I design complex products where trust, clarity, and business goals collide
My work spans AI, fintech, B2B SaaS, and consumer surfaces, usually as the only designer in the room on 0→1 launches. Strong in product judgment, systems thinking, and cross-functional execution.
Remitly · 2025 – 2026
First agentic remittance, live on ChatGPT
Led end-to-end design of Remitly's first ChatGPT-native agent: routing, anchored answers, and an explicit-confirm beat before money moves.
University of Phoenix · 2023 – 2025
367% activation growth, $1M+ ARR
Designed the admin and manager surfaces that decided whether enterprise clients renewed. Sole design lead, 1:7 designer-to-engineer team.
MSCI · 2022 – 2023
WCAG design system, adopted by 4 teams
Designed the unified Reports Portal that gave four MSCI products one front door — and the WCAG system the platform built against.
Experience
- Remitly2025 – present
- University of Phoenix2023 – 2025
- MSCI2022 – 2023
- Microsoft2021 – 2022
Ann has genuine specialization in AI and demonstrated real depth in designing generative systems on the ChatGPT launch, with strong partnership across engineering.
Deana JirakSenior Product Design Leader, ex-Remitly, ex-Amazon
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What peers say
As lead designer on the ChatGPT integration, Ann delivered remarkable end-to-end work and adapted quickly to a new conversational product paradigm at Remitly.
Ann brought serious technical depth to the ChatGPT app build, partnering closely with engineering and going a step further to ship tools for the Global Design team.
As Ann's manager, I saw her bring real insight and design expertise to both client work and internal efforts, with range across UX, graphic design, and photography. The kind of designer you want back on the team.
Managing Ann early in her career, the rare combination stood out: frontend fluency paired with real design sensitivity for typography, color, spacing, and alignment. Generous with ideas, and good company in the work.
At MSCI, Ann led her own product from conception to launch and used evidence-based practices to turn complex challenges into simple, polished design solutions. Meticulous, collaborative, and always willing to dig deeper.
Working on the same team as Ann at University of Phoenix, what stood out was her depth across UX/UI, product strategy, and discovery, plus her knack for elevating both the product and the people building it.
Ann combines great design vision with diligent execution, and she acted as a mentor to many of us, leading teaching sessions on skills, tools, and ways of working that benefited the whole team.
Ann helped me grow exponentially as a product designer. Her knowledge in AI helped me navigate the new AI frontier in fintech and learn the different ways AI could be used in my work, and she was a great thought partner on edge cases and flows.
Thank you Ann for helping us set up local preprod on our devices and being super patient. Also consistently has great feedback and questions when seeing work.
Vivian
Senior Product Designer at Remitly
Ann led the change on setting us up to vibe code with Narwhal. I really appreciate that she cascaded her knowledge down. It really says a lot about her.
Emily
Content Designer II at Remitly
Thank you Ann for collaborating and communicating during ChatGPT bug bash time. Lots of moving pieces that worked well because of it.
Srishti
Content Designer II at Remitly
Working with Ann raised the quality of the team's thinking. Her questions in review were direct, thoughtful, and consistently useful.
Tatiana
Product Designer II at Remitly
Ann brings brightness to the office, leading the way with AI and bringing us along.
David
Product Designer II at Remitly