Emileigh Barnes is a user-experience leader with 11 years of experience designing and scaling product teams for major consumer brands, now directing UX for Inspired Shopping at Target. She has held senior design and operational roles at Rocket Mortgage and Capital One, combining strategic leadership with hands-on content and front-end sensibilities gained from earlier work at 18F and training in web development. Trained as an MFA creative writer, she brings a rare blend of narrative craft and systems thinking to complex product problems and people development. Known for tackling complicated challenges and helping others grow, she pairs pragmatic design operations with a poetic approach to governance and team culture.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Front-End Web Development (course), Front-End Web Development (course) at General Assembly
Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing, Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing at University of Mississippi
Developing Yourself as a Leader (course), Developing Yourself as a Leader (course) at Harvard Business School
Bachelor of Arts Journalism and Mass Communications, Bachelor of Arts Journalism and Mass Communications at University of Iowa
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Emileigh Barnes - Director Of UX, Inspired Shopping at Target