Oct 2026 – PresentMebane, NC
Scouted Brand
Founder
Launched an AI-produced NIL report for college athletes, with source and confidence labels for every fact. The product connects athletes with Stinger Studios for custom branding.
Director of Design
Product design leadership across global commerce and AI.
I ran Booking.com’s post-booking technology department with 35 direct reports across design and engineering. At Concentrix Catalyst, I led 11 designers across four product suites.
Who I Am
Nineteen years in design. More than a decade leading teams.
I lead designers and engineers working on complex products. At Booking.com, that meant reorganizing a post-booking department across eight teams. At Concentrix Catalyst, it meant leading a distributed design team across four product suites and assembling the development team for a React design system.
My work covers people management, product direction, and the decisions that connect design with engineering. I have hired through hypergrowth, led research with client teams, and worked across more than fifty stakeholders to get a new product adopted.
I founded Stinger Studios in 2019 and continue to run it as a solo studio. In 2026, I also launched Scouted Brand, an AI-produced NIL report for college athletes that connects to the studio’s branding services.
Core Competencies
35 direct reports across design and engineering
Design systems (React-integrated)
Conversion and A/B testing
User research and usability
Hiring at hyper-growth
Agentic AI product design
Technically fluent, design and engineering background
Multi-product portfolio management
Career
Experience & Education.
I have led design and engineering teams at Booking.com and Concentrix Catalyst. I also run Stinger Studios and launched Scouted Brand in 2026.
Apr 2019 – PresentMebane, NC
Stinger Studios
Founder & Senior Design Director
Run a solo design studio for e-commerce and service businesses. Recent work includes a booking-site rebuild and advertising program with 139% year-over-year booking growth, and digital onboarding that cut a freight client’s booking time in half.
Sep 2022 – Sep 2025Remote
Concentrix Catalyst
Design Director, AI Product Group
Sr. Group Manager, Experience Design
Led 11 designers across four product suites, including iX Hello and iX Hero, and assembled the development team for a React design system. Previously led a service design engagement embedded with Microsoft.
AI product leadership case studyApr 2013 – Mar 2019Amsterdam, Netherlands
Booking.com
Director of Product Design
May 2017 – Mar 2019
Led design and engineering for the Dynamic Creative Tool, increasing campaign delivery from one every six weeks to 20 per week. Aligned more than fifty stakeholders around adoption.
Senior Manager, Design and Development
Dec 2015 – Apr 2017
Ran the post-booking technology department with 35 direct reports across eight teams spanning design, research, product ownership, and engineering. Reorganized the combined customer-facing and customer-service teams to support connected experiences.
UX Design Lead
Apr 2013 – Dec 2015
Led global payment integrations into checkout and research and A/B testing across the booking funnel. Created the Design for Frontend course for 200+ designers.
2007 – 2013Earlier experience
Duda & PayPal
Product design foundations
Sr. UX/UI Designer at Duda in Palo Alto, following UX design work at I4 Commerce / Bill Me Later / PayPal in Baltimore.
Education
Master of Arts, Advertising
University of Texas at Austin
Master Certificate, Digital Multimedia & Web Design
The Johns Hopkins University
B.S. Communications, Advertising
Appalachian State University
Marketing minor
What People Say
Working with Meredith.
I have spent more than a decade managing teams of designers, researchers, and engineers. Here is what four of them say about it.
Meredith is a unique product and digital design leader. She brings empathy,
optimism, deep expertise and a lot of grit to the role. At Concentrix she
built high-functioning teams, distinguishing herself as a great leader and
mentor for designers, developers and basically anyone who crossed her path.
She tackles complexity with creativity, rigor and enthusiasm, keeping a high
bar for quality and open mind.
Meredith is an inspirational leader, a motivational whirlwind, who's
knowledge and strength in conviction is rivalled only by her kindness.
As a manager you couldn't ask for better, as a design leader you're
unlikely to find someone with the same creative energy or passion.
Meredith is highly technical when needed and can tell a story to
translate complex problems into actionable solutions.
Her leadership style is both strategic and supportive. She consistently made
sure the team had the clarity, resources, and structure needed to deliver
high-quality work. I especially appreciated how she created space for
thoughtful discovery, encouraged cross-functional collaboration, and
maintained a strong focus on client impact. Meredith brings a rare balance
of operational excellence and people-first leadership.
Working with Meredith always feels true and inspiring. She is cheerful and
forward looking. When working with Concentrix we had the opportunity to build
an impactful optimisation solution and showcase best in class delivery.
Meredith was all the time essential to the team building that turned out easy
and effective. I truly recommend Meredith as she is a great leader and
communicator.
Selected Work
Leading teams and delivering products.
Companies I've Worked With
Booking.com
PayPal
Microsoft
Concentrix
Duda
Highline Tack
Get In Touch
Let's build something together.
I’m open to design leadership roles at Director, Senior Director, Head of Design, and VP level, across product and brand. Fully remote anywhere in the US, or hybrid around the North Carolina Triangle and Greensboro.
Or connect with me on LinkedIn.