Product & Experience Design Consulting

How I Help

• Product Vision & Strategy
  I translate complex ideas into actionable development paths, ensuring every feature, product or experience aligns with organizational goals.
  
  
• UX/UI Design & Interactive Prototyping
  I build high-fidelity interfaces and prototypes to help secure investor interest, develop prototypes, and validate user engagement and market-fit.
  
  
• Design Systems & Visual Language
  I create scalable design languages and style guides for brands looking to develop their identity or enter new markets.
  
  
• Qualitative User Research
  I conduct live interviews and interaction recordings to identify and solve the friction points preventing audience engagement.
  
  
• Strategic Brand & Media Experiences
  I design spatial installations and digital content that create immersive and emotional brand relationships.
  
  
• Design Leadership & Talent Strategy
  I advise on team structure, guide search strategies, and vet talent to help you build first-class in-house design and product partnerships.

When to Bring Me In

• Investor Readiness
  You have an idea and need a functional prototype to demonstrate value to stakeholders and secure fundraising.
  
  
• Commercial Scaling
  You have a prototype but need to turn it into a commercial-grade product capable of supporting and growing a global user base.
  
  
• Strategic Impact
  You need to synthesize complex ideas into clear, engaging initiatives that serve specific missions or educational goals.
  
  
• Problem Solving
  You are facing difficult interface issues or information architecture problems that are blocking user success.
  
  
• Market Entry
  You need to polish an early-stage product or redesign a legacy system to make it market-ready and competitive, or to shift market focus.

My Strategic Framework

• Business-First Strategy: Having founded companies and directed brands, I understand the complex decisions behind growth. I treat strategic mission and practical goals as the driving forces behind design process.
  
  
• Research Insights: Working from a background in ethnographic research, I analyze audience behaviors to ensure products achieve engagement and market-fit.
  
  
• Technical Collaboration: I work deeply with engineers and product managers on complex systems, including data structures, LLMs, and information architecture.
  
  
• Intentional Aesthetics: I approach design aesthetics strictly as a tool to support strategy and mission.

Tangible Deliverables

• Strategy: Product vision documents, roadmaps, and competitive/comparative research.
  
  
• Design: UX/UI designs, conversational design, design systems, and interactive prototypes.
  
  
• Research: Qualitative findings from user interviews and interaction analysis.
  
  
• Information:  Partnership on IA planning and data design.
  
  
• Media: Concept drawings and designs for digital experiences, films, and media installations.
  
  
• Leadership: Strategic support for design talent and team development.