Macie

Macie

Wood

Wood

Wood

Senior Product Designer

Senior Product Designer

I help make the products I touch better, and I make the teams building them better too.

I help make the products I touch better, and I make the teams building them better too.

Strategic Design Leader (6 YOE) driving 0-to-1 product growth across B2B SaaS and D2C consumer products. Partners with executives and product leaders to connect user research and design directly to revenue growth. Mentors designers and builds custom AI tools to empower product teams, accelerating shipping velocity without sacrificing craft or trust.

Strategic Design Leader (6 YOE) driving 0-to-1 product growth across B2B SaaS and D2C consumer products. Partners with executives and product leaders to connect user research and design directly to revenue growth. Mentors designers and builds custom AI tools to empower product teams, accelerating shipping velocity without sacrificing craft or trust.

Off the screen, This is where you'll find me…

Off the screen, This is where you'll find me…

Off the screen, This is where you'll find me…

My Design Journey

Senior Product Designer

Versant Media  ·  Sept 2025 – Present

  • Lead product design for fintech and e-commerce products, transforming complex business and legal requirements into simple trustworthy tools for admins and consumers.

  • Rebuilt the core design system for AI workflow, matching design tokens to the codebase to enable accurate, code-ready prototyping.

  • Increased checkout conversion by 70% (4.5% to 7.7%) by redesigning login and checkout flows with a 1-step email login and 1-click subscription purchase.

  • Created a design QA and critique framework across teams, reducing rework and cutting release times by 30%.

UX Designer II

NBCUniversal  ·  Aug 2024 – Sept 2025

  • Drove a record-growth year as lead designer across web, mobile, and CTV apps, scaling concurrent viewers to 917K (+1,222% YoY) and growing subscriptions by 103% (23K+).

  • Partnered directly with senior executives to shape product strategy and define success metrics for high-impact product initiatives.

  • Established a continuous discovery workflow that grounded product priorities in research rather than opinions, scaling the model to other teams.

  • Founded the team's first design internship program, mentoring incoming designers on craft and process.

UX Designer

NBCUniversal  ·  Dec 2021 – Aug 2024

  • Ran rapid user interviews on a tight deadline to diagnose customer churn, dropping schedule complaints 5x and shifting product strategy; earned the NBCUniversal GEM Award.

  • Facilitated a division-wide journey mapping workshop that unified two product teams on a shared roadmap; adopted as standard company practice.

  • Designed scalable B2B SaaS admin and operational tools across web and mobile, tailored for complex, multi-persona user roles.

Google UX Design Certificate

2021

Took my first UX class during my senior year of college and knew on day one this was the path for me. Earned the Google UX Design Certificate while finishing my undergraduate degree. This was the spark that turned my career from visual design to UX design.

Took my first UX class during my senior year of college and knew on day one this was the path for me. Earned the Google UX Design Certificate while finishing my undergraduate degree. This was spark that turned a passion for visual design into a product design career.

B.S. Graphic Design & Visual Communication

Graduated 2021  ·  Northern Arizona University

Following in my mother's footsteps, a graphic designer herself, I studied graphic design and honed my visual craft, discovering a deep passion for web and app design along the way.

Let's Chat!

macie.b.wood@gmail.com

(949)243-6886

Let's Chat!

macie.b.wood@gmail.com

(949)243-6886

Let's Chat!

macie.b.wood@gmail.com

(949)243-6886