CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Raina is a strategic design professional focused on design systems, building great products, and growing talented teams.

Playful icons of a sun, rocket ship, mountain, cape, star and tandem bicycle.

METHODOLOGY

Connecting design to broader goals and activities

Establish Expectations

Navigating ambiguity by documenting goals and managing multiple priorities to maintain transparency in status and activities.

Create Opportunities

Dispelling complexity through clear epics and stories, creating a predictable cadence that highlights opportunities to collaborate.

Collaborate Openly

Collaborating effectively with team members and stakeholders across disciplines—elevating ideas separate from titles.

Follow the Data

Ensuring design decisions are informed by user insights and that brand messaging resonates measurably with the target audience.

Design and Document

Establishing and maintaining design systems, processes, and tools to ensure consistency, efficiency, and scalability across design.

Implement and Innovate

Testing and adjusting designs aligned with release cycles, growing the brand identity across all touchpoints.

Measure and Improve

Conducting retrospectives and user testing to gauge effectiveness and gather actionable information for continuous improvement.

CASE STUDIES

  • Great Things Issue 8 cover and digital collection.

    Trade Publication

    Optimization of print and digital production for an industry trade publication.

  • The Split software logo outlined in white neon against a wall of ferns.

    Split Software

    Branding and web design for a Bay Area SaaS startup.

  • ShareBuilder by Capital One logo on a blue digital screen.

    ShareBuilder by Capital One

    Design of an award-winning application recognized with a Gold Stevie® Award in Business/Government for Financial Services.