feat, but leave it to Steffenie to make this amount of impact in just 3 months! Steffenie is a rarity of a person, and she's going to add huge value wherever she goes.

    • Robel Paguio, Product Designer at joe

  • We brought Steffenie on for a contract role to conduct research across our 1,500 partners to build out personas and provide qualitative and quantitative data that would inform our product roadmap. Steffenie got right to work and over delivered in what the ask was. I was thoroughly impressed with how Steffenie managed the project, how she communicated to the leadership team her plan, her progress, and her findings. Her final deliverable was more than expected as she left us with a portal that breaks down our personas, the research she conducted and more. This is fantastic because we now have a way to ensure our entire team from sales, operations, engineering, etc, has this research at their fingertips in a digestible manner. Steffenie is an absolute pleasure to work with and brings a lot of talent and skill to the table. She works well in teams and has great presentation skills. Her knowledge in UX is deep and we are very thankful for the work she provided as it has streamlined our product roadmap, optimized our messaging and sales approach. Wherever Steffenie goes she will be a great addition.

    • Brenden Martin, Co-founder of joe

  • Steffenie brings a rare blend of warmth and professionalism into all of her work. Her superhuman ability to communicate and connect with others makes her a natural interviewer, and she has great instincts on what questions to ask to deepen understanding. While working to develop Vidaly’s user portal, Steffenie kept a keen focus on how the product she was working on aligned with Vidaly’s mission. She worked cross-functionally with game developers and educators, and took as much care to understand their priorities and concerns as she did with the users she interviewed and advocated for. She not only excelled at her work in UX/UI design at Vidaly, but also accomplished other valuable tasks that extended beyond this scope, such as supporting the development of the company brand voice. It was a pleasure to work with Steffenie at Vidaly; she is a powerhouse who would be an asset to any team.

    • Ellie Tsang Kirkner, Creative Director at Vidaly

  • I got to work with Steffenie to design the Vidaly mobile and desktop “guardian” portal. This portal has various stakeholders, including counselors, administrators, teachers, and parents. Not only did Steffenie run a great UI/UX research and design process, I thought she showed signs of a product manager (this was a fully greenfield, quite complicated product) by coming up with features based on the user research interviews she conducted. Steffenie has incredible communication and interviewing skills. She knows how to hear the voice of the customer, and how to not bias it. She constantly came back to the customer voice during the design process. She was also wicked fast at coming up with prototypes, and iterating on them. I’m so excited to see where Steffenie's career goes!

    • Zachary Mays, Head of Engineering at Vidaly

  • Our team had the absolute best experience working with Steffenie on our web and app UX/UI redesign. She is not just a great designer, she is a fantastic communicator. She listens. She was able to capture the essence of our mission and vision all while incorporating customer feedback and keeping us accountable to our values throughout the process. Steffenie is also a great project manager. Her proactiveness and attention to detail keep our project ahead of schedule. Anyone working with Steffenie is lucky to have her as part of their team. Feel free to reach out if you want more feedback on her performance.

    • Erika Lucas, Founder of VEST