Hemispheres is the practice of Christina Nizar, a strategic product and design leader with almost two decade's worth of experience and a proven track record of launching and scaling innovative, user-centered products at speed. Skilled at both collaborating with and leading cross-functional teams to drive business growth and create unique and inspiring experiences. Her work has earned widespread recognition, including a Webby Award, with features in The New York Times, FastCompany, Forbes, and more.
Product Strategy & Design Leadership Innovation + Venture Building UX Design & Research Product Management Design Direction Service Design User Testing and Insights HCD Methodology and Facilitation AI Product Building
CLIENTS INCLUDE
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Lettuce Financial
Zero to One: Transforming How Businesses-of-one Do Business
Designed and prototyped new concepts and services adjacent to Spotify’s core product. These concepts were informed by user insights uncovered via HCD research and growth-focused business cases.
Designed and launched a Career Pivot Canvas that helped job seekers get clear about where they were headed next. This solution was prototyped with our community 4k job seekers.
I collaborated with Aclima, a climate tech company, to launch a groundbreaking methane detection product. My role involved materializing and defining an innovative way of visualizing methane pollution.
Over a two week design sprint, I collaborated with founders to prototype a new marketplace aimed at connecting consumers with a diverse selection of environmentally friendly home improvement options as well as easily access federal rebates. Through a series of quick design sprints, I helped them materialize their concept and refine their market approach.
Designed Chrome Extension powered by AI that allows healthcare providers instant clinical notes send directly to their unique electronic health records.
Collaborated across department and executive stakeholders to develop strategies and concepts to expand core audience. Particularly leveraging the success of "The Daily" podcast.
Spearheaded the re-design of mental health care delivery platform informed by UXR of therapists and coaches to drive better health outcomes and improve usability.
