ABOUT
Mary Nelson
I'm a Senior Product Designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area with 10+ years of experience designing intuitive consumer experiences across mobile (iOS/Android) and web. I'm skilled in AI, Voice, and FinTech and I care deeply about making complex things feel simple and easy to use.
My work spans end-to-end from customer discovery and user research through interaction design, visual design, design systems, and engineering handoff. I thrive in fast-moving environments where design has a direct impact on the product and the people using it.
What I do
Experience
Led end-to-end redesign of the web app and designed AI features including message summaries, translation, and semantic search across iOS, Android, and web. Built a full design system and improved Android subscription conversion by 100%.
Built and ran a continuous customer discovery program for an AI-powered fintech investing app — weekly 1:1 user interviews, opportunity mapping, and in-product assumption tests. Helped the team define ICP and reach product-market fit.
Co-founded an executive talent marketplace and led all product discovery, strategy, and design from zero to Seed and Series A funding. Built the first Figma design system and owned the product experience across all touchpoints.
Owned core product design across iOS, Android, and web for a high-growth consumer messaging platform. Established foundational UX patterns and partnered cross-functionally with engineering and PM to ship high-quality experiences at scale.
Background
Get in touch
I'm currently open to new opportunities. Feel free to reach out.