β€”
Helen V. Holmes
Designer
Staff Design Engineer,
Modern Treasury
Maintained the design system, built app UI, and redesigned the marketing website for Modern Treasury, a company modernizing money movement.
2022β€”2024
Senior Design Technologist,
New York Public Library
Built the NYPL design system overseeing a team of seven. Evangelized the system internally.
2019β€”2021
Product Designer,
Self-Employed
Worked with clients such as Fastly and Github to code microsites, produce five conferences, and design an app.
2017β€”2019
Senior UX Designer,
Developer Tools, Mozilla Firefox
Designed in close collaboration with the developers to build out better user experiences on Firefox’s Developer Tools.
2015β€”2016
Front End Developer,
Capital One
Built out web, iOS, and IoT prototypes for the design team for experiences that needed more than Invision.
2014β€”2015
The New School
Coursework, animation & interior design
2018
American University
Graphic design (major), French (minor)
2009β€”2013
The Corcoran
Coursework, drawing, painting, & pottery
2009β€”2013
University of Virginia
Coursework, Russian language studies
2008
Technologies
Typescript, React, JavaScript, GraphQL, CSS, Tailwind, HTML
Disciplines
UI/UX design, Animation, Graphic design
Making a mess on the internet.
Β© Helen V. Holmes, 2026.