Jazz Howington is a strategic Product Design Leader with 12+ years of experience translating complex business needs into transformative product experiences across B2B and B2C platforms. Recognized for cultivating high-performing, multidisciplinary design teams and scaling user-centered practices in fast-paced, data-rich environments.
At the core of my leadership philosophy is a dedication to design excellence, continuous learning, and collaborative innovation. I champion craft and quality through robust design strategy, while connecting UX vision to tangible business outcomes. Skilled in aligning product design with organizational goals, I bring deep empathy for users, cross-functional fluency, and a track record of delivering measurable impact through design-led innovation.
Tatari - Ad Tech
Director of Product Design February 2023 - Present
Product Design Team Lead
August 2021 - February 2023
Senior Product Designer
April 2021 - August 2021
Defined and scaled the design vision for Tatari’s future-facing Self-Service platform, an autonomous interface for buying and measuring CTV campaigns - empowering users with AI-assisted workflows and automation.
Championed user-centric design methodology, embedding discovery and research best practices across product teams to elevate the user voice in roadmap decisions.
Facilitated cross-functional planning sessions to ensure product strategy aligned with measurable business outcomes and unmet user needs.
Recruited, mentored, and developed a high-performing team of five product designers, creating a culture of continuous learning and design excellence.
Implemented a comprehensive career development framework and leveling guide, supporting professional growth and improving team retention.
Influenced executive stakeholders through storytelling, design case studies, and evidence-based design rationale - advancing organizational design maturity.
Played a key role in formalizing UX research operations and integrating user insights into performance measurement frameworks to track design impact.
Promoted collaborative innovation, partnering with Engineering, Product, and Data Science teams to deliver scalable solutions across internal and customer-facing platforms.
Homesnap - Real Estate Tech
Product Design Team Lead
May 2020 - April 2021
Senior Interaction Designer
February 2019 - May 2020
Interaction Designer
April 2018 - February 2019
Built and led a high-performing team of six designers, establishing a collaborative, feedback-rich design culture partnering with Engineering, Product, Data Science, Marketing, and Business Dev.
Defined UX strategy for digital ad products across iOS, Android, and web platforms - shaping the user journey through discovery research and high-fidelity design.
Spearheaded the company’s first scalable SaaS product for real estate agents to manage their Google Business Profiles - achieved 35,000 active users, $7.4M in revenue, and a 71% retention rate within two years.
Led design for an automated Concierge platform powered by ML and a strategic Google partnership - introducing predictive tools to empower real estate agents to make better ad spend decisions.
Contributed to executive decision-making during company growth leading to Homesnap’s $250M acquisition by CoStar, with design directly influencing roadmap prioritization.
Customink - Ecommerce
Product Designer
December 2016 - April 2018
Graphic Designer & Illustrator
March 2014 - December 2016
Expert Production Artist
January 2013 - March 2014
Transitioned from graphic to product design, driven by a passion for human-centered design and scalable process improvement.
Co-created and patented a dynamic apparel design generator that produced on-brand visuals for variable text inputs - resulted in $3M in new revenue in its first year.
Collaborated cross-functionally with engineering and marketing teams to deliver user-friendly, automated solutions at scale.
Championed early adoption of rapid prototyping and iterative testing practices - contributing to faster release cycles and increased feature adoption.
Education
SCAD
Savannah College of Art and Design
BFA in Illustration, 2007-2011
4.0 Summa Cum Laude
SKILLS
Leadership & Team Management
Strategic Thinking
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Facilitation
Interaction Design
Rapid Prototyping
Operational Excellence
User Research & Testing
Advocacy & Evangelism
Software
Design & Prototyping
Figma / Figjam
Lovable
Proto.io
Adobe suite
Research & Discovery
Dovetail
Respondent
Usertesting
Maze
Apps Research (through shopify)
Project Management & Documentation
Google suite (docs, sheets, meet, etc)
Slack
Jira
Confluence