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 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

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.

The Holler is my favorite place to work in the evenings. Not only can you work till midnight, you can get a slice of blueberry pie while you’re at it.
Onyx Coffee, my favorite coffee roaster in America. #neversettle
Bentonville, Arkansas, is a well-kept secret. Every time I come, I discover something new. The building in this photo is called Preacher’s Son. Someone converted this old church building into a restaurant and it’s my favorite rooftop bar in the town.
It was an avocado toast and rain kind of weekend! Grateful for family nearby and new friends :)
Connecticut for the weekend!