Nick Kroetz

About Nick Kroetz

Making high quality assets in private equity, real estate, and venture capital accessible to retail investors at Fundrise. Previously Product Design Manager for the Growth org at Betterment. Led design at early stage startup, Clark, building financial management and operations tools for educators, and was one of the early designers for Policygenius\' life insurance product.Product agency experience includes work with GoDaddy.com, American Express, Walmart, Alex and Ani, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Edible Arrangements.I’ve worked on a mix of consumer and b2b products, growth & funnel optimization, 0 to 1 new product creation, and design system development across native mobile & responsive web. At heart, I’m a designer, a researcher, and a product person, and love building products with high-performing teams that help solve life\'s more frustrating, complex problems. I have also taught at General Assembly, contributed to the NYC UX Researchers group, and have hosted webinars on design and user research with parters like InVision and UserZoom Go (formerly Validately).

Experience

1. Senior Director of Product Design

   Fundrise

   Jan 2025 — Present

Education

• New York University

  B.A., Sociology, Business of Entertainment, Media, and Technology

  2008 — 2012

Skills

• Css
• Blogging
• Digital Media
• Sociology
• Presentation Development
• Analytics
• Social Media Marketing
• Mobile Product Development
• Video Editing
• Web Development
• Rapid Prototyping
• SEO
• User Experience
• Wireframes
• Information Architecture
• Marketing
• Graphic Design
• Html
• Interaction Design
• Photography
• Wordpress
• Axure
• Adobe Creative Suite
• User Interface Design
• User Research
• Content Marketing
• Mobile Applications