Elise Schalk is a Senior UX Designer at Amazon, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, where they lead the UX/UI and strategy of a design system used by over 100 internal products. They previously held roles as a Visual/UX Designer and UX Manager at Amazon, contributing to various projects in the design and user experience landscape. Elise's earlier experience includes working as a Visual Designer for Amazon Web Services, where they defined design standards and art directed a team. They also worked as a Freelance Designer/Illustrator and co-designed an academic magazine while studying at Western Washington University, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts in Design. Elise has enriched their education with intensive language and fine arts programs at Universidad de Granada and Universidad del País Vasco.