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Elissa Torgeson
Bremerton, WA 98310 | 360.471.7077 | elissa.torgeson@gmail.com
Senior Technical Product Designer
Technical Design Lead | B.S. User Experience Design
Strategic Product Designer with 10+ years of experience architecting high-fidelity products and scalable design systems. Specialist in UI Branding and design-to-engineering ecosystems that elevate product quality. Proven track record at Netflix defining visual identities for global IPs and anthology platforms. A data-driven problem solver combining deep front-end roots with technical fluency in Unity, Web, and Figma.
Core Competencies
- Product Strategy: Anthology Hub Systems, Discovery & Navigation, Growth & Retention mechanics.
- Design Foundations: Scalable UI Systems, Design Token Architecture, Component Governance.
- UI Branding & Identity: Visual Identity Systems, IP-to-Product Translation, Asset Pipeline Management.
- Technical Implementation: Unity uGUI Integration, HTML5/CSS3, Responsive Layouts, WCAG 2.2.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Agile/Scrum Strategy, Technical Documentation, Stakeholder Management.
Professional Experience
Netflix | Los Gatos, CA
Senior Product & Technical UI Designer | April 2022 – October 2024
Project: Netflix Stories (Anthology Hub)
- Platform Design Leadership: Spearheaded the end-to-end design for the Netflix Stories Anthology Hub, architecting a modular, scalable destination for a growing library of global narrative IPs.
- Multi-Title UI Branding: Established visual identities for flagship titles (Virgin River, Selling Sunset). Translated show aesthetics into functional mobile interfaces while maintaining platform-wide usability.
- Systems Architecture: Built a comprehensive library of design tokens and modular components in Figma, ensuring cross-title scalability and visual harmony.
- Agile Stakeholder Alignment: Partnered with Product, Engineering, and Showrunners to templatize core features, using Jira/Confluence as a centralized technical source of truth.
Project: Money Heist: Ultimate Choice (Standalone Title)
- Technical Design Integration: Personally integrated responsive UI systems into Unity (uGUI). Engineered adaptive layouts for portrait/landscape modes, managing complex notch and safe-zone constraints.
- IP-Driven Product Ownership: Created a suite of “tactical” aesthetic assets mirroring the show’s cinematic DNA.
- Feature Optimization: Redesigned the Relationship & Bio suite; introduced gamified retention loops that significantly increased player session frequency.
Bossfight Entertainment | Allen, TX
Senior Product Designer (Systems & Tooling) | March 2021 – March 2022
- Infrastructure Design: Developed modular UI/UX interaction libraries for mobile platforms, ensuring consistent user journeys across global product releases.
- Tooling Collaboration: Partnered with Software Engineers to build automation for asset optimization, ensuring branding intent remained intact from design through technical implementation.
DoubleDown Interactive | Seattle, WA
Senior UX/UI Designer | January 2020 – March 2021
- Process Engineering: Established a cohesive design-to-engineering ecosystem using Unity, significantly increasing team velocity and UI consistency across multiple high-traffic brands.
- System Governance: Managed the end-to-end product lifecycle, balancing high-fidelity aesthetics with rigid performance and mobile usability constraints.
Web Developer II / UI/UX Marketing Artist | July 2016 – January 2020
- Front-End Implementation: Built interactive, responsive web platforms and code-based prototypes using HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Global Marketing Design: Executed comprehensive marketing campaigns (animated ads, social, email) localized into 7 languages.
Technical Toolkit
- Design & Product: Figma (Expert Components, Tokens, Auto-Layout), Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects).
- Technical Implementation: Unity (Technical UI Integration/uGUI), HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Perforce, Git.
- Workflow: Jira, Confluence, Agile/Scrum, Localization pipelines, WCAG Accessibility standards.
Education & Certifications
- Bachelor of Science: User Experience Design | Western Governors University | 2025
- Google UX Design Professional Certificate | Coursera
- Associate in Applied Science: Web Design | Seattle Central College
- Certificates: Business Power Skills (WGU), Design Foundations (WGU)