A UX/UI Designer with over a decade of experience supporting users, Erik has spent six years creating clarity through Technical Writing.

Projects

Elevate Guatemala

Focusing on communications and driving donations, we redesigned the Elevate Guatemala website with invaluable input from stakeholders, potential donors, and participants alike.

Case Study: Dept. of Education

With the advent of the Department of Education's Student Aid website, the core Education website was left languishing. After an in depth information architecture audit we found that the site was primarily geared towards serving grantmakers, so we worked to make it better for that use case.

Jetway: Go Together, Better.

Built for the planners among us, Jetway is an application concept that makes building an itinerary an easy, collaborative, accountable process. Get everyone involved and make sure no one is left waiting at the gate.

Core Skills

Atomic Design

Big things from small beginnings.

Ensure your brand is consistent and protected by sweating the small stuff. Building experiences from the element up lets you move faster and spend less time at the drawing board.

Information Architecture

Your own content from the perspective of the user.

How and when will customers be trying to use your tool and find your information? Addressing Information Architecture from an action-oriented viewpoint keeps users engaged with your content.

HTML, CSS, & JavaScript

The bridge from design to implementation.

Now more than ever, staying agile means keeping everyone on the same page. Get more done more effectively by speaking the same language across departments.

Tools

Experience

Where am I?

Hanging out in Washington D.C.

Know-it-all jerk @ Obama Foundation

Power cycled things. Built other things. Created goofy stuff in Figma and had a pretty good time doing it. Hung out, drank some beers, and closed tickets.

Professional Pretender @ Google, Inc.

Felt ineffectual as a daily task. Deliverables included trying to learn everything at once and chasing down GBuses

Scared nonstop @ Hillary for America

Hung out in the office pulling fiber and being the only mac guy. It was a nightmare, but it was great and I wouldn't trade it for the world. Are you trying to source your next campaign's IT Director? Hit me up!

Dedicated to mission-oriented information solutions, Erik focuses on projects that are approachable, impactful, and instigate positive change.

Let's build something wonderful together.