I believe design education should do more than teach tools—it should empower people to think critically, collaborate meaningfully, and bring human-centered solutions to complex problems. My career bridges design practice and education, from leading UX teams to building design programs at universities, bootcamps, and professional organizations.

As a teacher and design program manager, I create learning experiences that balance rigor with creativity, theory with practice. I’ve designed curricula in UX, interaction design, and liberal education, and led executive education workshops that connect design to leadership and organizational change.

Whether in the classroom or online, my goal is to inspire learners to see design as both a discipline and a way of seeing the world—one that prepares them to shape the future with empathy, resilience, and innovation.

Always open to connecting with others (include a note) working at the intersection of design, education, and impact-driven work.

Julia DeBari

Steer

Product Designer

Goodhood 

• Led development of new user interface for web app and design system, reducing development time by
20% and boosting user conversion by 15%.
• Collaborated closely with founders and engineers to troubleshoot UX issues and enhance user
engagement, earning 95% positive feedback from user testing on new mobile app design.
• Enhanced end-to-end experience of all Goodhood products through usability and A/B testing,
resolving UX issues, and redesigning interfaces.
• Designed dashboard, web app, mobile app, website, and design system, ensuring iterative consistency
in an agile environment.

ASU Next Lab

UX Lead

• Collaborated with developers to design interactive user interfaces for immersive media products (AR/ VR) and conducted weekly upskilling sessions with peers to teach user-centered design.
• Led brainstorming and ideation sessions with storyboards and user journey mapping for virtual reality applications with clients for over 4 projects.
• Transformed design concepts into wireframes, prototypes, user flows, using Figma to develop high-fidelity designs, ensuring a consistent and cohesive user experience for the VR apps and ASU website.

UI/UX Designer

Arizona State University

• Accomplished a 200% increase in user traffic (Google Analytics) by redesigning web pages for the ASU
East European Center using the standard ASU Design System and principles of user experience.
• Formulated the teaching guides collaboratively with professors for high school students were distributed among 100+ students. Devised and compiled the annual report for the Critical Languages Institute 2021 issue operating Adobe InDesign.

Web Experience Designer

SERAPHIC®

• Designed and launched a new e-commerce website using Sketch, resulting in a 35% increase in user
engagement and a 20% increase in conversions.
• Utilized wireframes and prototyping using Figma and InVision to devise a seamless user experience for
a mobile application, resulting in improved user engagement by 40%.
• Collaborated with product developers and stakeholders in an agile setting to gather feedback and
enhance product features, boosting customer satisfaction by 25%.

UX/UI Designer

I love design. I love art. I love tech. 

As a product designer at Steer, I am passionate about creating engaging and intuitive digital user experiences for web and mobile platforms. I collaborate with developers, researchers, and product managers to design and implement user interfaces that enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty.

I have a Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction from Arizona State University, where I learned how to apply user-centered design principles and methods to immersive media products, such as AR and VR applications. I also have a Bachelor's degree in Design and Applied Arts from Chitkara University, and multiple certifications in UX/UI design from reputable online platforms. I have published an article on the skills a designer should develop for the new normal in a journal, and received several honors and awards for my graphic design work. I am proficient in various design tools, such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, and more. I am always eager to learn new skills and technologies, and to contribute to the digital world with empathy, creativity, and problem-solving ability.

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