Summary
Elizabeth Pizzuti is a product design leader with 11 years of experience shaping intuitive, business-driven experiences across ecommerce, retail, and startups from Austin. Currently leading design for WooPayments at Automattic, she blends research-led strategy, design systems, and hands-on HTML/CSS contributions to modernize complex admin workflows and ship adaptive UIs. She has a track record of mentoring and growing small design teams, running workshops that turn cross-functional insight into product initiatives, and guiding hiring and onboarding. Earlier roles span enterprise retail (Saks Fifth Avenue), productivity software (Harvest), and founding a cultural discovery marketplace, demonstrating a knack for translating service and business needs into usable products. With an MFA in Communications Design and a background in political science, she brings both creative rigor and strategic perspective to product decisions. Notably, she often pairs visual direction with front-end execution, reducing handoff friction and accelerating delivery.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Political Science, BA, Political Science at New York University
MFA, Communications Design, MFA, Communications Design at Pratt Institute
Certificate, Graphic and Digital Design, Certificate, Graphic and Digital Design at Parsons School of Design - The New School
Spanish