Hello, I’m Darron.
Hello, I’m Darron.
Hello,
I’m Darron.
Hello, I’m
Darron.
I’m a senior UX and product designer with more than 15 years of experience. For the last seven, I’ve been at Merck, where I lead UX for the company’s global website platform and the design systems behind it, used by teams in markets around the world. I also help improve internal AI tools, making them clearer and easier to trust. Before Merck, I spent years at an agency as an art director and associate creative director, so I’m as comfortable with brand and storytelling as I am with complex products. Wherever I work, I make complicated things simpler for the people who use them.
I’m a senior UX and product designer with more than 15 years of experience. For the last seven, I’ve been at Merck, where I lead UX for the company’s global website platform and the design systems behind it, used by teams in markets around the world. I also help improve internal AI tools, making them clearer and easier to trust. Before Merck, I spent years at an agency as an art director and associate creative director, so I’m as comfortable with brand and storytelling as I am with complex products. Wherever I work, I make complicated things simpler for the people who use them.
I’m a senior UX and product designer with more than 15 years of experience. For the last seven, I’ve been at Merck, where I lead UX for the company’s global website platform and the design systems behind it, used by teams in markets around the world. I also help improve internal AI tools, making them clearer and easier to trust. Before Merck, I spent years at an agency as an art director and associate creative director, so I’m as comfortable with brand and storytelling as I am with complex products. Wherever I work, I make complicated things simpler for the people who use them.
I’m a senior UX and product designer with more than 15 years of experience. For the last seven, I’ve been at Merck, where I lead UX for the company’s global website platform and the design systems behind it, used by teams in markets around the world. I also help improve internal AI tools, making them clearer and easier to trust. Before Merck, I spent years at an agency as an art director and associate creative director, so I’m as comfortable with brand and storytelling as I am with complex products. Wherever I work, I make complicated things simpler for the people who use them.
I’m a senior UX and product designer with more than 15 years of experience. For the last seven, I’ve been at Merck, where I lead UX for the company’s global website platform and the design systems behind it, used by teams in markets around the world. I also help improve internal AI tools, making them clearer and easier to trust. Before Merck, I spent years at an agency as an art director and associate creative director, so I’m as comfortable with brand and storytelling as I am with complex products. Wherever I work, I make complicated things simpler for the people who use them.
Merck
UX Design Lead
January 2022 – Present
Senior Designer
March 2019 – December 2021
Led UX for the global web platform and enterprise design systems of a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company, growing from hands-on product design into ownership of design systems, platform UX, governance, and accessibility.
Led UX for the global web platform and enterprise design systems of a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company, growing from hands-on product design into ownership of design systems, platform UX, governance, and accessibility.
— Led UX for a global WordPress VIP platform that launched more than 55 sites in 2022, designing custom solutions for key market sites, including localization and right-to-left language support.
— Oversaw four enterprise design systems: took full ownership of one after an agency transition, designed another from an audit of eight market sites, and created a best practice guide and video that reduced incorrect usage.
— Helped establish a cross-market Design Council and designed its process and voting systems to prioritize about 100 feature requests across 10 markets.
— Championed accessibility by auditing and revising design system components, partnering with accessibility specialists on screen reader and keyboard support, and presenting at company-wide accessibility events.
— Established a unified UX and visual design language across three previously disconnected enterprise planning tools, creating consistent interaction patterns and validating design decisions through usability testing with global users.
— Designed and launched a fully responsive global campaign site in under two weeks, piloting a lower-cost, in-house alternative to agency builds that any market can localize.
— Led a UX/UI audit of an AI-assisted content review and approval (MLR) tool, identifying ~50 usability issues from UAT and user feedback and designing solutions that drove adoption.
W2O Group
Associate Creative Director
April 2016 – October 2018
Art Director
October 2013 – March 2016
Digital Designer
January 2013 – September 2013
Designed digital experiences, campaigns, and brand work for more than 100 clients across healthcare, consumer, and technology, earning two promotions.
Selected clients: Whole Foods Market, Adidas, Bayer, Comcast, HP, Intel, Verizon
— Led creative projects from concept and scoping through final delivery, including digital campaigns, brand identities, social content, and responsive websites.
— Led visual and UX design for two W2O website rebrands in close collaboration with executive stakeholders.
— Managed a junior designer and mentored designers across the creative team.
— Shaped the identity and creative direction of W2O’s SXSW presence from 2014 to 2018.
VM Foundry
(merged into W2O Group, 2013)
Designer
April 2010 – December 2012
Expanded into UX at an Austin digital agency, designing websites, digital ads, and social content for national brands.
— Designed sitemaps, wireframes, and user interfaces for clients including ExxonMobil, Honeywell, Mastercard, and Toyota, partnering with the in-house development team through deployment.
BuildASign.com
Graphic Designer
October 2007 – May 2009
Started in digital design at an Austin e-commerce company, creating web graphics, landing pages, and marketing emails alongside print products.
— Designed landing pages and marketing emails with the web team, optimizing them based on engagement metrics, and led a print-readiness group to reduce production waste.
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©2026 Darron Davis
©2026 Darron Davis
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