Résumé – P.J. Onori
pj@pjonori.comDesign Manager, Design Systems team, Pinterest
Employed Jan 2020 – PresentLed the transition of the team to be a fully-staffed, cross-functional design systems practice.
Lead Product Designer, Pinterest
Employed Apr 2019 – Jan 2020Acted as lead designer in Pinterest's internal design system, design tooling and infrastructure initiatives.
Highlights
- Led the design and supported the implementation of Dark Mode for the company's iOS and Android apps
- Defined and facilitated the implementation of design tokens within the system
- Developed internal tooling through Figma plugins and web apps to operationalize / automate key manual design workflows
- Developed processes within the team to enable measurement of team velocity and provided the ability for the team to accurately forecast team throughput
Principal Designer, Disney Streaming Services
Employed Apr 2017 – Apr 2019Responsibilities
- Leading the design effort for Disney Streaming Services' platform tool suite
- Initiated and currently leading the creation of Disney Streaming Services' platform design system
Design-Driven Product Manager, InVision
Employed Dec 2015 – Dec 2016Highlights
- Managed the initial launch of InVision LABS/Craft.
- Led InVision’s Inspect and Craft Sync initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Product definition, KPIs, prioritization and roadmap creation.
- Communication/coordination with all business/operational stakeholders.
- Management and involvement in the design effort for Inspect and Craft Sync.
- Definition of business/functional acceptance criteria for engineering tickets.
- Validation research for Inspect and Craft Sync in the form of customer interviews, creation of surveys and quantitative analysis.
- Planning, creation and management of all customer communication through the Inspect and Craft Sync beta programs prior to our hiring of a product marketing manager.
- Occasional coding when resources are thin.
Partner & Director of Design Technology, Waybury
Employed Mar 2013 – Nov 2015Worked on a range of consulting projects ranging from focused UX to interface design to iconography. Clients include: OpenTable, Twitter, Splunk, Intuit and Mulesoft. In addition, worked with the Waybury team to produce Iconic (https://useiconic.com/) and Relay (https://relay.io). Waybury was acquired by InVision in December 2015.
Consultant, Independent UX/Technology Consultancy
Employed Mar 2012 – Mar 2013Assisted clients such as HOT Studio, Splunk and General Electric with problems ranging from pure user experience to technology-related challenges.
Design Technologist, Adaptive Path
Employed Mar 2010 – Aug 2011Served in several capacities in the experience design process - from prototyping to design strategy to facilitating workshops (and everything in between). Worked for organizations such as the United Nations, Samsung and Adobe.
Design Technologist, Independent Consultancy
Employed Jun 2007 – Mar 2010Worked as a design technology consultant to handle projects that demand visual/interactive design along with technical strategy and development.
Recent projects I have been a part of are Patrón Tequila (patrontequila.com), Horizon Dairy (horizondairy.com), Stanlee Gatti's website (stanleegatti.com), internal kiosk applications and Current.com's Viewpoints experience (now offline).
I have done work for companies such as Current TV, Adaptive Path, Hearst Corporation and Mekanism.
Senior Design Technologist, Method
Employed Nov 2006 – Jun 2007Acted as the senior design technologist, responsible for development of various Actionscript 2 and Actionscript 3 applications.
Projects of interest were The Apartment's Flex-based Wordpress blog and TED.com's video player.
Web Designer, Current TV
Employed May 2006 – Nov 2006Acted as the lead front-end developer for Current TV's second generation website and video player from inception to launch.