Rebecca McMillin's Resume

January 2022- June 2024

• Lead the Gestalt Design system, Platform Design and Motion design teams; scaling design quality, ‌ trust and safety, developer experience, motion, prototyping and accessibility best practices across the Pinterest product, advertiser and merchant groups, across the US + Poland. 
• We partner with Design, Brand, Programming, Product Marketing and Engineering organizations to improve the product experiences through the tools, assets and guidance we provide.

• Partnered with the Design Leadership Team to evolve the Design org's ways of working, leading to improved process clarity and empathetic collaboration as evidenced through org surveys.
• Developed the UI for internal AI tooling, used company-wide
• Presented to CEO with AI research analysis and proposal on where we can benefit internally
• Developed a sizzle reel to highlight teams impact on revenue, engagement and efficiency, such as a  $16m cost savings via our design system efforts.

Articles: 

• Why we host an internal design systems conference
• A Collective Perspective on Design Systems; 
• Building a Product Surfaces Library, 
• Accessibility at Pinterest
• Refining How we Work
• How Pinterest's Design System Measures Adoption

Awards: Best collaboration, Best Article and People's Choice, Gestalt Design System from Zeroheight 2023

Mar 2019 - Jan 2022

• Led the direction for the Clarity Design System, a hybrid team of UI design and engineering; developing components and patterns for VMware products and the open source community, an org of 24.
• Scaled the Accessibility team from 2 to 17 in one quarter, creating in-house US and India-based SMEs to audit and prioritize remediation efforts. 

• Built the foundation for inclusive products by training our community on accessibility best practices through our documentation, Advocates program and compliance measurement.

Articles: Clarity 3.0, Refining our Color System, Refining our Type System, No Mouse Challenge

January 2018 - March 2019

• Led a management team of 4 teams comprising the Canvas Design System team for desktop and mobile in the US and Europe; an org of 23.
• Successfully built and launched our open source design system to enable customers the ability to customize experiences for their companies.

Articles: Productizing your Design System

August 2015 - January 2018

• Reimagined the product vision through a responsive re-platforming and concurrent  design system build to align and support teams across London, Boston, San Francisco and Sydney.

Awards: Travel + Leisure Best Travel App, Webby Award Travel App Honoree

Design Direction, Experience Design, Team Building, Design Systems, Accessibility, AI Tooling Integrations