Jason Putorti
UX Strategist at Embarc Collective
Jason Putorti
UX Strategist at Embarc Collective
St Petersburg, Florida
Overview
Work Experience
Executive Director, Co-Founder
2018 - Current
- Founded a non-profit software service to help individual citizens lobby their government, vote, volunteer, and civically engage - Responsible for product vision, product design, product management, growth, marketing, customer service, and some software development - Grew Resistbot from zero to 9.7 million users, millions in contributions, 550 million texts exchanged, and over 33 million letters delivered to officials over 7 years of continuous operation - Outlasted startups in this space that raised millions in venture funding with grassroots donations, while delivering utility to millions of users - Managing two full-time engineers and a flow of volunteers
UX Strategist
2022
- Coach for early stage startups on product-market fit, customer journey, metrics funnels, user interface, and related aspects of launching and scaling a new product
Board Member
2019 - 2021
- One of four board members for a company that built an app for solopreneurs.
User Experience Designer
2016 - 2018
- UX designer for Invest division - Created a brand new series of apps for individual investors and syndicate leads so they could better understand their investments on AngelList - Led the first redesign of AngelList UI since launch in 2010
Designer in Residence
2015 - 2016
- UX design consultant for Bessemer portfolio startups - Triaged mostly consumer Internet companies to solve their highest leveraged problems; from aligning leadership on messaging, ensuring customer needs were being met, to designing user flows and user interfaces - Companies included Zirx, Speakeasy, Simply Measured, Knowme, Pipedrive, Anaqua, Rabbit, Blue Apron, and Thinking Phones
Co-Founder
2014 - 2015
- Drove the product design and customer experience as an individual contributor and manager. - Recruited our first product designer in March 2014 and two more in January 2015 to help ship our first three products in June 2015: Brigade for iOS, Android, and Brigade.com.
Vice President of Design
2013 - 2014
- Causes acquired Votizen in January 2013. - Started as an individual contributor and creative director working on a new Causes.com product launched in September 2013. - Promoted to VP of Design, managing a team of seven across marketing, design, and user research.
Co-Founder
2010 - 2012
- Founding designer and the first hire at Votizen. - Sole designer for product and marketing. - Designed several iterations of Votizen products for consumers and campaigns, the Votizen brand, and drove marketing communications and PR.
Designer in Residence
2009 - 2010
- First Designer-in-Residence ever at a major firm. - Provided user experience, design, and marketing guidance to Bessemer portfolio companies, including Reputation Defender, Intacct, and LinkedIn.
Lead Creative Direction, Personal Finance
2009 - 2009
- Intuit acquired Mint.com on November 2, 2009.
Lead Designer
2007 - 2009
- Led product and visual design for Mint.com and, later, Mint for iOS. - Created user interfaces from idea to sketch to high-fidelity design to code deliverables. - Set the creative and brand direction for the company, including visuals, voice, and tone, and created many of the deliverables and brand components used in marketing communications.
Education
BS
2000 - 2002
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Candidate
2002 - 2002