I'm Ian, a curious UX designer turning ideas into thoughtful digital experiences.

Process

By incorporating common methods used in user-centered design and design thinking, I strive to design positive digital experiences.

Understand

Understand

Ask questions and understand the domain - "What problem are we trying to solve?"

illustration of people looking at whiteboard

Collaborate

Collaborate

Identify pain points and work with the team, users, and stakeholders on design ideas.

Refine

Refine

Determine which design ideas to focus on, then wireframe and prototype solutions.

Test

Test

Meet with users to test design ideas and validate design decisions. Iterate on designs.

Case Studies

Redesigning an Intranet Hub

An intranet hub re-design that modernizes and provides a data-rich, user-customizable experience to 12,000+ employees.

Redesigning an Intranet Hub

An intranet hub re-design that modernizes and provides a data-rich, user-customizable experience to 12,000+ employees.

Redesigning an Intranet Hub

An intranet hub re-design that modernizes and provides a data-rich, user-customizable experience to 12,000+ employees.

Creating an Enterprise Design System

A design system unifying enterprise applications and improving efficiencies across app teams by an estimate 30%.

Creating an Enterprise Design System

A design system unifying enterprise applications and improving efficiencies across app teams by an estimate 30%.

Creating an Enterprise Design System

A design system unifying enterprise applications and improving efficiencies across app teams by an estimate 30%.

A Dashboard to Reduce the Manager Burden

A dashboard that reduced managerial time by an average 173 hours per manager/year by centralizing day-to-day tasks.

A Dashboard to Reduce the Manager Burden

A dashboard that reduced managerial time by an average 173 hours per manager/year by centralizing day-to-day tasks.

A Dashboard to Reduce the Manager Burden

A dashboard that reduced managerial time by an average 173 hours per manager/year by centralizing day-to-day tasks.

Building a Subscription-Based Fitness Site

Design and development of a subscription-based e-commerce site for fitness at home.

Building a Subscription-Based Fitness Site

Design and development of a subscription-based e-commerce site for fitness at home.

Building a Subscription-Based Fitness Site

Design and development of a subscription-based e-commerce site for fitness at home.

Design Artifacts

Customer Journey Mapping

Communicating the pain points, and highs/lows of user types.

Customer Journey Mapping

Communicating the pain points, and highs/lows of user types.

Visualizing DevOps

An infographic visualizing the current state of DevOps at Sandia National Labs.

Visualizing DevOps

An infographic visualizing the current state of DevOps at Sandia National Labs.

Designing a Data Viz Style Guide

Visual assets to accompany an enterprise data visualization style guide.

Designing a Data Viz Style Guide

Visual assets to accompany an enterprise data visualization style guide.

Designing Logomarks

Designing conceptual logomarks for systems, applications, and events

Designing Logomarks

Designing conceptual logomarks for systems, applications, and events

Customer Journey Mapping

Communicating the pain points, and highs/lows of user types.

Visualizing DevOps

An infographic visualizing the current state of DevOps at Sandia National Labs.

Designing a Data Viz Style Guide

Visual assets to accompany an enterprise data visualization style guide.

Designing Logomarks

Designing conceptual logomarks for systems, applications, and events