About Me
My Design Philosophy
My output is not deliverables, my output is value. It's helping your dev team move faster. It's systems thinking to mitigate design debt. And it's saving you time as a founder: as a UX design consultant I can work on bringing your vision to life, so you can focus on all of the millions of other things you're doing to start and scale your company. My goal isn't just an intuitive product, it's the success of your business.
How I Work
I work on every step of the agile design process, from planning out the requirements, mapping out user flows, ideating through designs, prototyping a solution and handing off to the dev team.
I'm your dev team's best friend. As a user experience consultant, my UX services start and end by closely collaborating with your developers, and the designs I deliver will be based on an in-depth understanding of your product's technical constraints.
I'm 100% transparent about my process. You'll be invited to my Figma file and you'll get live access to see what I'm working on, we'll meet at weekly to review work and plan priorities, and I’ll set up a Slack channel for quick questions and async updates.
I also help with web development, brand design, and motion graphics. While my primary focus is product, part of the startup journey is not knowing what the future holds. So I have a generalist skillset of UI design services to react to those surprises.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long do your projects usually last?
I partner with startups for long-term relationships, typically starting with at least a 2-4 month engagement and continuing on a retainer basis from there. This longer-term approach means I can support developers during implementation and see features through from requirements to release.
What makes your approach to design different?
Design shouldn't live in Figma or feel static. As a freelance UX designer I think the best products in the world are a compromise between user needs, business opportunity, and engineering constraints, and my product design consultancy focuses on helping your business succeed and helping your team work more efficiently.
How do you work with development teams?
I focus my user experience services on being a good partner for your engineering team. I create my own code prototypes if I'm proposing new interactions, components, or features. I write in-depth documentation for my designs covering functionality, additional states, and data handling to make sure that nothing's lost in communication. And I'm happy to revise my designs to meet any technical constraints that come up.
How will we work together?
I'm extremely transparent about my work and my workflow. You'll be invited to my Figma file and you'll get live access to see what I'm working on, to leave comments or share your own ideas or questions. We will meet weekly, if not more often, to review designs and share progress and plan priorities. I will also set up a Slack channel for us to work in and provide work in progress updates, questions, and ideas asynchronously as they come up.
What other design services do you offer?
While my primary focus is product, I can also help design, build, and launch marketing sites, create brand identities, create animated explainer videos, and or other marketing design needs. As a freelance product designer, I like to be able to provide value in these other contexts so I can meet my clients where they're at and react to surprises that come up during the startup journey.
Can I see more samples of your work?
You can explore my product design portfolio to see examples of my previous work and the results I've delivered for clients. I've also recorded a Loom video above walking through my design file, and If you'd like to schedule a call I'm always happy to talk through my ux design case study in more detail.
Where do we start?
If you're looking to hire UI designers or hire UX designers, schedule a call and we can meet to discuss your project goals. I'll share my screen and walk through some of my product design portfolio and process, and I'd love a tour of your product and any ideas you have for the future. Then we would hit the ground running, diving right into design work to iterate on your ideas and quickly enable your dev team as soon as possible.
