A one-person product design agency in the Rocky Mountains
I’m Samantha Pede, but please feel free to call me Sam. I’m a product designer with nearly 15 years of experience – specializing in user experience, user interface, and user research.
I have a proven track record with:
Leading teams, projects, and design
Creating functional, beautiful designs that provide a great user experience and that can actually ship
Rapid-iteration with a focus on the right fidelity for the right phase of thinking
Conducting user research and translating data and user research into high quality designs that improve the user experience
Establishing product vision to inform where we should go and what value we can provide
Stakeholder management – keeping the right people involved and informed at the right times
Connecting business and user goals – because both are critical to success
Collaborating with cross functional teams to ensure we’re creating the right thing
Specialties
User Research
A key part of the design process is understanding who we’re designing for. I love learning about your users and making sure we keep their needs at the forefront of decision-making. I’ll also create visuals to help keep these findings easily shareable & top of mind.
UX Design
From creating new user interfaces to evaluating and improving existing ones, I’ll create pathways and systems of understanding to make the complex simple and usable before we focus on visuals. That way we can make sure we’re building the right thing.
UI Design
Whether it’s time to bring a new app to life or refresh an existing one, I’ll make sure we’re not only communicating the right message through the visuals and creating interactions your users will be familiar with, but we’re also creating something your users will love.