About

Me
About Me
Hi, I’m Gareth—a product designer based in New York City with over 10 years of design experience, including the last 3 focused exclusively on UX and UI. I’ve designed native mobile and responsive web apps across industries like travel, healthcare, education, finance, non-profits, social media, and e-commerce.
Currently, I’m the lead product designer at BLADE, where I work on travel and healthcare logistics products. I also collaborate regularly with Brick Factory, a design agency in Washington, DC. Recent projects include education and networking platforms for National University, and donation campaign sites for African Parks.
My path into UX began with a love of puzzles and problem-solving, and a background in theatrical sound and video design. That experience gave me a deep appreciation for storytelling, pacing, and visual rhythm—qualities I now bring into every product I design.
I gravitate toward projects where I can help shape something from the ground up—where design is strategic, not just surface-level. I’m excited by the opportunity to build products that are thoughtful, intuitive, and make everyday life a little better for their users.
Outside of work, I love traveling with my wife Nicole, playing music, and knocking out another backpacking trip from the list.
Skills and Tools
Each project I work on requires a unique approach, based on the background and goals of the product. These are some of the skills and tools I utilize on a regular basis.
Skills
Lean UX / Design thinking / UCD
Native app and responsive web app design
Web Design
Information Architecture
UI and visual design
Affinity mapping
2x2 strategy workshopping
Competitive analysis
User research
User personas
Journey mapping
User flows
Usability testing
Prototyping animation / interaction design.
Wireframing and prototyping
Design sytems / UI kits
Analytic problem-solving
Frontend development (HTML, CSS, Javascript)
Tools
Figma expert (components, auto layout, variables, styles, design libraries, interactive prototypes, animation, FigJam, and more).
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
Webflow design and development (aka, how I made this website...)
Hotjar site analytics
Miro
Relume
User testing
Sketch
VS Code
Interested in working together?
Have a project I can help with? Have a question about something on my website? Reach out using the form below, or send me an email.
