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Esther Nam

Senior Product Designer

Boston, MA

Nine years in ed-tech, most recently designing AI-assisted tools for higher education.

Experience
Mar 2024 — May 2026
Pearson
Remote · Higher Ed
Senior Product Designer
  • Led a cross-product UX audit of Pearson's “Generate” AI assessment portfolio (Writing Solutions + Freehand Grader), anchoring roadmap planning across product, engineering, and design.
  • Led v1 redesigns within the Generate suite, including the Writing Solutions assignment-creation flow.
  • Won Best Solution for User Impact at Pearson's 48-hour AI Training & Hackathon (2025) for Focus Gym — a gamified environment where students “level up” their ability to sustain concentration through spaced, progressive training.
  • Presented design decisions in bi-weekly DTC UX shareouts to keep cross-team work aligned.
Apr 2021 — Mar 2024
Pearson
Remote · Higher Ed
Interaction Designer
  • Re-designed Pearson Collections, driving an 85% YoY increase in total subscriptions and a 15% lift in digital conversions.
  • Shaped Pearson+ Job Match from closed POC to public MVP — shipped the unauthenticated home, Careers section, and Work Style Lens™ assessment, with WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility annotations owned end-to-end.
  • Moderated user-testing on personalized feedback and contributed to a scalable design system aligning typography, color, and components across UX teams.
Nov 2017 — Apr 2021
Pearson
Boston, MA
Associate Interaction Designer
  • Produced wireframes, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups across instructor- and student-facing learning products.
  • Advocated for user-centered design — folded usability testing and accessibility insights into team process.
May — Nov 2017
General Assembly
Boston, MA
UX Teaching Assistant · UXDI
  • Mentored students through research, wireframing, and prototyping; gave portfolio-level feedback in cohort reviews.
Apr 2017
Voatz
Boston, MA
Product Designer
  • Designed mobile-first flows and prototypes for a secure mobile voting platform.
Skills
Interaction design Visual design Design systems Information architecture Heuristic audits Moderated user testing Usability testing Funnel & attrition analysis Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) AI product design Rapid prototyping Cross-functional facilitation HTML / CSS / JS React (working)
Tools — Figma · FigJam · UserTesting.com · Pendo · Claude Design · VS Code
Education
Wellesley College
BA, Economics
Wellesley, MA
Open Vector
Curriculum for design-led engineering
In progress
Codecademy
HTML, CSS, JavaScript
2021 — 2022
General Assembly
UXDI Bootcamp
Boston, MA · 2017