I'm a UX designer who codes. Front-end development, service design, research — I move between them depending on what the work needs.
That range comes from an eclectic path: consumer brands, healthcare, high-traffic e-commerce, and the last stretch in federal work. Le Creuset, Northern Tool, American Savings Bank, the Department of Veterans Affairs. Different industries, same job — make complex things clear for the people who use them.
On a project at the VA, that meant a Figma component system and an AI-assisted research pipeline that turned 51 contact centers from a bespoke slog into a repeatable production line. I build the design system and I build the front end that ships it — React, accessibility, performance. The handoff is short when the designer and the developer are the same person.
I care about the team's connection as much as the work. On a Le Creuset deadline once, we were camped in the office with a full test kitchen. I come in early, so I made scrambled eggs and bacon for everyone before the day started. Good work and good company aren't separate things.
I'm looking for senior product design work where craft and collaboration both matter.
Imagine a workplace in which hard work and joy, in equal measure, are recognized as essential to creating excellence."
— Fred's Personal Vision