skillset

Through the years, I've had the privilege of learning a number of skills and software. While I'm largely self-taught, these skills have been refined through years of practice, application in client-focused projects, and subsequently sharpened through courses.

Product Design (Craft)
End-to-end product design (discovery → launch → iteration)
0-to-1 product design (concept to launch)
Interaction design
Information architecture
Prototyping — high-fidelity, interactive, and code/production prototypes
Visual design & craft/polish
Accessibility (a11y) / WCAG
Multi-platform design (web, mobile, responsive as baseline)
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Research & Strategy
Product strategy & product vision
User research (qualitative & quantitative)
Usability testing & design validation
Data-informed design / experimentation (A/B testing, product analytics)
Problem framing & driving clarity in ambiguity
Business-outcome & metrics ownership

Design Systems
Design systems architecture & governance
Design tokens
Component libraries
Cross-platform consistency & scalable UI foundations

AI & Emerging Tech
AI-native product design (LLM-first workflow)
Designing for ML/LLM products
Human-AI interaction & AI UX patterns (human-in-the-loop, trust calibration, confidence/uncertainty, transparency, guardrails)
Agentic UX / agentic experience design
Generative UI
AI/ML recommendation systems, virtual try-on, fit prediction (StyleBetter)
Privacy-preserving ML / privacy-by-design (homomorphic encryption, zero-knowledge proofs, federated learning, differential privacy)
AI-assisted design & prototyping

Technical / Front-End
Front-end implementation: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
React / JSX / TypeScript
Supabase (backend / data)
Webflow, Shopify (production web & commerce)
Design-to-code / "designer who ships code"
Full-stack product building

Creative Direction & Leadership
Creative direction & art direction
Brand & visual identity systems
Cross-functional leadership (design × product × engineering)
Design vision & storytelling / executive communication
Mentorship & raising the craft bar ("force multiplier")
End-to-end product ownership

Tools
Figma (Variables, Auto Layout, Dev Mode) — primary
Framer, ProtoPie — prototyping
Cursor, Claude Code, v0, Lovable, Figma Make — AI prototyping / vibe coding
Webflow, Shopify, Supabase — build
Notion, Linear — planning/specs
Mixpanel / Amplitude — analytics
Adobe Creative Suite / After Effects — motion & brand (secondary)