About Serif Labs: UX & Product Design for Startups

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Serif Labs transforms visionary ideas into user-focused designs that drive growth.

Mission statement

Serif Labs helps founders

turn big ideas into user-friendly

products that drive growth and

deliver real impact.

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The designer behind Serif Labs

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Amelia Elverson
US-based UX and product consultant helping VC-backed startups scale design leadership early
After years of building skills across various tech companies, I founded Serif Labs to focus on product design full-time. I've worn many hats—consultant, software engineer, product manager, UX designer, and researcher—and each role has equipped me to quickly integrate with your team and make an immediate impact.
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Experience delivering results

Professional
Serif Labs
2023 - present

Founder & Lead Product Designer

Founded a design studio offering fractional design and product services. Serif specializes in transforming product concepts into intuitive user experiences, offering UX/UI design, product strategy, user research systems, product-led growth, and analytics

Shortwave
2022 - 2023

Product Manager

Senior leader at a Series A start-up focused on optimizing email productivity. Owned go-to-market strategy and long-term roadmap for product-led growth features. Led a sprint team of designers, engineers, PMs, and product marketers

Google
2020 - 2022

Product Manager

Full-stack PM for all purchasing user journeys on YouTube and Google Play. Researched, pitched, and built zero-to-one features, as well as optimized and grew well-established products. Specifically focused on improving the checkout experience of paid products at Google

Microsoft
2016 - 2018

Technical Consultant & Engineer

Customer-facing role delivering custom integrations for enterprise resource planning (ERP) software in retail and public sector verticals. Responsibilities included customer interviews, requirements gathering, system design, and software development.

Education
Harvard Business School
2018 - 2020

MBA

Electives emphasizing product management and strategy                             

Harvard University
2018 - 2020

MS, Engineering Sciences

Coursework focused on user experience, human-centered design, and data science & visualization

Cornell University
2012 - 2016

BS, Operations Research & Engineering

Honors diploma, cum laude, minor in Information Science