ROBERT Specht
EXPERIENCE DESIGN & STRATEGY
Seasoned and results-driven Director of User Experience with a proven history of leading strategic UX initiatives and delivering cutting-edge digital solutions that elevate user satisfaction and drive business growth. Expert in steering cross-functional teams to execute complex, high-impact projects across B2B and B2C platforms, while establishing scalable design systems that ensure seamless consistency, accessibility, and brand integrity. Adept at aligning business goals with user-centered design principles, leveraging data-driven insights from usability testing, market analysis, and customer behavior to shape innovative strategies that enhance product performance and market positioning. Skilled in collaborating with senior stakeholders to set a clear vision, streamline processes, and transform ideas into intuitive, high-quality user experiences. Renowned for optimizing sales processes, refining project scopes, and building high-performing UX teams that consistently deliver exceptional results in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
01 Skills
LEADERSHIP
95%
USER RESEARCH
95%
UX STRATEGY
95%
PERSONA DEVELOPMENT
95%
WIREFRAMING
95%
JOURNEY MAPPING
95%
OPTIMIZATION
CONTENT STRATEGY
VISUAL DESIGN
80%
80%
70%
02 Work examples
MY LATEST WORK. SEE MORE >
03 Experience
2015 - 2018
CVS Health
DIRECTOR OF USER EXPERIENCE
Lead a cross-functional team in designing and implementing modern, best-in-class digital experiences, driving measurable impact for both customers and the business. Recruited and mentored designers, fostering professional growth and team performance. Established annual objectives and provided ongoing feedback to guide performance improvements. Advocated for inclusive and accessible design practices, ensuring design accessibility across projects. Spearheaded the creation of a community-driven enterprise design system, accelerating implementation across multiple portfolios.
2018 to2020
AMAZON
PRINCIPAL UX DESIGNER
As lead UX designer at Amazon I designed the interface, interactions and audio visual feedback systems for the new Dash cart that makes a quick grocery trip even quicker by allowing shoppers to skip the checkout line.
.
2014-2015
2015 - 2018
VITALS
DIRECTOR OF USER EXPERIENCE
Responsible for leading user-centered design activities related to Mdx Medical Web applications to deliver high-impact output by developing deep partnerships across the executive team and cross-functional peers to set strategy, priorities, and resourcing. Conducted usability research by analyzing the needs of the target users and how they perform tasks that relate to the product domain, conduct competitive analysis, usability testing, heuristic reviews to determine user needs and define usability requirements.
VIRTUSA
UX DIRECTOR
As director of creative solutions I worked with a diverse portfolio across multiple lines of businesses. I led efforts in the creation of customer-centric brand solutions and product innovation across multi-platforms, developed strategic programs with a focus on driving engagement and delivering against key objectives. Expansion and daily management of a talented design team, while providing creative direction for the world’s most recognized brands.
2008-2011
SAPIENT
UI/UX DESIGN MANAGER
As design manager of user experience design, I led the UX design team to envision and lead the innovation and optimization of user experience on all platforms including mobile, app, desktop. I partnered with marketing leads, designers, UX strategists and product managers to translate business goals into effective design solutions for a broad set of UI platforms including web, desktop and mobile.
2011-2014
MOBIQUITY
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
As creative director I established a strong user experience strategies with high business impact, including delivering an inspirational, user-centric design vision to align with my clients overall company strategy and objectives. I built an amazing team of passionate members, fostered collaborative partnerships between design and other functions and promoted design thinking, research and processes within an agile approach. Defined quantifiable business impact via data-driven, informed and people-centric design goals.
2002-2005
MONSTER.COM
UI/UX DESIGN MANAGER
Managed a small team in creating conceptual design and project direction based on primary & secondary research and business opportunities working with cross functional teams. I brought strong creative, conceptual and problem-solving skills to translate conceptual ideas into interaction and design solutions. Developed guidelines and patterns for consistent and scalable web application development.