Rebekah Terry
Senior Product Designer · UI/UX
Dallas, TX
bekterry@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/rebekah-terry
github.com/rt-jiujitsu
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Product designer with a build-it mindset. As the sole designer for a national menswear brand, I take products end to end — from user research and a maintained Figma design system to shipping across native iPad, iPhone, and web. I also write the iOS code myself in Swift. A former educator, I design for how people actually learn and use products.

Experience
Senior UI/UX DesignerOct 2024 – Present
J.Hilburn · Dallas, TX
  • Sole designer across J.Hilburn's native iPad and iPhone apps and web tooling used by stylists nationwide — 81 features designed, 56 shipped to production.
  • Designed all the iPad features that enabled the company to move every stylist off its legacy web platform — the following month was the brand's highest-selling of the year.
  • Led user research across two geographic markets; synthesized findings with the PM and engineering lead to identify the #1 product priority from real user data.
  • Built and maintained a scalable Figma design system and component library supporting agile delivery across multiple concurrent workstreams.
  • Extended the role into native development — designed and built J.Hilburn's iPhone app (V1), shipped to production in Swift and Xcode; stylist app usage more than doubled after launch.
UI/UX DesignerMay 2023 – Oct 2024
Encyclopaedia Britannica · Remote
  • Designed across an education platform for grades 1–8 and shipped three products — a lesson redesign (Expedition Learn), an admin analytics dashboard, and the Engage Reading feature.
  • Shaped the Engage Reading experience to build active reading habits step by step, and an analytics dashboard serving three audiences across multiple breakpoints.
  • Increased engagement on a key learning module 20% through improved UI navigation.
  • Implemented WCAG accessibility standards and authored an internal reference resource for PMs, designers, and developers.
Product Designer · InternshipApr – Oct 2023
No School Violence Project · Remote
  • Translated complex AI capabilities into intuitive UX across teacher, student, parent, and admin experiences for an MVP app that helps schools identify and prevent violence.
  • Applied human-centered design — discovery research, whiteboarding, and usability testing with 10 teachers — partnering with police-department stakeholders to define campus-safety and threat-reporting flows.
Product Designer · InternshipMay – Aug 2023
Think Round, Inc. · Dallas, TX
  • Designed “The Healing Rooms,” a virtual mental-health and wellness exhibit with writing, art-therapy, and meditation features.
  • Established a design system ensuring brand consistency across web and mobile.
Reading & Language Arts TeacherJul 2021 – Jul 2023
Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy · Dallas, TX
  • Designed and implemented online and in-person curricula for diverse learners, including ESL students and students with learning disabilities.
  • Increased critical thinking and reading comprehension 30% for a target student group.
Service DesignerSep 2019 – Jul 2021
FI Health and Life · Dallas, TX
  • Designed and launched the company website, which increased lead generation 3X.
  • Designed employee training and onboarding processes that improved company efficiency 30%.
  • Redesigned internal operations — payroll, meeting management, and expense reporting — decreasing internal errors 10%.
Small Business OwnerJun 2014 – Nov 2021
By Air Land or Sea / Paper Comets · Dallas, TX
  • Created and sold original stipple-ink illustrations and reproductions online and at regional shows.
  • Designed city, state, and world maps from GIS data using QGIS, Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop.
Skills & Toolkit
UX Design
User ResearchUser InterviewsPersonasUser FlowsWireframingPrototypingUsability TestingUX Writing
UI Design
Design SystemsComponent LibrariesNative iOS · iPadWeb & MobileData VisualizationAccessibility (WCAG)
Software
FigmaXcodePhotoshopIllustratorAfter EffectsJiraQGIS
Build
SwiftHTML · CSS · JSClaude CodeInstructional Design
Education
MA, Education
University of Michigan
2013 · GPA 3.9
BA, Journalism · BA, English Literature
University of Oklahoma
2010 · History Minor · GPA 3.65 / 3.6
Certifications
UI Design Program
CareerFoundry · 2021–2022
UI Animation · UI Immersion · Intro to UI
Advanced Digital Art & Illustration
CG Spectrum · 2021–2022
Advanced Illustration · Intro to Concept Art