Angel Huntington

At Gusto, I support various senior leaders within the R&D organization by combining high-level executive operations with intentional community building. My work focuses on creating clarity, connection, and structure across a fast-paced, late-stage start-up environment. • Manage complex calendars and priorities for senior-level leaders, enabling strategic focus and cross-functional alignment. Coordinate domestic travel, internal communications, and recurring business rhythms to ensure seamless day-to-day operations. • Plan and execute high-impact team events, including leadership onsites, hybrid summits, and org-wide gatherings that reinforce Gusto’s people-first culture. • Serve as a culture carrier and community connector across various R&D teams, designing inclusive experiences and rituals that strengthen relationships and team identity. • Partner with the broader ExecOps team to refine systems, improve onboarding, and scale shared practices across Gusto’s EPDD org.

Program Manager, Design Operations I stepped into the role of Program Manager for Design Operations at Aurora Solar during a pivotal phase of expansive growth. Tasked with orchestrating the intricacies of Design Operations, my responsibilities encompassed supporting design leadership, optimizing workflows, and establishing streamlined processes for a burgeoning team spanning the US and Canada. • Restructured Design Team meetings, recovering 1625 weekly team minutes and reducing monthly meetings by 2500 minutes amidst a 200% team growth. • Enabled company-wide OKR integration, showcasing Design Team contributions at a company level across multiple systems for all 5 design teams. • Managed Product & Design team DEIB initiatives across 10 projects, resulting in groundbreaking success in meeting initiative goals through cohesive weekly standups and cross-functional coordination. • Administered specialized Design + Research tools (Figma, Productboard, Dovetail, Adobe) and collaborated with IT for seamless integration and administration. • Organized and led internal events like Design Connect, fostering company-wide awareness of design principles through curated sessions.

At Mural, Inc., I played a vital role in supporting the scaling efforts for Design Ops and the broader Product Design team. My focus was on enhancing remote onboarding and ensuring consistency for a global, remote-first Argentine startup. Responsibilities included managing tool setups, utilizing collaboration platforms like Slack and Loom, and orchestrating internal conferences to foster team camaraderie. • Optimized UX & Creative Team operations for a global team of 80+ individuals, reducing friction and streamlining internal processes. • Restructured Design initiatives and introduced inclusive activities to enrich team camaraderie, revitalizing team culture. • Facilitated cross-functional collaboration in the Product Design Engineering team, transforming meetings and fostering engaging sessions. • Structured and organized digital asset management tools for streamlined operations.

During my tenure at Autodesk Inc., I held a pivotal role as a Department Coordinator for the Digital Platform UX Team. My responsibilities spanned departmental coordination, community building, project management, and overseeing successful execution of large-scale conferences like Autodesk University, catering to thousands of attendees. • Transformed UX onboarding, accelerating new hires' contributions from 6 months to 45 days for specialized projects. • Led the planning and on-site management of Autodesk University, a large-scale conference hosting over 10,000 attendees for consecutive years. • Unified diverse design pods into one cohesive unit, fostering crucial interactions and transforming the remote workplace. • Organized quarterly company-wide design events for 1000+ Autodesk designers, coordinating engaging content across global time zones.

Tours for potential applicants, and welcome onboarding for new tenants. Maintained a monthly internal newsletter and a best practices tenant wiki. Managed the shared spaces with general janitorial duties, as well as transformed them into galleries, open studios, pop up shops, and classes for the public. Community programming lead for both internal and external facing events.

Founded and launched an organic body product business. Ran every aspect of day-to-day business activities such as: brand development, product formulation, production, ran GMP protocols (good manufacturing practice), quality control, inventory management, bookkeeping, advertising, and retail & wholesale sales.