Hi, I’m Carly 👋

A digital + physical product manager + designer who is obsessed with creating memorable, impact-driven consumer experiences.

Check out some of my featured work below.

2021 - Present

Delivering over 20K free period & personal products through proprietary hardware-software system designed to engage and convert new brand-loyal customers.

Summary:

From 0 to 1, I drove the vision, design, go-to-market/sales strategy, and overall execution for Strapt, a company designed to make period and personal care as accessible as humanly possible.

Role:

Founder & CEO

Skills:

  • UX & hard product design

  • User research

  • Go-to-market strategy, user acquisition & growth

  • Prototyping (lasercutting, 3D printing, soldering, PCB, etc.)

  • Tooling (molds & extrusions)

  • Sourcing, & supply chain

  • End-to-end integration testing

  • Partnerships development

  • Email & social media marketing

  • Admin & general management

  • Fundraising

Tools:

  • Design: Adobe Suite, Figma

  • Hosting: Google Cloud Platform / AWS

  • CAD: Onshape

  • Marketing: Hubspot, Mailchimp, Postmark

  • Communications: Zoom, Slack, Teams

  • General: Microsoft Office, Quickbooks

Hardware Highlights

A full user demo can be found here.

For a more detailed walk through of the process, check out this page.

2024

Custom web design & build for newly formed off-shore wind farm energy solutions company.

Summary:

As Blue Kite Ltd. prepared for launch, they brought me on to design and build them a website where potential clients and investors could come to learn more about Blue Kite and connect with their team. The site was completed in Webflow, using built-in CMS, forms, and 3rd party APIs.

Role:

Web designer & developer

Skills:

  • Branding & Design principles (incl. Accessibility)

  • Stakeholder & Project Management

  • Requirements planning

  • CSS, Javascript, HTML

  • Testing, Optimization, & SEO

Tools:

  • Webflow

  • Adobe Illustrator

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Google APIs

2020

Bold, cheeky, and radically authentic visual identity guidelines

Summary:

Working hand-in-hand with the client, I developed Fat Trunk’s visual identity guidelines to give a bold and cheeky personality to this emerging men's apparel brand in e-commerce.

These guidelines, complete with Fat Trunk's strategy, color palette, typography, imagery, and applications, lend structure and consistency to the brand and its unique identity.

Role:

Brand and Graphic Designer

Skills:

  • Client & stakeholder management

  • Logo, wordmark, color, typography, and imagery design

  • Photorealistic mockups

  • Sketching

Tools:

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Adobe Illustrator

  • Adobe InDesign

  • Sketching

For a more detailed walk through of the process & full visual guidelines, check out this page.

Check out some of my other work below!

Cardboard Rocking Chair

3D-Printed Bodysuit