ZACK GORT
SENIOR UX / PRODUCT DESIGNER · OPEN TO WORK
20+ years. Enterprise & agency. Systems thinker who ships. Fintech, ecommerce, identity, platforms.
EXPERIENCE
Phenom01/2025 – 04/2025
User Experience Strategist
Corporate site redesign · product roadmap · cross-department alignment.
ContentfulJiraDigital Content
Publicis Sapient04/2022 – 03/2023
Senior User Experience Designer
BNY Mellon Pershing X · Wove platform · IA, design system, React/Tailwind.
Financial ProductDesign SystemsIA
Code & Theory08/2021 – 04/2022
Senior Interaction Designer
TikTok For Business · Nav prototype, competitive audit, headless CMS.
Headless CMSB2BCompetitive Audit
Elva Design Group04/2021 – 08/2021
Senior UX Designer — GNC
General Nutrition Centers · 12-week Shopify rebuild · ~$500M revenue recovery.
ShopifyE-commerceMobile-first
LiveArea10/2018 – 04/2021
Senior UX Designer
B2B & B2C e-commerce, SFCC. Discovery, delegation, stakeholder management.
Salesforce CCEnterpriseB2B + B2C
Workarea Commerce07/2016 – 10/2018
UX Designer
Proprietary SaaS e-commerce · $40M ARR product · napkin-to-dev collaboration.
SaaS Platform$40M ARRDev Collab
ONE SIXTY OVER NINETY09/2014 – 07/2016
Interaction Designer
Preeminent .EDU agency. IA, ADA. Clients: Comcast, Philadelphia Eagles + EDU.
IAADABrand & Identity
CORE COMPETENCIES
DESIGN & STRATEGY UX Design · UI Design · Interaction Design · IA · Design Systems · Prototyping · Wireframing · User Research
PROCESS & COLLABORATION Agile / Scrum · Workshop Facilitation · Stakeholder Mgmt · Cross-functional Teams
TOOLS Figma · Adobe CC · HTML / CSS / JS · Contentful · Jira · React
TESTIMONIALS
"Zack demonstrated a deep commitment to excellence and a proactive approach that consistently elevated the quality of our work."
— Adam Nemeth — ACD UX, Publicis Sapient
"Zack is talented, hardworking, and highly communicative. He elevates team collaboration and consistently goes the extra mile."
— Andrés Moros, MPS — Sr. UX Designer, Publicis Sapient
EDUCATION
Pratt Institute2002 – 2005
BFA, 3D Animation & Motion Graphics