Resume
Lou Beaird
PRODUCT DESIGNER
Dallas, Texas | loubeaird.com | loubeaird@gmail.com | LinkedIn
SUMMARY
Product Designer with 3+ years of experience designing enterprise software, including real estate tech platforms.
Skilled in user-centered design, cross-functional collaboration, and translating complex workflows into clear, functional interfaces. Experienced in supporting discovery, creating responsive designs, and working closely with product and engineering teams in agile environments. Background in psychology supports a strong focus on usability
and user empathy.
EXPERIENCE
UI/UX Product Designer, Stewart Title, Remote
08/2025- Present
Served as the sole UX/Product Designer for Stewart Signing Services, embedded within a cross-functional product and engineering team to design a net-new SaaS platform from the ground up.
Architected a design system from scratch, including color tokens, typography scale, component library, and interaction patterns to ensure consistency across a responsive web platform.
Designed wizard flows, data table components, signing session cards, and document upload/preview experiences for a multi-tenant SaaS product.
Translated product requirements into iterative Figma designs and functional prototypes using AI-assisted tooling (Lovable), enabling rapid stakeholder review and developer handoff.
Product Designer, RamQuest, Plano, TX (Remote)
09/2024- 02/2025
Designed a consumer dashboard for Ready2Close, combining task tracking, timelines, documents, and messaging.
Partnered with PMs and engineers to define features and create interactive Figma prototypes.
Contributed to mobile-first responsive designs and functional specifications for dev handoff.
Supported discovery through team-led customer feedback and iteration cycles.
Product Designer, WP Engine, Austin, TX (Remote)
06/2022- 3/2024
Redesigned Notification Center to improve usability and reduce email overload.
Maintained and contributed to company-wide design system in Figma.
Conducted user testing and worked with product and research to validate design updates.
Shipped features for customer portal that improved engagement and user control.
Product Designer, Dell Technologies, Austin, TX (Remote)
08/2021 - 2/2022
Standardized UI components across platforms; adopted in 10K+ internal use cases.
Delivered UI updates for internal sales and support tools with a focus on accessibility.
Collaborated across global teams on fast-turnaround releases and product improvements.
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Digital Marketing Account Manager, Kash Data Consulting, Plano, TX – 04/2024 – 09/2024
Digital Marketing Manager, Kash Data Consulting, Plano, TX –06/2019 – 05/2021
Patient Care Coordinator, AmerisourceBergen, Frisco, TX - 05/2019 – 07/2020
Patient Care Coordinator, Alliance Rx Walgreens, Frisco, TX - 09/2018 – 04/2019
Customer Service Representative, Neiman Marcus, Irving, TX - 0/2012 – 01/2017
Elementary School Teacher, Evers Elementary School, San Antonio, TX – 08/1993 – 05/1995
View additional professional experience details on LinkedIn
EDUCATION
Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, TX - BBA Psychology, Minor in Business, Minor in Education - 1989
IronHack, Miami, FL - UX/UI Design Certificate - 2020
SKILLS
UX/UI Design | Design Systems | Wireframing & Prototyping | Interaction Design | Design Thinking Enterprise Software Design | Agile | User Research | Usability Testing | Persona Development | User Journey Mapping | Workflow Mapping | Cross-Functional Collaboration | Responsive & SaaS UI Design | AI Assisted Design
TOOLS
Figma | Sketch | Adobe XD | User Testing | Miro | Maze | Google Analytics | Dovetail | Confluence | Jira | Claude | Lovable