Marissa Louie is an internationally recognized design executive with 20 years of experience in UX design, and 12 years designing for AI.
As a Fractional Head of Design, she works with startup clients from seed through unicorn stages to ensure their design is polished and successful. Marissa excels in executing hands-on across UX Design, Content Strategy, Design Systems, User Research, and Branding. She enjoys working with sharp technical and business founders, and recruiting top design talent.
Marissa previously served as Sr. Director of UX Design and Content Strategy at Pandora and SiriusXM, and Director of UX Design at Expedia. She has also led high-impact work at Apple, Ness (acquired by OpenTable), and Yahoo.
Known for her business skills and leadership, she has generated $1b+ in net new revenue, built startups that have gone from pre-funding to up to $1b+ in valuation, and founded design communities of 130k+ members in 100+ countries.
Marissa Louie is an internationally recognized design executive with 20 years of experience in UX design, and 12 years designing for AI.
As a Fractional Head of Design, she works with startup clients from seed through unicorn stages to ensure their design is polished and successful. Marissa excels in executing hands-on across UX Design, Content Strategy, Design Systems, User Research, and Branding. She enjoys working with sharp technical and business founders, and recruiting top design talent.
Marissa previously served as Sr. Director of UX Design and Content Strategy at Pandora and SiriusXM, and Director of UX Design at Expedia. She has also led high-impact work at Apple, Ness (acquired by OpenTable), and Yahoo.
Known for her business skills and leadership, she has generated $1b+ in net new revenue, built startups that have gone from pre-funding to up to $1b+ in valuation, and founded design communities of 130k+ members in 100+ countries.
Marissa Louie is an internationally recognized design executive with 20 years of experience in UX design, and 12 years designing for AI.
As a Fractional Head of Design, she works with startup clients from seed through unicorn stages to ensure their design is polished and successful. Marissa excels in executing hands-on across UX Design, Content Strategy, Design Systems, User Research, and Branding. She enjoys working with sharp technical and business founders, and recruiting top design talent.
Marissa previously served as Sr. Director of UX Design and Content Strategy at Pandora and SiriusXM, and Director of UX Design at Expedia. She has also led high-impact work at Apple, Ness (acquired by OpenTable), and Yahoo.
Known for her business skills and leadership, she has generated $1b+ in net new revenue, built startups that have gone from pre-funding to up to $1b+ in valuation, and founded design communities of 130k+ members in 100+ countries.
Marissa Louie is an internationally recognized design executive with 20 years of experience in UX design, and 12 years designing for AI.
As a Fractional Head of Design, she works with startup clients from seed through unicorn stages to ensure their design is polished and successful. Marissa excels in executing hands-on across UX Design, Content Strategy, Design Systems, User Research, and Branding. She enjoys working with sharp technical and business founders, and recruiting top design talent.
Marissa previously served as Sr. Director of UX Design and Content Strategy at Pandora and SiriusXM, and Director of UX Design at Expedia. She has also led high-impact work at Apple, Ness (acquired by OpenTable), and Yahoo.
Known for her business skills and leadership, she has generated $1b+ in net new revenue, built startups that have gone from pre-funding to up to $1b+ in valuation, and founded design communities of 130k+ members in 100+ countries.
Marissa Louie is an internationally recognized design executive with 20 years of experience in UX design, and 12 years designing for AI.
As a Fractional Head of Design, she works with startup clients from seed through unicorn stages to ensure their design is polished and successful. Marissa excels in executing hands-on across UX Design, Content Strategy, Design Systems, User Research, and Branding. She enjoys working with sharp technical and business founders, and recruiting top design talent.
Marissa previously served as Sr. Director of UX Design and Content Strategy at Pandora and SiriusXM, and Director of UX Design at Expedia. She has also led high-impact work at Apple, Ness (acquired by OpenTable), and Yahoo.
Known for her business skills and leadership, she has generated $1b+ in net new revenue, built startups that have gone from pre-funding to up to $1b+ in valuation, and founded design communities of 130k+ members in 100+ countries.
Design Case Studies
Favorite projects from Marissa's career in Silicon Valley.
Design Case Studies
Favorite projects from Marissa's career in Silicon Valley.
Design Case Studies
Favorite projects from Marissa's career in Silicon Valley.
Design Case Studies
Favorite projects from my career in Silicon Valley.
Design Case Studies
Favorite projects from Marissa's career in Silicon Valley.
Testimonials
"Marissa is one of my all-time favorite mentors and a great leader. As a Director of Design, Marissa launched several initiatives with a very well organized plan. She brought a strong work ethic, drive, and knowledge with consistent smiles and cheerful demeanor."
— Prachi Gautam, Sr. Product Designer at Expedia
"Marissa has a true creative gift at UI Art Direction. She stood out as a sharp thinker who very carefully crafts the user experience. She has a rare ability to design visually arresting user experiences that focus on delighting and inspiring users in a clean, user-friendly way."
— Nguyen-Cat Le, Sr. Designer at Apple
"As a director and manager, she is skilled at supporting her team, and in empathetically managing the varying viewpoints that come from collaboration. You can tell that Marissa is authentic and ethical in her actions and in her words. She not only adds value but has values."
— Paula Croxon, Sr. Content Designer at Expedia
"Marissa is incredibly dynamic and self-driven. An early stage startup is a fast paced and chaotic environment and she repeatedly went above and beyond her job description. Marissa's design work is evident throughout the Ness app and I would definitely work with her again."
— Paul Twohey, CTO at Ness (acquired by OpenTable)
"Marissa's work is phenomenal. She has excellent design taste and judgment, but also very strong as a storyteller and a communicator. Her contributions made a night and day difference not just in appearance but also in narrative."
— Blake Scholl, Founder and CEO at Boom Supersonic (YC W16)
"Our design team has made an effort to learn from Marissa Louie. We set up more design workshops that include engineering and our CEO, but we’ve definitely still got a way to go in sharing our skills and working more closely with data and analytics."
— Pauline Wee, Product Designer at Swarm and Dashlabs.ai (YC W21)
Design Leadership Blog
Insight and lessons from Marissa's experience as a design leader.
Design Leadership Blog
Insight and lessons from Marissa's experience as a design leader.
Design Leadership Blog
Insight and lessons from Marissa's experience as a design leader.
Design Leadership Blog
Insight and lessons from my experience as a design leader.
Design Leadership Blog
Insight and lessons from Marissa's experience as a design leader.
How to Recruit Top Designers
How to Recruit Top Designers
20 Laws of Recruiting Top Designers
Archetypes for Project Staffing
Archetypes for Project Staffing
Archetypes for Project Staffing
Grow the Designers You Manage
Grow Designers You Manage
Grow the Designers You Manage
Grow the Designers You Manage
Designer Tracks: IC & Manager
Designer Tracks: IC & Manager
Designer Tracks: IC & Manager
Designer Tracks: IC & Manager
How I Got Started as a Designer
How I Got Started as a Designer
How I Got Started as a Designer
Keep the good vibes goin'
Keep the good vibes goin'
