David Scaliatine

Highlighting the intersection
between design + storytelling

A design leader with 13 years experience, bringing design advocacy to organizations while creating holistic user-centered experiences, design systems, and strategic teams.

More about my story
also a nerd who loves puns.
Queer Assembly

How can personal narratives, shared from the LGBTQ+ community, impact self-esteem and create empathy?

User Research UI Design
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Harmony Design System
BillGO, Inc

How can a cohesive design system and a set of design principles help align product departments, design and engineering at BillGO?

UI Design Design Systems
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A Better Bill Pay
BillGO, Inc

How can we make the process of organizing, paying and managing bills easier with a B2B SaaS product?

UX Research UI Design
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Design Philosophy


I believe that powerful experiences sit at the intersection of design and storytelling. It's similar to writing and telling a story, you must have an understanding of the characters, context, scenes and needs.


A story-focused approach brings alignment, understanding and can help persuade people into taking action to support a larger vision.


Design Tenets

Transparency • Risk Mitigation • Collaboration • Expectation Management • Bias for Action

Refining the Hiring Process
Frost Bank

How can we attract and retain top talent by creating a consistent, measurable and repeatable hiring and career growth practice?

Design Leadership Design Operations
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How Americans Pay Bills
BillGO

How can we ensure the problems we are approaching are accurate and represent what acutal users are encountering?

Design Leadership Design Operations
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Principal Designer
2013-2015

Coordinator of Marketing
2015-2017

Director of Marketing + Membership

2017-2019

UX Designer
2019-2021

VP of Digital Product Experience
2021-2022

Adjunct Professor
2022-Now

Lead Product Designer
2022-Now

A Better Checking
Frost Bank

How can experience bridge the gap between marketing and digital experiences while meeting users needs and while increasing account openings?

Brand Strategy Product Design
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Writing on Design

A collection of articles on the theory of graphic design and the practice.

Design POV
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Murder Mysteries

In addition to design work, since 2019 I have owned and managed a murder mystery party company.

Other Things
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