Adey Salyards
Adey Salyards
Product Designer

Adey Salyards

PRODUCT DESIGNER

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I lead a team of designers at Walmart focused on building all the apps that hourly store employees use to do their job–enterprise software for handheld devices. We bring user-centered design to some of Walmart's biggest strategic priorities, including their inventory management system and their point of sale registers. These apps are transforming what it means to work in retail.

We champion the day-to-day experience of the Walmart worker through thoughtful design.

 

Experience

Before Walmart, I was on the team that designed Capital One's iPhone and iPad app. This became one of the brand's primary touchpoints with their customers. During my time with that team, I led several bootcamps, teaching designers how to prototype in Swift and XCode and established a reusable component library using Sketch libraries. 

Previously, I worked as a designer at AKQA DC, working on clients such as Verizon, Electrolux, United States Postal Service, Leidos, Ubisoft, Universal Studios and Delta. These companies entrusted our design team to put forth a strong digital strategy and carry it through to delivery.
 

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Elsewhere

"Creating a Design System" - NoVa UX Meetup - June 2017

"Learning to code built trust on my team" - Medium.com, July 2016

"The under-appreciated benefits of having a creative rival" - Medium.com, March 2016

The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah

Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng

The Message - Eugene Peterson

Made in America - Sam Walton

The Advantage - Patrick Lencioni

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

The Undoing Project - Michael Lewis

Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup - John Carreyrou

Hamilton - Ron Chernow

Measure What Matters - John Doerr

Luke For Everyone - N.T. Wright

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In - Fisher, Ury, Patton

Org Design for Design Orgs - Merholz, Skinner

Designing Agentive Technology: AI That Works for People - Christopher Noessel

The Divine Conspiracy - Dallas Willard

 

Reading List

Books I’ve read in the past year. I’m always looking for recommendations!

When I'm not working...

You can find me traveling around the world with my husband, leading worship at church, and participating in Washington D.C.'s design meetup scene.

When we were driving through the northern Arizona desert, Sean and I kept on seeing boats in people’s lawns. We were baffled until we drove across the Navajo Bridge, which takes you across a bright green river snaking through a shallow canyon. Almost completely unmarked. This part of the country is wild. Also, I hope Udo and Sonja, who put a lock on the bridge in 1995, are still together. 🔒 ❤️
Here is a photo of Sean scraping off all the splattered bugs off the windshield for the second time that morning.
Today we went “canyoneering” through a narrow canyon near Zion. I got spooked from some of the steep hikes in Zion yesterday and I was a little bummed about not being able to experience it the way everyone told me was best. Our amazing guides @jmeshe @tylerjaymiller showed us a quiet canyon away from the crowds of tourists and managed to make repelling down the sides of cliffs look easy. Thank you for the unforgettable experience! @zionadventurecompany
“I look up at (these ancient rocks), shaped by your fingers, at the (sandstone walls) you set firm, what are human beings that you spare a thought for them, or the child of Adam that you care for him?” Psalm 8. After spending a few days around these epic cliffs, I think I have a sense of what the poet was trying to describe. I am aware of how small I am in comparison to their towering heights. My lifespan is brief compared to their timelessness. Who am I, that God would care for me?
Bryce is filled with these curious rock formations called “hoodoos”. They’re bright pink!
The RV is king down here.