Allison Shiman is a fractional product designer and inclusive design advocate. Designing since 2011.

Design for startups,
enterprise & agencies
Industry-dynamic coverage
for product teams
CST-based,
global view
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GREATEST COLLABORATORS IN THE UNIVERSE

Slack Autodesk Yahoo! Nextdoor Dropbox Stridehealth

Slack Pricing Page

Led the redesign of Slack's logged-out pricing page as the first Growth design hire on Marketing. Drove strategy, UX, audits, competitive analysis, and accessibility improvements. Worked with cross-functional partners to deliver a simplified plan comparison experience, increasing engagement and free-to-paid user conversion. Designed and shipped the first mobile version of the pricing page.

SEE THE WORK: SLACK PRICING PAGE

0β†’1 MOBILE GROWTH DESIGN COMPLEX ENTERPRISE CHALLENGES PRODUCT DESIGN & UX STRATEGY

2025

Yahoo! Future of Mail

Designed and helped shape Yahoo's Future of Email initiative, leading vision, UX strategy, research synthesis, and interactive prototypes for AI agent initiatives as the sole designer partnering with an external agency. Worked through a collaborative, user-centered process to explore new email behaviors powered by AI.

UX DESIGN FOR AI INTEGRATION PARTNER WITH EXTERNAL AGENCY UX STRATEGY & ROADMAP PLANNING

2024

Dropbox Resources

Collaborated with marketing stakeholders and the visual brand team at Dropbox. As the sole designer on the redesign of Dropbox Resources, I led user research trials and delivering a refined experience that drove a measurable increase in user engagement with the Resources article database.

SEE THE WORK: DROPBOX RESOURCES

UX DESIGN FOR AI INTEGRATION PARTNERSHIP WITH EXTERNAL AGENCY UX STRATEGY & ROADMAP PLANNING

2023

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Nextdoor Design System

Partnered with mobile and web engineers at Nextdoor to implement a new global design system for the newly launched Nextdoor brand. Led internal user research, documentation, and stakeholder alignment to streamline workflows, reduce design debt, and improve collaboration. Created clear documentation and onboarding tools to help cross-functional team members and new designers adopt the system efficiently.

USER RESEARCH ADDRESS TECH DEBT PARTNER WITH BRAND & MARKETING

2020

Autodesk BIM360

Designed backend admin systems for BIM 360, working across UX strategy, prototyping, and user testing in an agile environment. Created scripts, sourced participants and ran research sessions with construction admin executives to inform features like onboarding and role-based dashboards for admins and contractors, while partnering closely with engineering to align solutions with backend constraints.

0β†’1 PRODUCT DESIGN UX DESIGN FOR ADMIN BACKEND USER RESEARCH

2020

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