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Laura Schoichet

Work

Platform, growth, and the operating model behind them.

Abstract illustration of overlapping RFCs, product specs, and a prototype frame—the operating system used when client screens cannot be shown.

Global technology consultancy · 2023–Present

Spec-driven platform leadership

Replaced months-long requirements cycles with RFCs, prototypes, and AI-native specs—clarifying a multi-application platform and helping secure $11.6M in renewals.
Spec-drivenAI-nativePlatformLeadership
Market Rebellion education product surfaces, including the learning site, a strategy guide, and remote coaching.

Market Rebellion · 2016–2022

FinTech product-led growth

Took a fintech education subscription business from product-market search to a flagship offering—doubling revenue and scaling premium accounts 3.5×.
Product-led growthMonetizationOnboardingSubscriptions
PonyFrenzy collectible marketplace on a studio desk, showing the shop grid, filters, and frenzy-day merchandising.

Funnychord · 2012–2023

Founder studio and niche marketplace

Built a 20-person product studio, then used that operating system to take a niche collectible marketplace from concept to 100% inventory sell-through.
FounderMarketplaceDiscoveryGTM
Recovered jewelry, people reunited with lost items, and Marin Independent Journal coverage of Bay Area metal detecting recoveries.

Bay Area Metal Detecting Association · 2022–Present

BAMDA membership directory

A volunteer, AI-native Next.js membership app for a community I founded.
Next.jsAI-nativeCommunityShipping
Experimentation and growth-program screens from a software subscription practice.

GoPro · 2022

Growth practice for software subscriptions

Stood up a consumer hardware company’s first dedicated growth PM practice for software subscriptions—roadmap, testing strategy, and alignment between product and the business.
GrowthSubscriptionsProduct
Mobile screens from an OptionsHouse customer account application prototype.

OptionsHouse · 2015–2016

Brokerage account application prototype

Designed a trust-first HTML prototype for a brokerage account-open funnel—sensitive data, usability testing, and a path that held up through the E*TRADE acquisition.
UXDigital ExperienceMarketing
OptionsHouse brand exploration boards and digital creative.

OptionsHouse · 2015–2016

OptionsHouse brand system

Documented brand guidelines across digital and traditional channels, with an explicit push for diversity and inclusiveness in the visual standards.
BrandDigital ExperienceUX
OptionsHouse commission-free trades campaign landing page on a laptop.

OptionsHouse · 2015

Commission-free trades landing pages

Designed and built campaign landing pages for serious traders, A/B tested with ads, and found that a clear view of the platform moved people to open an account.
MarketingUXDigital Experience
OptionsHouse HTML email campaign layouts and photography.

OptionsHouse · 2015–2016

Brokerage email campaigns

Designed and built HTML email for new and existing brokerage customers—photography, layout, and compliance-aware development for advanced services and futures trading.
MarketingMarTech
OptionsHouse HTML5 display ads and TradeSchool event creative.

OptionsHouse · 2015

HTML5 display and event identity

Visual design and HTML/CSS for animated display campaigns, plus logo work for TradeSchool events, promoting offers, rankings, and education for the brokerage.
MarketingBrand
Robin Siegel Beauty website on a laptop, showing the artist’s portrait and portfolio.

Funnychord · Studio years

Robin Siegel Beauty portfolio site

Organized a career’s worth of makeup and red-carpet work into a branded website so a department-head artist could show history and take new clients.
Digital ExperienceBrandMarketing
Axiom Technology Group WordPress site shown on a laptop.

Funnychord · Studio years

Axiom Technology Group marketing system

Digital and traditional marketing for a Chicago B2B staffing firm—site, copy, tradeshow materials, and a look at how marketing actually operated internally.
Digital ExperienceUXB2B
Peter Saxe Music e-learning website on a laptop.

Funnychord · Studio years

Jazz educator ecommerce site

Built an ecommerce-ready site for Chicago jazz musician and educator Peter Saxe so he could sell improvisation courses and publish as his own brand.
EcommerceDigital ExperienceUX
Nani’s Cafe mug with the cafe’s logo.

Funnychord · 2012

Nani’s Cafe brand and site

Logo, brand tone, and a vintage-flair website for a new cafe and beach shop in Union Pier, Michigan—the look matched a seasonal favorite on the lakeshore.
BrandDigital ExperienceMarketing
Video still from a Diventures digital experience and brand film.

Funnychord · Studio years

Diventures digital experience

Email systems, video, and marketing automation for a growing Midwest scuba, travel, and swim retailer—list hygiene, lifecycle mail, and a path to agency scale.
MarTechMarketingDigital Experience
Bathtub photograph used for a consumer research study on bathing preferences.

Funnychord · Studio years

Bathing preferences primary research

Designed and fielded a U.S. consumer survey on at-home bathing and water-temperature behavior to inform business planning for a household appliance.
MarketingResearch
Event program book cover mockup from print work for Music for All.

Funnychord · Studio years

Awarded event program design

Design, layout, and production of print programs for clients including Music for All in Indianapolis, with industry award recognition for the work.
MarketingPrint
Tribune Publishing corporate website mockup on a laptop.

Tribune Publishing · 2014

Tribune Publishing IPO website

Lead designer, developer, and project manager for the corporate WordPress site timed to Tribune Publishing’s IPO as TPUB—history, IR, and national coordination.
Digital ExperienceUX
UX exploration for dynamic content collections in a publishing CMS.

Tribune Publishing · 2010–2014

CMS collections for journalists

UX exploration and design for custom content search and dynamic collections in Tribune Publishing’s proprietary CMS used by editors.
ProductUXDigital Experience
UX architecture diagrams and prototype for a Los Angeles Times news app.

Los Angeles Times · 2011

L.A. Times news app architecture

Built an early functional testing prototype for a Los Angeles Times news app, including a topics model for following stories from CMS taxonomy.
ProductUXDigital Experience