Tise Alatise
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Tise Alatise

Product Design (NYC), she/her/hers

Storyteller at heart, designer by trade.

A year ago

About

I'm a storyteller, with an engineering education. Thus, I pursue design because I can leverage stories to solve real-world problems.

At Disney, I learned the magic of stories and how to infuse delight into experiences.
At Meta, I learned how to design in mature, complex ecosystems.
At Figma, I learned how to do the job with managing stakeholders and expectations.
If you'd like to explore my design journey in greater detail, I have a portfolio slide deck available upon request.

Education

2019 — 2023
B.S. Computer Science at Cornell University
Ithaca

Work Experience

2023 — Now
Product Designer at Ramp
New York City

Leveraging stories to solve problems within employee experiences on the Spend Management team.

2023 — 2023
Contract UX/UI Designer at Kurtosis
Remote
2023 — 2023
Product Design Intern at Figma
New York City

Crafted experiences to increase paid accounts for Figma products on the Growth team.

2021 — 2022
Designer and Leader at CornellAppDev
Ithaca
  • Conducted user research, designed, prototyped, and shipped new interaction designs for the 2,000 users of CourseGrab, a mobile app that helps Cornell students get into courses during add drop and pre-enroll.

  • Taught over 90 students industry standard product thinking, interaction design, and visual design to cultivate design education and community.

2022 — 2022
Product Design Intern at Meta
San Francisco

Enabled Ads Manager users to better monitor campaign performance by updating features on the FLEX Team.

2021 — 2021
Undergraduate UI/UX Intern at Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution
Los Angeles/Remote
  • Designed a paired OTT and mobile user experience for the steaming fleet
  • Participated in a user research audience project about Disney guests
2020 — 2021
Remote

• Create email graphics and flyers using Figma for weekly newsletter that builds community among 800+ Black and Latinx computing students
• Established the Figma design system from brand style guide
• Design templates for school partners adhering to brand style guide

Projects

2022

HTR is the abbreviation for Handwritten Text Recognition. Implemented a python program to recognize handwriting for letters and digits.

2022
Re-Design Volume Reader at AppDev
2021

Conducted user research, designed, prototyped, and shipped new interaction designs for the 2,000 users of CourseGrab, a mobile app that helps Cornell students get into courses during add drop and pre-enroll.

2021

SWE Project • Designer & Developer
A virtual pass and play UNO game written in OCaml. Worked in a team of 4 people.

2020

UX Case Study • Product Designer
A feature that enhances the overall mobile editing experience by reducing the frustrations users feel when they format documents on their phones.

Side Projects

2021

UX Case Study • Prototype • Product Designer
Designed a shortcut feature to speed up logging into meetings and groups page to enhance the student virtual education experience

Awards

2023
AfroTech Conference 2023 Scholarship from Blavity

For future tech leaders, who have shown exceptional promise and dedication to the world of technology. They believe recipients are the driving force behind the future of tech innovation. 🌟

2023
Most Impactful Student Award from Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Cornell University, Bowers College of Computing and Information Science

This award is for a student who has had a positive impact on those within the organization. Whether this has been demonstrated through engaging with an organization’s mission or being actively involved to the point where their impact has been felt by other students involved in the organization, it is apparent that this student is dedicated to creating a positive environment through their involvement.

2023
Zellman Warhaft Undergraduate Commitment to Diversity Award from Diversity Programs Cornell Engineering

Awarded to undergraduate who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to support of initiatives that enhance diversity and inclusion for the Cornell Engineering community

2023
Merrill Presidential Scholars from Cornell University

Since 1988, the Merrill Presidential Scholars Program has honored Cornell University’s most outstanding graduating seniors (Top 1%), while also recognizing the teachers who have played a significant role in ensuring their success. Each scholar is given an opportunity to recognize the high school teacher who most inspired their scholastic development and the Cornell faculty member who most significantly contributed to their college experience.

2022
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) award from Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science

The awards recognize graduate and undergraduate students who’ve committed to creating a more inclusive culture within Cornell Bowers CIS and broadly in the fields of computing and information science

2022
Grace Hopper Conference Scholar from Google

Teams

Current
Ramp Design
Past
Figma Design

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