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Anna Klibanov

Work Experience

Lead Product Designer
Texada Nov 2023 Present
  • Manage and mentor a multi-product design team, ensuring consistent UX through scalable patterns and a shared design system.
  • Develop and implement a cross-product design system across multiple tech stacks and frameworks.
  • Lead the UX vision for a significant product redesign, integrating stakeholder feedback and legacy system constraints into a modern, intuitive interface.
  • Help innovate, research, and introduce AI features into core user workflows, significantly increasing productivity in everyday tasks.
  • Introduced UX practices into the SDLC from the ground up, establishing structured research and validation loops.
  • Collaborated with product and engineering to embed design at every stage of the development process and reduced rework during implementation.
  • Partner cross-functionally with engineering and product leadership to define roadmap and OKRs.
Senior Product Designer
ActiveState Oct 2022 Nov 2023
  • Led design initiatives for developer tools and CI/CD platforms, supporting Python/Perl open-source package management.
  • Designed and refined a security and vulnerability dashboard that surfaced critical dependency risks and remediation steps.
  • Championed Product-Led Growth through UX experiments and research, increasing conversion by 17%.
  • Integrated design thinking into DevSecOps workflows to enhance the visibility and usability of secure development practices.
  • Mentored junior designers.
Scrum Master (CSM)
Edsby Sep 2020 Jul 2022
  • Facilitated agile ceremonies for 20+ person engineering team.
  • Liaised between product, engineering, QA, and customer stakeholders to deliver against roadmap priorities.
Senior Product Designer / Front-End Developer
Edsby Apr 2011 Jul 2022
  • Designed and implemented responsive interfaces for K–12 and higher-ed platforms used by 215M+ users.
  • Co-led redesign of the analytics dashboard, improving clarity and accessibility of attendance insights.
  • Conducted end-to-end research from discovery to usability testing, iterating through high-impact design changes.
  • Built scalable UI components and maintained design consistency across mobile and web.
Freelance Designer/Developer
GoBanana Design 2010 Present
  • Delivered UX, branding, and development work for clients across tech, retail, and nonprofit sectors.

Skills

Product & Process: Product Design, UX / UI Design, User Research & Usability Testing, Design Systems, SDLC Process Integration, Agile & Scrum, Roadmap Planning, Product - Led Growth

Collaboration & Leadership: Cross - functional Collaboration, Team Leadership & Mentorship, Stakeholder Communication

Tools & Technologies: Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Visual Studio Code, Git, HTML / CSS / JS, Jira, Remote Collaboration Tools

Education

Certified ScrumMaster(CSM) Scrum Alliance | 2020

Bachelor of Design(Honours) York University / Sheridan College | 2006– 2010

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Let’s Build Something Together

If you're looking for a designer who can balance vision and execution, let’s chat. I'm open to freelance, collaborations, or the next great full-time adventure.