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Epsilon
JOB ROLE
Senior UI/UX Designer, Art Director
INDUSTRY
SaaS
YEAR
2021-2022
UI & Systems Modernization
I expanded the PeopleCloud design system, turning fragmented components into modern, accessible UI patterns.
Modernizing the foundation: Expanded the system to meet evolving product needs and up-to-date accessibility standards.
Cleaning up components: Fixed library inconsistencies to make the user experience cohesive and improve usability.
Streamlining the library: Rebuilt naming conventions and Sketch organization for a much more intuitive system.
Modernizing the foundation: Expanded the system to meet evolving product needs and up-to-date accessibility standards.
Cleaning up components: Fixed library inconsistencies to make the user experience cohesive and improve usability.
Streamlining the library: Rebuilt naming conventions and Sketch organization for a much more intuitive system.
Collaboration & Scaling
I collaborated across teams to ensure every design system update was practical, scalable, and easy to adopt.
Finding system gaps: Partnered with cross-functional teams to spot friction points and build new scalable components.
Partnering to ship: Worked closely with engineering and product to ensure updates were doable and implemented smoothly.
Enabling the team: Improved onboarding and system guidance to make it easier for designers at all levels to jump right in.
Finding system gaps: Partnered with cross-functional teams to spot friction points and build new scalable components.
Partnering to ship: Worked closely with engineering and product to ensure updates were doable and implemented smoothly.
Enabling the team: Improved onboarding and system guidance to make it easier for designers at all levels to jump right in.
What I Built for Epsilon PeopleCloud
Solving the Tough Stuff
Navigating ambiguity and leading system pivots across the PeopleCloud suite.
Design systems are rarely neat and tidy, and my time at Epsilon was all about stepping into complex, loosely defined situations. When product priorities shifted or technical hurdles popped up across the PeopleCloud platform, I took ownership of the process, working directly with product and engineering to design flexible UI solutions that kept our enterprise features moving forward.
Designing Through Ambiguity
Structuring loose requirements: I brought order to undefined project scopes so our product teams always had a clear, strategic path forward instead of guessing at the next steps.
Showing what's possible: I delivered the baseline requested layout along with two optimized alternatives to show exactly how the design system could solve the problem more efficiently.
Guiding the choice: Presenting multiple conceptual paths gave product managers and design partners a clear framework to choose the best UX direction for the platform.
Showing what's possible: I delivered the baseline requested layout along with two optimized alternatives to show exactly how the design system could solve the problem more efficiently.
Guiding the choice: Presenting multiple conceptual paths gave product managers and design partners a clear framework to choose the best UX direction for the platform.
Technical Pivots & Complexity
Simplifying complex constraints: I focused on breaking down intricate enterprise software requirements and adapting our layouts to tough engineering limits without sacrificing the interface quality.
Stripping back the noise: When a custom layout grew too complicated for the desktop application suite, I stripped back unnecessary visual weight while making sure the core workflow stayed intuitive.
Designing for the future: Instead of relying on temporary fixes, we used these technical pivots to upgrade the underlying components, making them more durable and reusable for future platform updates.
Stripping back the noise: When a custom layout grew too complicated for the desktop application suite, I stripped back unnecessary visual weight while making sure the core workflow stayed intuitive.
Designing for the future: Instead of relying on temporary fixes, we used these technical pivots to upgrade the underlying components, making them more durable and reusable for future platform updates.
Managing Complex Data
Organizing dense dashboards: Working on an enterprise martech system meant handling dense tables and charts, so I focused on clear data presentation to make heavy information easy to scan and digest.
Choosing clarity over chaos: I tweaked our custom components to ensure they could display robust amounts of complex analytics and user data in a clean, balanced layout.
Designing for team efficiency: Building reusable patterns to handle this complex data kept the production pipeline moving smoothly, saving our engineering teams hours of repetitive layout work.
Choosing clarity over chaos: I tweaked our custom components to ensure they could display robust amounts of complex analytics and user data in a clean, balanced layout.
Designing for team efficiency: Building reusable patterns to handle this complex data kept the production pipeline moving smoothly, saving our engineering teams hours of repetitive layout work.
