Sarah Waterson
Design at Omni
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSarah Waterson is a senior product and interaction designer with 10+ years crafting intuitive web interfaces for data and media products, currently shaping data experiences at Omni after helping evolve Looker through its acquisition by Google Cloud. She blends rigorous user research, rapid prototyping, and hands-on visual design to turn complex analytics and publishing workflows into approachable, testable interfaces. Her background spans enterprise SaaS, ad tech, and consumer finance products, and she frequently partners with engineers to resolve implementation challenges and measure adoption. Trained in HCI at UC Berkeley with a CS foundation from Ohio State, she brings both academic depth and practical prototyping chops—often using prototypes not just to validate ideas but to influence product direction early.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, HCI Focus, MS, Computer Science, HCI Focus at U.C. BerkeleyBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Ohio State University
Github Skills (6)
looker9
design-tokens6
react6
component-library5
infrastructure5
ui-components4
Github contributions (5)
sjwaterson/xword_lookml
Feb 2016 - Jan 2019
Contributions:52 pushes, 12 branches in 2 years 11 months
sjwaterson/fort_collins_data
May 2017 - Oct 2019
Contributions:17 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 5 months
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