Alice Hahn
Product Design Coach: Career Growth, Craft, and Designing with AI
Studied at University of Kansas
Works at Hahn Collective
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Alice's Offerings
Custom hourly · $75/hr
Get help with AI Fundamentals, AI Product Design, and .
Alice’s Design Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Manager
10+ people coached for Design
Welcome to my profile! With over 10 years of experience in product design, including roles as a Principal Product Designer at Microsoft (Fabric) and Lead Designer & Manager at Silo, I bring a wealth of hands-on and leadership experience to my coaching practice. I've also worked at Boulevard, Toast, and Mindbody across my career. As the founder of Hahn Collective, my design consultancy, I specialize in helping early-stage startups with user research, design operations, and setting up design systems. Mentorship has been a consistent thread throughout my career, whether informally at the companies I've worked at, or more formally as a professional design coach. Whether you're looking to refine your design skills or navigate your career path, I'm here to help you succeed. Let's connect and create a tailored plan for your growth!
Alice can help with:
AI Fundamentals
AI Product Design
Cover Letters
Design Thinking
Freelancing
Interview Prep
Networking Strategy
Prototyping
Resume Review
Salary Negotiation
Skill Building
User Experience Design
User Interface Design
User Research & Insights Automation
Wireframing
About Alice
I've spent 10+ years as a product designer, working across Microsoft (Fabric), Silo, Boulevard, Toast, and Mindbody, on everything from enterprise data tools to consumer scheduling products. These days I run my own design consultancy, working with early-stage teams as both a hands-on designer and a strategic partner. I like staying close to the actual product, not just the process around it. If you're trying to get your portfolio noticed, prep for an interview, figure out your next career move, or think through how to bring AI into your design process, I'd love to help.
Why do I coach?
Earlier in my career, I had managers and more established designers who took the time to mentor me, not just teach me craft, but help shape who I am as a designer and a person. That kind of guidance is a big part of why I am where I am today. The hardest part of my own growth wasn't learning the craft itself. It was growing into real confidence, in my judgment, in my point of view, and eventually into leadership. Mentorship has been a thread throughout my career since, whether at the companies I've worked at, more formally in design community networks, or as a professional design coach. There's something special about helping others at different stages of their product design career, and the connections that come from it. I love that part of the work, and it's why I coach now.
Work Experience
Principal Designer & Consultant
Hahn Collective
August 2025 - Present
• Running an independent design consultancy, specializing in early-stage ventures with the flexibility to support more established teams on design and product strategy. • Partnering with teams as a founding design partner, contributing to product strategy, early UX, and establishing design foundations from the ground up. • Bringing AI into the design process where it fits, without skipping the steps that make a product solid.
Principal Product Designer
Microsoft
October 2024 - February 2026
• Took ownership of a centralized container experience for Microsoft Fabric Data Factory by transforming ambiguous early concepts to unify pipelines, connections, and ETL assets, while collaborating with the platform team on a new Fabric global navigation, grounded in thorough research to drive toward a clear GA release plan. • Led UX strategy and navigated complex stakeholder management across Azure and Fabric teams, multiple software offerings, and exec leadership to align on a large-scale enterprise migration initiative, participating in a working group to define migration guidelines for the greater Fabric design studio. • Spearheaded a major UX/UI redesign of the pipeline node experience in Microsoft Fabric Data Factory, earning strong internal validation and a well-received public launch.
Senior Product Designer
Boulevard
May 2020 - October 2021
• Partnered with product team and engineering to build and scale the management platform to become the go-to SaaS solution in the spa and wellness space. • Led design on larger feature work such as building a new loyalty program and marketing platform in-house to convert larger enterprise prospects to customers. • Delivered value quickly in smaller chunks by addressing feature requests and feedback to stay on top of keeping the platform modern, user-friendly, and scalable.
Senior Product Designer
Toast
July 2019 - April 2020
• Led product design and research on a newly formed platform team focused on user identity and permissions across the product ecosystem. • Ran research sessions and dove into competitive analysis to determine the right scaled design approach for the future of permissioning. • Collaborated with the lead engineer and product manager to define the product strategy, scope the work, and communicate the vision to stakeholders.
Senior UX Designer
Mindbody
September 2015 - June 2019
• Joined the team as a UX/UI full-stack designer to rebrand the consumer-facing app, later transitioning into the UX lead on projects for B2C products. • Led UX design and strategy for a variety of B2B and B2C products including consumer marketing tools, client opt-in features, and scaling designs to solve legacy client management issues. • Mentored UX designers through pair design and a company-wide mentorship program, laying the groundwork for a people leadership path.
Education
University of Kansas
Master of Arts in Interaction Design, Interaction Design
Thesis Pass with Honors Distinction
University of Kansas
Bachelors, Fine Arts - Interior Design
Activities and societies: IIDA - National Chapter, IIDA - KU Chapter