Dante
Garetto

Work

  • UX Design Consultant · May 2026–July 2026 · Remote / On-site

  • Merchandising Intern — Hard Home Department · May 2025–July 2025 · Corporate HQ, Grand Rapids, MI

  • Mintify

    President, Project Director · August 2025–present · Ann Arbor, MI

    • Overview

      Mintify is an award-winning, student-led UX design organization at the University of Michigan. It pairs multidisciplinary student teams with third-party clients for project-based design work, and partners with UMSI's SO-ELL program to connect coursework to real deliverables.

      As President and Project Director, I:

      • Rebuilt a dormant club. Took over as President when Mintify was nearly inactive — recruiting a new leadership team, reviving member interest, structuring a new programming strategy, and re-securing client-facing project assignments
      • Direct 2 Project Managers and 2 project teams of 7–9 analysts, researchers, and designers, holding alignment, collaboration, and delivery across both
      • Secured and delivered two client engagements: a court-forms redesign for the Michigan Supreme Court's Justice For All Commission, and a resource-navigation research study for Florida Community Innovation's Florida Resource Map
      • Partnered with UMSI's SO-ELL program, connecting academic coursework to real client deliverables and career-development opportunities for student members

      Skills

      • Design Leadership
      • Project Direction
      • Client Management
      • UX Research
      • Usability Testing
      • Team Facilitation
      • Programming Strategy