missy yarbrough

Senior Product Designer in Austin, TX open to Remote or Hybrid

With various professional experiences in both enterprise and startup spaces, I gravitate towards ambiguous challenges with heartfelt curiosity and a keen drive to improve people's quality of life through design. I also enjoy supporting communities and developing people's futures as a:

- Career Coach @ CareerCoach.Design where designers seek ways to level up their career paths through personalized coaching 💝
- Logistics Manager of the Exhibit Hall @ Dream Con, a blerd event garnering 25K+ attendees and $12 million+ in local economy dollars 💰

Screenshot of Eclipse dashboard reporting
Why should government funding support a purposeless 911 product?
Lead Designer / May 2021—July 2021 / Delivered

911 supervisors need a clear view of their PSAP's performance data so that their analysis can support future budgeting, equipment, and staffing needs.

How can simple visual updates clarity Eclipse's purpose for better government funding of 911 call centers?

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Screenshot of a dispatcher view of incidents and unit assignments
When it comes to 911 calls, no one wants an ambulance to put out fires.
Lead Designer / Oct 2020—Jan 2021 / Delivered and Implemented / Nimbus is now deprecated

Existing dispatchers were struggling to use RapidDeploy’s CAD platform Nimbus to deploy available response units in a swiftly effective manner.

How can a redesign of the information overload help dispatchers identify accurate incident and unit information in a more cohesive manner?

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Screenshot of IBM Cloud Support Center Updates
Hello IBM?
Can you support my cloud?
Co-Designer / Designs handed off May 2020

The relatively small support teams are expected to address the needs of thousands and potentially millions of cloud customers. Meanwhile, users are left hanging for resolution to their challenging technical issues.

What are quick wins to improve IBM Cloud Support's usability?

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Screenshot of IBM Cloud Docs Search homepage
IBM Cloud users can't learn if they can't find the right documentation.
Co-Designer / Launched June 2019

How might a new search experience better support customers searching on the IBM Cloud platform so that we regain their trust and continuously build a better search output over time?

In-app Docs searches doubled on average from 8,000 to 16,000 weekly with a total of over 1 million searches in 2019.

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Screenshot of IBM Cloud Docs Search homepage
Content writers are experts in the ways of the text, not imagery.
Lead Designer / Internal guidelines issued February 2020

Inconsistent styling and outdated files impede user trust of digesting information. How might we improve consistency across visual styling, ease the creation process, and elevate user trust of documentation information?

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Life isn't easy alone.

It's even harder without design. Let's make together.

Virtuix 🎮
Senior UI/UX Designer
Jan 2021—April 2024
Pathrise 💹
Product Design Industry Mentor
Dec 2020—October 2022
RapidDeploy ⛑
Product Designer
Aug 2020—Dec 2021
IBM ☁
Visual Designer → UX Designer
Mar 2014 → Oct 2016—June 2020

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