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I'm Megan Manning

As a Design Lead Consultant at Launch by NTT DATA, I design, manage, and ship innovative digital solutions for clients across various industries. With over 13 years of experience in creative direction and UX/UI design, I have a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams, driving digital transformation projects, and creating seamless human-centered experiences.

I am passionate about coaching diverse multidisciplinary teams, collaborating with stakeholders, and driving key strategic initiatives that will create impact. I also mentor aspiring designers at adplist.org, where I share my insights and best practices on user research, Figma, storytelling, and prototyping. My mission is to help build brands, solve design problems, and craft compelling stories that resonate with users.

In my spare time, I enjoy being at the beach, kayaking, backpacking over mountains, and am currently elbows deep in renovating a travel trailer, so my family and I can level-up our camping game. 

Have an interesting gig to discuss? Hit me up, I’d love to chat!

My Design Leadership Approach

Collaboration is Paramount

I strongly believe in working closely with teams from Product, Engineering, and other disciplines during the entire product design and development process. This allows us to identify problems and find solutions collaboratively. The creative process and its outcomes should not be the sole responsibility of designers, and that everyone involved should contribute to its success.

Nurturing Creativity

I believe an effective leader is one who knows how to harness the intelligence of their team and motivate them to perform at their highest level. As a design leader, I acheive this by creating a sustainable culture that encourages the creation of impactful designs, fostering healthy debates, leveraging the unique talents of each team member, and emphasizing accountability.

A Few Kind Words

When Megan got her hands on a problem; you felt sorry for the problem as always tenacious, resourceful, and extremely dedicated. She is at top of her game as a Design Manager, but also one of the kindest people I have ever met.
Paul Sutton
Co-Founder, Cireson
She is an extremely clever designer with great project management skills. I often turn to Megan for insights and help with UX and graphic design challenges - she is always coming up with great ideas and pushing the limits.
Joseph Reni
Design Manager, Outschool Cireson
Megan is honest, dependable and incredibly hard working. Beyond that, she is incredibly talented and creative when it comes to all forms of design - from custom illustrations to collateral and website design, branding initiatives.
Julie Feller
Sr. Director of Marketing, U.S. Legal Support

They Believe In Us

I’ve been fortunate to work with and for people from some amazing organizations.

Strengths

UI/UX Design

Deliver high-quality experiences while partnering closely with engineering and product teams to find elegant but practical solutions to design problems

Strategy

Establish processes and mindset to achieve the best possible UX strategy and establish timelines with product and engineering Leads for product development approach

Design Presentations

Prototyping presentations, writing scripts and presenting design decisions to key business stakeholders. Facilitating training sessions and workshops.

Stakeholder Management

Engage and influence leadership, rallying partnerships and collaborations to manifest a design-forward vision

Cross Team Collaboration

Partner closely with engineering and product teams to find elegant but practical solutions to design problems

Contribute and Elevate

Mentor junior designers through clear, actionable direction and feedback. Actively contribute to a culture of connection within the design team

Let's work together

I would love to talk about how I can support and strengthen you and your company. Send me a message sharing information about your project, your budget, and timeline.