Leo Succar

About

I am a product/software designer with extensive knowledge in most aspects of modern front-end development, specializing in customer- and data-driven design. With a Bachelor of Arts in New Media from Emerson College, I have honed my skills in UX research methodologies and design systems. I have significant experience with Figma, large design systems, and collaboration with engineering and product management teams. At Plasmic, I empower designers to access development stacks, contributing to a vibrant community. My career includes roles at Meta, BitGo, and Facebook, focusing on innovative design solutions across industries. Additionally, I have experience in interactive media development, concept development, and media criticism.

Experience

• Product Designer · Meta2024-10-01 –
• Founding Designer · Plasmic2020-01-01 –

  Every interface, component, and workflow for a multi-surface, low-code visual design and development tool, including some implementation and branding. Supported a growing, global team of over 14 engineers.

• Senior Product & Design Systems Designer · BitGo2023-03-01 – 2024-09-01

  User feedback and data-driven workflows, architecture, and conventions for new financial products, including trading, settlements, and onboarding. Upgrading, extending, iterating, documenting, and maintaining a large, variable-heavy atomic design system, including layouts, patterns, and content. Together with a team of 3 other designers to ~20 PMs and engineers.

• Product & Design Systems Designer · Facebook2018-05-01 – 2020-02-01

  Customer interview-driven designs of an expansive suite of complex developer tools supporting Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, and all other company products. Implemented a new React-based design system organization-wide with a total visual reshaping of most internal tools and products, including some branding. Cross-company product design and design systems application for various short-term, high-impact, often unassociated projects and products. Introduced and extended Figma to internal-facing design teams. Collaborated closely with countless PMs, engineers, designers, and managers.

• Senior Product Designer · Sourcegraph2016-11-01 – 2018-05-01

  User research interviews, storyboards, wireframes, custom icons, and various-fidelity workflows and prototypes for progressive web app, browser and text editor extensions, and marketing, sales, growth-led projects. Design team of mostly myself to a small team of engineers and founders.

• Product Designer · Zenefits2016-02-01 – 2016-11-01

  Managed all requests and deliverables for 1 internal and 3 customer-facing products, including large payroll and PTO SaaS web applications. Contributed to extensive candidate hiring, team growth, and training. Small design team working with numerous PM and engineering teams.

• Product Designer · SeamlessDocs2014-10-01 – 2015-10-01

  Wireframes, mockups, rapid prototypes, and production-ready, responsive and accessible UI, typography, transitions with comprehensive style guides. Component-based design and front-end using Ember, Sass, BEM, SVGs, and reusable form, element, state, and validation standards.

• UI/UX Designer · Apptigo, Inc2014-06-01 – 2014-11-01

  Multiple application’s concept development, research, wireframing, rapid prototyping, and data-reinforced UX decisions and flows. Design and development of website and product landing pages.

• Web Designer/Developer · Buena Vista Digital Partners2012-01-01 – 2013-01-01
• Web Designer/Developer · Inktel Direct2011-11-01 – 2013-01-01

Education

• Emerson CollegeBachelor of Arts, New Media
• Emerson CollegeBachelor of Science, Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC)
• Emerson CollegeConcentration, Political Science
• Coral Gables Senior HighHigh School Diploma

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