Mark Uraine
Sr. Manager, Product Design at Shopmonkey
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Uraine is a seasoned design leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling product design teams and web experiences, currently serving as Sr. Manager, Product Design at Shopmonkey in California. He combines a people-first leadership style—assembling complementary teams, encouraging healthy conflict, and mentoring designers—with a pragmatic focus on balancing business goals and UX. Mark has led design work at Automattic on the high-profile Gutenberg editor, contributing front-end UI improvements and community-facing communication for multiple WordPress releases. His background spans hands-on front-end development, rapid prototyping, and design systems across startups and enterprise products, grounded in a BFA in Graphic Design. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex product strategy into actionable design direction while uplifting others to deliver consistent, user-centered outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Back End Web Development, Certificate Back End Web Development at General AssemblyBachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) Graphic Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) Graphic Design at California State University, Fullerton
English, Russian
Github Skills (10)
wordpress10
ux-design10
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
gutenberg10
react10
css7
html7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
WordPress/gutenberg
Apr 2017 - Dec 2020
The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 50 commits, 94 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Mark primarily focused on updating the user interface and improving the overall user experience of the Gutenberg editor. They made several changes to button text and labels, ensuring consistency and actionability. Their contributions included improvements to tooltips, block variations, and the block manager, indicating a strong focus on UI/UX aspects. The user also updated icons and descriptions for various blocks, enhancing the user experience.
block-editorwordpressgutenbergwordpress-pluginbeyond
mapk/wp-rest-api-v2-media-ids
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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