Cheryl Platz Portfolio
First designer on Amazon's Echo Look, where she helped integrate Alexa's voice interface into a wardrobe-management device, and later worked on multimodal voice/touch notification design for Windows Automotive. Author of "Design Beyond Devices," a book on multimodal and cross-device experience design.
What makes it work
A breakdown of the choices that make this portfolio stand out.
Framing voice work as a multimodal problem, not a screen-free one
Her Echo Look and Windows Automotive case studies both treat voice as one channel among touch, screen, and physical controls rather than a total screen replacement — a distinction that matters because most real conversational AI products still ship inside apps with visual UI.
Case studies built around "how might we" framing
She opens each project with the open-ended design question her team actually asked, showing the design process before the solution — a structure that lets a hiring manager evaluate her thinking, not just the shipped result.
Teaching output as a public credibility signal
Years of published Medium essays and conference talks on voice UI back up the portfolio's claims; the work isn't just asserted, it's cross-referenced against a decade of public writing the industry already cites.
What Conversational AI Designers can take from this
Specific, actionable tips to apply to your own portfolio — no generic advice.
If your conversational work shipped inside a larger multimodal product, say so explicitly — don't let a case study imply voice was the only interface.
Open case studies with the actual design question your team faced, not the finished flow — it shows judgment, not just execution.
Publish supporting essays or talks alongside case studies; a portfolio backed by a public body of writing reads as more credible than the case study alone.
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