Lashawnda Bynum

Lashawnda Bynum

Product Designer

Washington,DC.

Experience

Product designer who leads with a researcher's instinct — surfacing the uncomfortable questions before any solutions take shape. Known for exploratory discovery, visual thinking, and keeping every feature tethered to the bigger picture. Currently at Cvent; previously at Tinder

Work

Cvent

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Product Designer

Mclean, VA

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Summary

A key contributor to Events+ Hubs and Video Library. Work focused on discovery, solution design, and customer advocacy.

Highlights

Events+ Hubs: Designed core experiences to drive adoption among planners and event attendees. Core experiences included event discovery, credit/certificate access, content automation from events, and new hub onboarding. Features focused on establishing Events+ as a frequent destination between events.

Video Library: Frequently refined core experiences to simplify accessing and managing video content. Refinement touched video workflows and editing tools — reducing UX friction and aligning the UI with internal design system standards.

Cvent

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Product Design Intern

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Summary

Worked closely with research, product, and experience over 3 months to design a feature suite addressing organizational friction on the Video Library platform. Drove discovery through cross collaborative workshops, desk research, surveys, user interviews, and design crits.

Tinder

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Product Design Intern

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Summary

Partnered with the Trust & Safety team to redesign blocking and privacy features. Contributed to the Design System by building reusable components, grounded in usability and market research.

Education

University of Maryland

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B.S Information Sciences

Skills

Design Thinking

Research Synthesis, Design Systems, Stakeholder Workshops, Lean UX, Rapid Prototyping & Wireframing, Information Architecture.

Tools

Figma, Claude, Canva.