Maya Cruz
Product Designer
New York, NY
Resume & Portfolio
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About
Maya is a product designer with 6 years of experience crafting intuitive, user-centered digital experiences. She is passionate about user research, design systems, and building products that delight users while solving real business problems. Her work spans mobile and web platforms, with a strong focus on accessibility and inclusive design.
Previously at Airbnb and Notion, Maya led cross-functional design initiatives that improved user engagement and streamlined complex workflows. She thrives in collaborative environments where design, engineering, and research work closely together to ship products that matter. She is currently exploring senior product design roles at mission-driven companies.
Experience
- Led the redesign of the host onboarding experience, increasing completion rates by 28% across mobile and web.
- Built and maintained a shared design system with 120+ components used by 8 product teams.
- Conducted user research studies with 200+ participants to validate new search and booking features.
- Designed the collaborative workspace templates feature, adopted by 500K+ teams within the first quarter.
- Partnered with engineering to create a Storybook-driven component library for the design system.
- Improved accessibility across key user flows, achieving WCAG 2.1 AA compliance on all public-facing pages.
- Created high-fidelity prototypes for the playlist personalization feature used by millions of listeners.
- Supported the design of the artist dashboard, collaborating with data and product teams on visualization components.
- Contributed to Spotify’s internal design system documentation and onboarding materials for new designers.
Education
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Resume summary
- Strong product design experience with Figma and design systems at production scale.
- Led cross-functional design initiatives that improved user engagement and onboarding.
- Design system and component library experience across multiple product teams.
Cover letter
I am excited to apply for this role. My background in crafting intuitive, accessible user experiences aligns closely with the problems your team is solving. I have led design initiatives that improved user engagement significantly and contributed to measurable business outcomes. I look forward to bringing my experience to your team.
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Recruiter notes
Strong portfolio. Design system expertise is impressive. Schedule design challenge this week.