Welcome! I'm Garrett

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As a Front-End and User Experience designer, I pride myself in being able to offer the full suite in terms of software code and design. I don't just know how to build functional products, I know how to design them to be easy to use.

GET IN TOUCH home_pinDetroit, MI
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What I've designed recently

Democracy First · 2026

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Personal project · 2026

Dishmatch: finding somewhere to sit down and eat

A mobile app for finding sit-down restaurants, food trucks, and takeout nearby. I built it by going back and forth between Claude Code and Figma through MCP.

0 to 1 Design AI-assisted workflow Mobile
10USER INTERVIEWS
9 daysCONCEPT TO PROTOTYPE
Dishmatch app screens
Accuris · 2024–2025

Accuris Thread: uploading documents and managing requirement projects

The upload workflow and project management experience for an enterprise platform, from organizing stories and epics to local components and hi-fi prototypes.

Workflow design Enterprise SaaS Web
90%TIME SAVED DEFINING REQUIREMENTS
90%DECOMPOSITION ACCURACY
Product metrics as reported by Accuris.
Accuris Thread screens
Accuris · 2024

Smart Search: finding requirements in long engineering documents

A new search feature for an existing platform, with in-document highlighting, filters for format and page range, and keyword search you can drive from the keyboard.

Beta to launch Search & filtering Web
70%LESS TIME SEARCHING IN-DOCUMENT
2.8M+STANDARDS SEARCHABLE
Accuris Smart Search screens
Focus: HOPE · 2020

Designing a learning dashboard for a Detroit nonprofit

The first version of a new Learning Dashboard, made for a showcase with Microsoft and consultant partners.

Dashboard design Nonprofit
MicrosoftPARTNER SHOWCASE
Focus: HOPE Learning Dashboard
task_altWhy me?

My key strengths

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UX & UI design

Design based on research: competitive analysis, interviews, personas, journeys, and hi-fi flows.

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Front-end development

I've built with Angular, React, and the rest of the front-end web stack, so my designs are realistic to build and easy to hand off.

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AI-assisted prototyping

I go back and forth between Claude Code and Figma via MCP to get to interactive hi-fi prototypes with much less manual work.

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Making complex software easier

Enterprise search, upload workflows, and dashboards that make dense information readable.

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Design systems

Style guides, local components, and design tokens that keep products consistent as they grow.

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Standards & best practices

I follow established design and accessibility standards so products work for more people and behave the way users expect.