Hi, I'm Rachel.

I'm a product designer with 10+ years across consulting and in-house, most recently at Omada Health and before that at Daylight Design (a small studio founded by leaders from IDEO).

Seven+ years in design consulting meant a lot of reps getting up to speed lightning fast, creating alignment, and setting strategy across very different domains (clean energy, public health, education, behavior change, and more). Three+ years in-house at Omada Health gave me ownership over outcomes, and deep partnerships with product and engineering.

How I work

  • I went to school for graphic design. I still think about balance, hierarchy, and typography even when nobody's asked me to.

  • I'm good at spotting patterns. Seven years of consulting means I'm fast at finding the through-line in unfamiliar terrain.

  • I'm drawn to mission-driven work, particularly in health-tech and behavior change. Most of my favorite projects have been about helping people change what they do in real life, not just on the screen.

 
 

Who needs profile pic when you can use a coworker’s drawing of your face instead? Thanks, Oliver!

 

Resume

Education

I have an M.F.A. in Design from California College of the Arts and a B.S. in Graphic Design and Communication from University of California, Davis.

Experience

2022-2026
Staff Product Designer, Omada Health
Senior Manager, Product Design, Omada Health

2015-2022
Senior UX Designer and Strategist, Daylight Design

2018
UX DesignMentor, DesignLab

2014-2015
UX Designer and Design Researcher, self-employed. Clients included Skype, Immersion, and UNICEF

2013-2014
Teaching assistant, California College of the Arts

Summer 2013
Digital + Emerging Media Intern, Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian National Design Museum

Less recent
5+ years as a Graphic Designer, both self-employed and in-house. A few clients from that time include: CleanWell (an antibacterial cleaning company that was incubated at IDEO), footwear giant Deckers Outdoor Corp, Numi Organic Tea, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

 
 

And finally, some non-work tidbits

  1. I like to make things off screen, too: sewing, quilting, gardening, and brewing.

  2. The job before my first real graphic design job was working in a mail room. Let’s just say, I know my way around a tape gun.

  3. I love to swim, but I’m not very good at swimming.

  4. I love to nap, and I’m very good at napping.

  5. Cutest factoid I know: some solitary bees will SLEEP INSIDE FLOWERS. 🤯