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amélie lamont

(They/them)

Associate UX Director at AKQAWashington, DC, USA · Product Design

Experience

AKQA
User Space Craft
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Arcana Studio

Education

School of Visual Arts
SUNY Empire State College

Groups

The Upside
Awwwards
Octavia Project
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📓About me

Amélie Lamont is a user-centered design expert with over 2 decades of experience in product design. They now develop product strategies that drive conversion for high-growth startups with a focus on Product Audits and Advisory Retainers. In short, they help software-based startups audit and repair their broken products. Prior to becoming a Product Strategist, Amélie led and collaborated on design initiatives at companies such as The New York Times, Google, Meta, Apple, eBay, Adobe, Travelers Insurance, Booz Allen Hamilton, VenueBook, and Lola.

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Amélie Lamont is a user-centered design expert with over 2 decades of experience in product design. They now develop product strategies that drive conversion for high-growth startups with a focus on Product Audits and Advisory Retainers. In short, they help software-based startups audit and repair their broken products. Prior to becoming a Product Strategist, Amélie led and collaborated on design initiatives at companies such as The New York Times, Google, Meta, Apple, eBay, Adobe, Travelers Insurance, Booz Allen Hamilton, VenueBook, and Lola.

Talk to me about

🚀 Launching products and measuring success

🔭 Product vision and strategy

💞 Working in cross functional teams

🔬 Useful user research

🐣 Becoming a people manager

💬 Giving and receiving feedback

🎭 Being the only designer

📽 Presenting your work

🖌️ Building a design process

😰 Managing burnout

🖌 Resume and portfolio review

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Here’s what Merit users have said about amélie

Amelie was a joy to talk to and really gave great advice for improving my github, readme, resume tips and how to better network in this industry. I'm happy to meet a fellow Jamaican in the industry it really helps imposter syndrome fade away. I have actionables to do before our next call. Looking forward!

Desroy "Dez" Farquharson

Careerist

Remote Sales Engineer Intern

Jul 18th 2023

Amelie was amazing! They worked out a plan regarding my goals during the session and gave great insights about certain areas of improvement both in general and specifically for my portfolio.

Shwetha S
Jul 18th 2023

I found our introductory session to be incredibly helpful in clarifying my goals and expectations for the mentorship. It was nice to chat about each others backgrounds and experience. So many great suggestions for resources so far and I look forward to our next session. I also appreciated the lighter moments and the chance to laugh together. It made the session feel more relaxed and enjoyable. Thank you for creating such a positive and engaging atmosphere!

Toni Mcintire

RTOWN

UX Designer I Web Designer

Jul 18th 2023
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