Rita Omatsone

Open to senior UX and product design roles

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Rita Omatsone

Rita Omatsone, Senior UX & Product Designer: résumé

Senior UX & Product Designer

Product designer working across end-to-end product journeys, design systems and enterprise tools.

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Experience

  1. Oct 2025 – Present

    Senior User Experience Designer

    The Home Depot Remote, contract via Synergis

    Highlights
    • Leading the redesign of the Home Depot homepage with a Jobs to Be Done framework across five customer paths (Mission Shopper, Browse & Discover, Plan a Project, Ask for Advice, Visualize a Space), moving from a promotional, ad-heavy layout toward personalized, intent-driven design.
    • Designed a personalized "Pick up where you left off" module spanning recently viewed items, buy-it-again, recent orders and lists.
    • Helped shape the Product Information Page redesign, defining layout and component strategy from quick-purchase items to high-consideration goods like major appliances.
    • Led an A/B/C test with product and engineering on a sticky Add to Cart component and recommended the winning variant based on AOV lift and improved exit rate.

  2. Dec 2021 – Oct 2025

    Product Designer

    Lowe’s Companies, Inc. Remote / hybrid

    Highlights
    • Redesigned the enterprise-wide PO management app (2,500+ users), raising satisfaction to 6.6–6.7/7.0 and cutting lookup time from 5 minutes to 30 seconds.
    • Built a faceted search system for instant filtering across 10K+ purchase orders.
    • Consolidated logistics, vendor and finance workflows into a single source of truth used across the enterprise.
    • Led design workshops and critiques for designers, product managers, engineers and stakeholders.
    • Introduced AI-powered recommendations that proactively flagged shipping delays and suggested corrective actions.
    • Designed the Distribution Center dashboard from scratch, giving managers visibility into shipments, inventories and forecasts.
    • Accelerated design iteration by integrating AI into the workflow, from low-fi wireframes to prototypes.

  3. Jan 2022 – Mar 2023

    Communications Designer

    Klaviyo Remote

    Show highlights
    • Designed cross-industry brand kits (cosmetics, wellness, food & beverage, hospitality, apparel) to demonstrate Klaviyo’s adaptability.
    • Built mock e-commerce websites and mobile UX flows (browse, cart, checkout, SMS) to educate clients on best practices.
    • Created reusable campaign templates that reduced time to launch while keeping brands consistent.
    • Partnered with Customer Success Managers to improve onboarding through annotated design examples.

  4. Aug 2021 – Sep 2021

    Freelance UI/UX Designer

    Dean’s List Cinema Atlanta, GA

    Show highlights
    • Turned a static film review site into an interactive platform, delivered 40% under budget.
    • Ran user research and rebuilt the site architecture with simplified navigation, a style guide and responsive design.