Alexandra Sieben
Sr. UX/UI designer · Medtronic
Greater Boston, CA
In My Own Words
I’m a human-centered design leader with internationally acclaimed projects and a passion for tackling complex and meaningful challenges in both physical and digital product design. Experienced in Tech, Medical Device, and healthcare industries, I delight in leading the creation of strategic, relevant, and impactful designs to global markets. Currently a Sr. UI/UX Designer at Medtronic, I part of the User-Centered Design Team in Surgical Robotics. 🤖
Work Experience
Sr. UI/UX Designer
Medtronic2024 – Present
- Leading a user-centered design project team of 10+, including UX/UI designers, Industrial designers, human factors engineers, clinical engineers, and software engineers (across a range of role levels, including associates, seniors, senior principals, and managers) - Supporting various projects through reviews and workshops - Contributing to design system development
Design Mentor
adplist.org2023 – Present
- Mentored 50+ Design Professionals and Students on a range of topics, from portfolios, to being the only designer, to resumes and interviews. - Top 1% Design Mentor June 2023; Nov 2023; Feb 2024; March 2024.
Product Designer
Allie Sieben2016 – 2023
- For the Disaster Accountability Project: working with a small team to implement the company’s inaugural Figma design system - Led a design team for an IoT women’s health device, including research, conceptualization, design, and prototyping - Provided key research, user-driven insights, and storyboards for a complex digital system update and commissioning experience - For Hive Design and Wagic, Inc.: provided industrial design, branding and UX/UI services For various fitness and sport products: defined design concepts, workflows and visual brand language
Sr. UX Architect
MindFlow Design: An MPE Company2023 – 2023
- Led projects in MedTech and digital health, where I brought future-thinking ideas and successful outcomes to international and fortune 500 companies - Led user-research, stakeholder interviews, and usability testing, synthesizing feedback into actionable design insights - Distilled insights into design requirements and experience models (personas, user flows, journey maps, storyboards, etc.) - Leveraged design systems and developed style guides in crafting UX/UI prototypes and design specifications - Collaborated with design, product and engineering teams to ensure design intent was maintained into development - Evangelized UX/UI maturity and process improvements, both internally and for our clients - Mentored junior to senior level designers in Figma and career development
Industrial Designer
B+N Industries2019 – 2020
- Designed custom configurations of top product lines for major clients in food & beverage, healthcare, and hospitality industries - Worked directly with clients and sales teams to maintain client relationships and ensure timely, quality execution of projects
Administration & Business Development Support
BRW Architects, Inc.2018 – 2019
- Provided integral support for business development, marketing and creative teams while managing studio administration - Compiled proposals and project bids, contributed to design work, and maintained vendor and client relationships in federal, civic, education, and public service industries
UX & Industrial Design Intern
Radius Innovation & Development2017 – 2017
- For the multi-award-winning ABB Free@home smart thermostat: synthesized user research insights, iterated and refined the GUI, and created an experience specification map - For the multi-award-winning Checkpoint Neo retail security gate: co-led the industrial, UX/UI design, and maintenance experience
Education
Bachelor of Science
San José State UniversityKey courses and electives: Ergonomics, Interaction Design, Design for All, Sound and Comminication, human-centered design curriculum
UX/UI Career Track
SpringboardSkills: Figma (Software) · User Experience Design (UED) · User Research · Usability Testing · Visual Design · User Experience Design
