Leah Byrd

About Leah Byrd

With over five years as a proven Product Designer, I specialize in translating complex client needs into intuitive, high-converting digital experiences. My strategic influence has successfully shaped products in demanding sectors like finance, education, and travel. I operate fluently across design strategy, execution, and product management, enabling me to drive outcomes rather than just features. I actively seek out diverse team collaborations and new industry challenges, believing that broad exposure is the key to superior problem-solving. I am now targeting a role where I can not only deliver visually compelling and highly functional designs but also contribute to the design community through active mentorship and knowledge-sharing.

Experience

1. Senior Product Designer

   Truist

   Mar 2025 — Present

   Strategic Planning: Partnered cross-functionally (Product, Development, Research) to align UI deliverables with technical constraints and business goals across multiple Product Increments (PIs).•Cross Functional Alignment: Collaborated with Product, Development, and Content teams to establish functional and visual parity between web and mobile, ensuring consistent user experiences across all digital touchpoints.• Competitive Strategy: Conducted competitive audits across 10+ major banks and FinTechs to establish best practices, directly informing design strategy and ensuring competitive differentiation for payment flows.• Unified Payment Redesign: Redesigned unified payment flows across diverse financial rails (mortgages, credit cards, consumer, and commercial loans), delivering a simplified, cohesive experience for the entire product portfolio.• Design Execution: Drove UI consistency and functionality parity for Transfer & Payment flows across web and mobile, ensuring a clean interface that minimized design annotation and streamlined developer handoff.• Design Parity: Implemented design parity between mobile and web platforms to ensure visual and functional consistency across key payment, transfer, and mortgage features.

Education

• Coker University

  BA, Music (Vocal Performance)

• Jack Welch Management Institute

  Executive MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

• Avocademy

  UX/UI Foundations

• Tech Talent South

  Code Immersion/StartUp Primer

Skills

• Garageband
• Logic Pro
• Macintosh Applications
• Logo Design
• Graphic Design
• Corel Draw
• Windows
• Microsoft Office
• After Effects
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Gimp