Frances MacAlinao Brendon

About Frances MacAlinao Brendon

BIOFrances Brendon is a design leader with over two decades of experience shaping products at the intersection of research, creativity, and emerging technology. She’s built and led design teams at Atlassian, Amazon, Hulu, Alaska Airlines, and now PushPress, where she’s driving how AI and human-centered design come together in the world of gym and fitness software. Her work spans everything from live-TV streaming and airline apps to collaboration tools used by millions.SUMMARY- 20+ years of experience building successful, cross-platform products and optimizing user engagement for businesses from high profile brands to groundbreaking startups- End-to-end, B2B and B2C product design for iOS, Android, video and live streaming, game consoles, wearable devices, touchscreen kiosks, mobile web and native softwareSPECIALTIESDirection / management of teams of product designers, UX researchers and content designers (local and remote), hiring and growing organizations, developing process operations, mentorship and career coaching, user researchSELECT CLIENTSConfluence, Twitch, Apple, Roku, McGraw-Hill, The NFL, Wolfgang Puck, MIT, City of Seattle, ShareBuilder, ING Direct

Experience

1. Sr Manager of Product Design

   PushPress

   Apr 2025 — Present

   PushPress is the AI-powered gym management platform built for community-centric, coach-led group fitness- R&D group leadership, building a culture of bold innovation and unlocking new growth opportunities- Product design strategy for AI product portfolio, defining the vision, principles, and roadmap for all AI-powered features and tools- Direction of UX and design systems across web, mobile, TV and kiosk

Education

• Western Washington University

  BA, Graphic Design with an emphasis on Interface Design and Multimedia Production

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• User Experience
• Touch Screens
• Qualitative Research
• Agile Methodologies
• Interactive Displays
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• User Scenarios
• User Flows
• Interactive Tv
• Site Maps
• Mobile Platforms
• Competitive Analysis
• Html
• Usability Labs
• User Acceptance Testing
• Field Studies
• Iterative Design
• Mobile Applications
• Software Design
• User Surveys
• Product Design
• Usability
• E-Commerce
• Logo Design
• Paper Prototyping
• Usability Testing
• Card Sorting
• Mobile Interfaces
• Css
• User Research
• Design Research
• Mobile Design
• Touch Interfaces
• Persona Creation
• Mobile Experiences
• User Journeys
• Remote User Testing
• Mobile Devices
• User Interface
• Ios Design