Experience

Modern Life

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Design

  • Jan 2023 - Present

• Director of Design

  • Nov 2021 - Jan 2023

  Modern Life is a tech-enabled insurance brokerage helping everyone protect what matters most. Our platform empowers today’s advisors with advanced technology and expert support to help them serve their clients faster, more easily, and more confidently. We have raised $20M in seed funding, led by Thrive Capital with participation from 12 unicorn founders from Hippo, Plaid, Reddit, Flatiron Health, Newfront, At Bay, Vouch, Cedar, and Lattice.



ClimateCheck

• United States
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor

  • Feb 2022 - Present



indify

• United States
• Musicians
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Design

  • Nov 2020 - Oct 2021

  Indify helps promising music artists get funding to grow their careers without a traditional record deal. We identify artists poised for breakout success, and make it easy and secure for them to make deals with investors. Indify helps promising music artists get funding to grow their careers without a traditional record deal. We identify artists poised for breakout success, and make it easy and secure for them to make deals with investors.



Margaret Shear

• New York, New York, United States

• Product Design Leader

  • Aug 2018 - Nov 2020

  Focused on strategic engagements with opportunities to mentor and grow design teams including: • Creative Director at frog guiding customer and employee research for Latin American retailer • Interim Creative Director at Doberman managing studio projects and design team • Researcher and product designer for various startups Focused on strategic engagements with opportunities to mentor and grow design teams including: • Creative Director at frog guiding customer and employee research for Latin American retailer • Interim Creative Director at Doberman managing studio projects and design team • Researcher and product designer for various startups



Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design

• Denmark
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Visiting Faculty • Service Design

  • 2019 - 2020

  Co-facilitated immersive program in the fundamentals of Service Design, first in a month-long course to Master's degree students in the Interaction Design Program and then in week-long sprints to a diverse group of professionals from around the world participating in Summer School. Co-facilitated immersive program in the fundamentals of Service Design, first in a month-long course to Master's degree students in the Interaction Design Program and then in week-long sprints to a diverse group of professionals from around the world participating in Summer School.



frog

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Creative Director

  • May 2019 - Jul 2019



Condé Nast

• United States
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Design Director • Co/Lab

  • Jul 2016 - Aug 2018

  Digital transformation for legendary media institution. Led human-centered process to crafting contemporary digital experiences for The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Bon Appétit. Partnered closely with editorial and marketing executive leadership to drive new consumer revenue through paid content opportunities. Through thoughtful recruiting and hiring, we built a team of 20+ future thinking product designers. Managed 4-10 direct reports including leads and designers.

• Design Director

  • Apr 2016 - Jul 2016



frog

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Creative Director

  • Oct 2015 - Apr 2016



Margaret Shear

• New York, New York, United States

• Product Design Leader

  • Oct 2012 - Apr 2016

  Rotated between in-house, startup, and design studio projects always working embedded in teams: • Associate Creative Director for frog building out Fleet Management System for Penske Trucks • Principal Designer for frog on content strategy and brand rollout for TIAA's public website • Design Lead for Smart Design on several vision and strategy projects • Design Lead for OpenTable's mobile payments capability leading up to launch • Design Lead for Jawbone running user research… Show more Rotated between in-house, startup, and design studio projects always working embedded in teams: • Associate Creative Director for frog building out Fleet Management System for Penske Trucks • Principal Designer for frog on content strategy and brand rollout for TIAA's public website • Design Lead for Smart Design on several vision and strategy projects • Design Lead for OpenTable's mobile payments capability leading up to launch • Design Lead for Jawbone running user research to inform design of the calm tracking wearable feature • Experience Design Director for R/GA iterating on the customization process for NikeID Show less Rotated between in-house, startup, and design studio projects always working embedded in teams: • Associate Creative Director for frog building out Fleet Management System for Penske Trucks • Principal Designer for frog on content strategy and brand rollout for TIAA's public website • Design Lead for Smart Design on several vision and strategy projects • Design Lead for OpenTable's mobile payments capability leading up to launch • Design Lead for Jawbone running user research… Show more Rotated between in-house, startup, and design studio projects always working embedded in teams: • Associate Creative Director for frog building out Fleet Management System for Penske Trucks • Principal Designer for frog on content strategy and brand rollout for TIAA's public website • Design Lead for Smart Design on several vision and strategy projects • Design Lead for OpenTable's mobile payments capability leading up to launch • Design Lead for Jawbone running user research to inform design of the calm tracking wearable feature • Experience Design Director for R/GA iterating on the customization process for NikeID Show less



frog

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Designer

  • Oct 2013 - Apr 2014



R/GA

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Experience Design Director

  • Nov 2012 - May 2013



Hot Studio

• United States
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of User Experience

  • Feb 2012 - Sep 2012

  Creative lead for client projects from strategy to pixel. Set up a Summer Associate program to mentor emerging designers and address resourcing needs in the studio. Hired and managed three direct reports and various freelancers. Creative lead for client projects from strategy to pixel. Set up a Summer Associate program to mentor emerging designers and address resourcing needs in the studio. Hired and managed three direct reports and various freelancers.



Margaret Shear

• San Francisco, California, United States

• Designer and Front-End Engineer

  • 2007 - 2012

  Grew as a hybrid designer / front-end engineer, ultimately focusing on user experience design. Projects included: • Experience Designer at Adaptive Path on various projects including Flickr, Disney Store, Zappos • Sr. UX Designer at Hot Studio on various projects including for HP | Palm, AOL, Zinnio • Sr. Designer at Nokia launching personal information management tools on early smartphones • Design and build projects for startups including Lumosity, Caring. com and others Grew as a hybrid designer / front-end engineer, ultimately focusing on user experience design. Projects included: • Experience Designer at Adaptive Path on various projects including Flickr, Disney Store, Zappos • Sr. UX Designer at Hot Studio on various projects including for HP | Palm, AOL, Zinnio • Sr. Designer at Nokia launching personal information management tools on early smartphones • Design and build projects for startups including Lumosity, Caring. com and others



Adaptive Path

• Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Experience Designer

  • 2007 - 2011



Nokia

• Finland
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Designer

  • Mar 2009 - Jul 2009

  Responsible for defining the mobile web experience across user experience and visual design for Ovi Organiser personal information management tools. Responsible for defining the mobile web experience across user experience and visual design for Ovi Organiser personal information management tools.



PLOS

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Web Designer

  • Sep 2004 - Feb 2007

  Founding designer for open access publishing pioneer. Launched seven scientific journal sites including PLoS One using a systems-based approach. Implemented front-end XHTML/CSS through standards driven development. Defined and championed guidelines for accessible, inclusive design.

• Illustrator

  • Jun 2004 - Sep 2004