Hey, I'm Alex Young-Davies...
A passionate designer that takes joy in crafting beautiful products while putting smiles on the faces of everyday people.

I'm excited to take on whatever comes my way as I dive deeper into this crazy, wonderful world of digital product design.

Photo by @joejones_media
Keeping it interesting
Whether it’s in the office, on the board, or on the strings, I love to be creative and it fuels how I see the world. After hours I like to keep myself busy with things that interest and challenge me.
Some of my hobbies
🛹 Skateboarding
🎵 Music Production
🪑 Woodworking
Languages I'm learning
• 日本語
• HTML, CSS, JS
My current go-to bop
My Experience
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Work Experience
Enable Medicine
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Senior Product Designer
Aug 2022 - Present
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San Francisco, California
  • Oversaw and executed significant UX-focused overhauls of 4+ major product surfaces (“The Visualizer,” data upload, “The Analysis Toolkit,” and a navigation overhaul, etc.) with measurable impact on the user experience.
  • Collaborated often and effectively with engineering, product, and business teams to launch 20+ new features and/or continuous product improvement projects of all sizes.
  • Owned UX-focused projects from start to finish; engaging in scope definitions, user-goal identification, iterative concept development via user-flows/information hierarchies/sketching/wireframing, design validation via prototypes/usability testing, and establishing standard procedures for design <> development handoff.
  • First Enable Medicine product designer and UX lead for all user-facing product surfaces. Strategizing long-term design direction for the cloud-based Enable Medicine products.
  • Initiated the push for and subsequent management of an internal design system to boost design/development efficiency and establish unified usability, look, and feel throughout product experiences (includes component library, usage guidelines, branding guide, color palettes, typography libraries, custom icon library).
  • Incorporated UX best practices into the standard feature development cycle, including early stage user input and usability testing with low, mid, and high-fidelity prototypes before launch.
Raven.ai
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Product Designer
Dec 2020 - Aug 2022
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Remote
  • Formally establish first company design system to promote robust and consistent product design and development in the future.
  • Redesigned Raven.ai’s Sense™️ product from the ground up to durastically improve user experiences, system-user communication, and refined visual appearance and intuitiveness.
  • Manage user experience and interaction design decisions accross multiple product platforms, physical environments and devices.
Sense-It!
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UI Designer & Animator
May - Nov 2020
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Ottawa, Canada
  • Designed Sense-It!'s browser-based educational sandob-style learning tool, brought educational content from the class curriculum to life through app-style engagement. More information available upon request.
Luminis
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Industrial Design Intern
Oct 2018 - Mar 2019
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Montreal, Canada
  • Contributed to the design and development process of commercial lighting products throughout all stages of the design process.
  • Designed my own Luminis product; engaging in market research, concept ideation, iterative development, prototype testing, and design for manufacturing.
  • Created contextual product renderings & graphic/marketing material for new and upcoming Luminis products.
Awards
ACIDO Rocket Award
  • Design for Good Award
  • Environment Award
Michael Elmarson Memorial Award
Environmental Awareness Award
Education
Memorisely
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User Experience & User Interface Design Course
2021
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Professional Developement
Carleton University
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Bachelor of Industrial Design
Class of 2020
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GPA - 3.8/4
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Graduated with High Distinction
Canterbury Arts Highschool
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Vocal Arts
Honor Roll Student
Tool Kit
My Experience
Open as PDF
Work Experience
Enable Medicine
/
Product Designer
Aug 2022 - Present
/
San Francisco, California
  • Oversaw and executed significant UX-focused overhauls of 4+ major product surfaces (“The Visualizer,” data upload, “The Analysis Toolkit,” and a navigation overhaul, etc.) with measurable impact on the user experience.
  • Collaborated often and effectively with engineering, product, and business teams to launch 20+ new features and/or continuous product improvement projects of all sizes.
  • Owned UX-focused projects from start to finish; engaging in scope definitions, user-goal identification, iterative concept development via user-flows/information hierarchies/sketching/wireframing, design validation via prototypes/usability testing, and establishing standard procedures for design <> development handoff.
  • First Enable Medicine product designer and UX lead for all user-facing product surfaces. Strategizing long-term design direction for the cloud-based Enable Medicine products.
  • Initiated the push for and subsequent management of an internal design system to boost design/development efficiency and establish unified usability, look, and feel throughout product experiences (includes component library, usage guidelines, branding guide, color palettes, typography libraries, custom icon library).
  • Incorporated UX best practices into the standard feature development cycle, including early stage user input and usability testing with low, mid, and high-fidelity prototypes before launch.
Raven.ai
/
Product Designer
Dec 2020 - Aug 2022
/
Remote
  • Formally establish first company design system to promote robust and consistent product design and development in the future.
  • Redesigned Raven.ai’s Sense™️ product from the ground up to durastically improve user experiences, system-user communication, and refined visual appearance and intuitiveness.
  • Manage user experience and interaction design decisions accross multiple product platforms, physical environments and devices.
Sense-It!
/
UI Designer & Animator
May - Nov 2020
/
Ottawa, Canada
  • Designed Sense-It!'s browser-based educational sandob-style learning tool, brought educational content from the class curriculum to life through app-style engagement. More information available upon request.
Luminis
/
Industrial Design Intern
Oct 2018 - Mar 2019
/
Montreal, Canada
  • Contributed to the design and development process of commercial lighting products throughout all stages of the design process.
  • Designed my own Luminis product; engaging in market research, concept ideation, iterative development, prototype testing, and design for manufacturing.
  • Created contextual product renderings & graphic/marketing material for new and upcoming Luminis products.
Education
Memorisely
/
User Experience & Interface Design Course
2021
/
Professional Developement
Carleton University
/
Bachelor of Industrial Design
Class of 2020
/
GPA - 3.8/4
/
Graduated with High Distinction
Canterbury Arts Highschool
/
Vocal Arts
Honor Roll Student
Tool Kit
Awards
ACIDO Rocket Award
  • Design for Good Award
  • Environment Award
Michael Elmarson Memorial Award
Environmental Awareness Award