Phillip Barrett

About Phillip Barrett

I’m a design leader with 18 years of experience, including 13+ years in product design and UX. I drive strategy in mission-critical, data-heavy workflows while leading design across products, platforms, and AI-driven systems. I partner closely with executive leadership to shape vision, align priorities, and translate business goals into user-centered outcomes. I mentor designers and stay hands-on to deliver clarity in compliance-heavy environments where usability and trust are essential.My strengths include:→ Creating a clear and compelling vision when teams are stuck, applying a 0–1 mindset that aligns leadership and has secured multi-million-dollar funding→ Simplifying complexity at scale through intuitive, system-level design→ Building alignment around core product priorities to move strategy forward→ Delivering measurable outcomes, including a 20% onboarding lift with 12% revenue growth, a 35% increase in document uploads, and platform rollouts used by millionsAcross my last three roles, I have owned end-to-end design journeys, guided multi-disciplinary teams, and collaborated with executives to define strategy and scale systems from hundreds of thousands to millions of users. I thrive in fast-paced, highly regulated spaces where clarity and outcomes matter most.I bring a balance of design craft, strategic leadership, and measurable impact, turning ambiguity into clarity and vision into action. Let’s connect if you’re interested in shaping better systems and experiences through design.

Experience

1. Senior Principal Product Designer

   Bluecrew

   Jul 2023 — Present

   Bluecrew connects workers annually with flexible W-2 jobs. As the senior-most designer, I lead design across worker, recruiter, and client experiences. I guide end-to-end UX strategy for our two-sided marketplace and internal systems, mentor designers, and scale patterns across platforms.Key contributions:• Mentor and guide designers, unifying workflows and elevating design quality through shared standards• Increased onboarding completion by 20% and improved job placement by 11.7%, contributing to a 12% YOY revenue increase• Leading rollout of a new ATS across 400+ branches, aligning recruiter workflows and Salesforce integrations with Bullhorn• Reduced key onboarding costs by 80% by creating scalable, self-service patterns for work authorization and background checks

Education

• The University of Alabama in Huntsville

  Bachelor's degree, Graphic Design and Web Communications

  2005 — 2007

• Northwest Shoals Community College-Muscle Shoals

  Associate's degree, Art/Art Studies, General

  2003 — 2005

Skills

• Visual Identity
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Human Computer Interaction
• Web Design
• User Experience Design
• User Experience Testing
• Graphics
• Adobe Illustrator
• User Interface
• Indesign
• Usability Testing
• Information Architecture
• Logo Design
• Illustration
• User Experience
• Axure Rp
• Creative Direction
• Photoshop
• User-Centered Design
• Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Customer Relations
• Web Development
• User Research
• Interaction Design
• Graphic Design
• Photography
• Customer Interaction
• User Interface Design