From Tina

With over a decade of experience across corporations, startups, and non-profits, my approach to user-centric design starts with a deep understanding of customer challenges, followed by strategic design, and culminates in precise execution with attention to both detail and user emotions.

I believe in extreme ownership and constantly learning from both successes and setbacks. One of the most impactful messages that has shaped my journey came from Theodore Roosevelt’s famous "Men in the Arena" speech:

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly."

This philosophy drives me to strive for excellence through hard work and dedication. I thrive in collaborative, hands-on environments and am always ready to take on new challenges.

If you’re interested in partnering or have a project idea to share, I’d love to hear from you!

-Tina, Founder of TC Creative

Experience

Intuit

Design Manager

06.2024 - 02.2024

Lead a high performing team of 3 to drive successful outcome for the 0-1 Spend Management product, including beta launch of Employee Expense Management

Principal Product Designer

01.2021 - 05.2024

Led product design and design strategy for Spend Management to help 8 million businesses manage $ 3 trillion of Spend.
Launches: Receipt Capture, AP Automation & Bill Pay and GenAI Intuit Assist.

Senior Product Designer

04.2017 - 01.2021

Led for multiple projects including Desktop Migration, QuickBooks Commerce and Automated Sales Tax.

Launches: Desktop migration tool (Success rate from 62% to 90%), QBO app for Mac and Windows, Assisted Migration Services and Personalized Onboarding, Automated Sales Tax.

TC Creative

Founder and Principal Designer

02.2012-Present

Working with a number of companies developing products. Clients include Bolt, Common Sense Media, Filoli, NCIP, Collective Shift, Entangled Solutions, Business Blocks and Eat Club.

LRNG

Senior Manager, UX and Design

05.2014--04.2016

Led the user experience design team of 3 for LRNG platform to close the equity gap by transforming how young people access and experience learning and work.

Led product design for GlassLab Games web platform to bring game based learning to K-12 learners.
Launches: GlassLab Games class management, Competency Reports, Marketing Website.

Gooru

Product Designer

05.2013-04.2014

Developed UX/UI designs from detailed wireframes and user flows for Gooru educator platform.
Launches: Gooru Playlist, Marketing site..40+ features.

Contact

Email
tina@tccreative.studio

Phone
(415) 230-9010

Location
Bay Area
California, 95020