Design Week Community Events Chair
Arianna is an experienced design leader, strategist, and UX practitioner with a passion for crafting beautiful, functional, and engaging digital products and services. She is an advocate for systems thinking and excels at bringing cohesive experiences to life across multiple channels and complex executions. Currently, Arianna runs her own design consulting practice where her impressive client roster includes Instagram, Twitter, and NerdWallet among others.
Previously, Arianna was Senior Director, Zynga Global Brand and Publishing and played a key role in the leadership of Zynga’s consumer marketing efforts as well as the definition and stewardship of Zynga’s brand. Prior to joining Zynga, Arianna led the web design practice for Hillman Curtis where she worked with several well-known artistic and cultural institutions such as David Byrne and SVA (School of Visual Arts).
In 2009 Arianna founded Paper Jam Press, a letterpress poster and apparel company. Her work has been featured in such prestigious design publications such as Swiss Miss, Dwell Magazine, Design Milk and Brand New.
Arianna believes that design is an act of courage and challenges us all to step bravely forward.