Hi, I'm Christian

O–1 UX/UI Design Leader, at your service.

Now heading up design at Airblox • ex-Adobe • ex-dscout GenAI team

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My design work

Mostly 0-1 design for startups, incubator teams, and enterprise level companies.

Coming soon

Airblox RFP, next-gen air cargo procurement tool

The unrivaled complexity of air freight has precluded a strong tech product from emerging, until now.
Agentic AI
Triple-Sided Marketplace
Air Freight
Heuristic Evaluation
B2B
Coming soon

Airblox RFQ, an AI-powered CRM with live bidding

Airblox centralizes bookings, messages, and quoting into a single UI—built as a hybrid CRM-TMS to accelerate sales cycles and streamline operations across the Airblox freight network.
Agentic AI
Triple-Sided Marketplace
Air Freight
Heuristic Evaluation
B2B
Coming soon

Aviator Arcade, a DeFi gaming arcade

A stylistic overhaul of Aviator's DeFi gaming arcade in prep for Coinbase partnership.
DeFi
GameFi
Blockchain
B2C
Coming soon

Aviator SkyBridge, for DeFi asset transfer

Aviator's flagship crypto bridge product allows users to bridge and deploy tokens across chains, designed as a contender for the Chainlink build program.
DeFi
Token Transfer
Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
B2C

The Scout Marketplace, ML-powered talent market

Step into the imaginative redesign of the Scout Marketplace recruiting platform.
Machine Learning UX
Two-Sided Marketplace
Generative User Research
Heuristic Evaluation
B2B

Total Rewards, an internal employee portal

Employee benefits centralized to increase utilization of benefits and improve attrition.
Data Visualization
Dashboard UI
User Research
User Testing
Internal Tool
Check out my work leading the design efforts on this ML-powered conversion rate optimization tool for the automotive industry.
Machine Learning UX
Conversion Rate Optimization
Multi-step Funnel
Lead Gen
B2C

The Sympathy Fund, crowdfunding for afterlife events

A crowdfunding platform to help grieving families with funeral donations.
Conversion Rate Optimization
Crowdfunding UI
Social
eCommerce Checkout
B2C
Step into a paradigm shift in personalized onboarding—a dynamic, AI-assembled experience that delivered a 49.5% conversion rate and got users quoting in under five minutes.
Onboarding UI
Artificial Intelligence
Lead Gen
Sales Enablement
B2B

Lightcast Generative AI Product Strategy

I devised a GenAI product strategy for Lightcast's data and analytics platform.
Generative AI
Heuristic Evaluation
B2B
Composable UI

Expertise across the full <Design Thinking> spectrum

I specialize in 0-to-1 product design for startups and incubators, as well as guiding businesses through the shift to a Generative AI + UX framework. My process spans the gamut, from user research and product innovation to prototyping and testing.

UX/UI Design

Generative AI

User Research

Atomic Design Systems

Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)

Data Visualization

Machine Learning UX

Psychological Principles

Information Architecture

0-to-1 Design

Brand Strategy

Heuristic Evaluations

Design Thinking

Storytelling

Team Building

Microcopy

User Testing

Journey Mapping

Ux architecture

I distill complexity into a simple <UX vision>...

I specialize in untangling complex systems—analyzing existing problem spaces, conducting user research, and synthesizing chaos into themes that create a cohesive future UX vision. As a UX architect, I strive to mirror the way users think in the information architecture of the product.

UX themes derived from heuristic evaluation
User outcomes mapped across device surfaces for Adobe Journey Optimizer.
13-point interaction design wireframe of a card component.
Collation of 2 months of user research in discovery phase in EnjoyHQ.

... and then I translate findings into <modern UIs> that convert.

I create prototypes that translate user mental models into visual designs that achieve business objectives.

Airblox RFP platform.
Airblox RFQ: CRM-TMS hybrid platform manages sales negotiations across booking pipelines.
Lightcast: GenAI composable conversational UI report creation interface

<Testimonials> from former leaders & peers 🙌

Johan Bilean

CTO, Google, ex-Aquent

"Christian is an extremely talented UX designer, and I would gladly hire him again if the opportunity presented itself. In a very short timeframe, Christian conducted an exhaustive heuristic UX evaluation of our entire product, backed by an extensive knowledge of UX principles. Christian was able to create a long-term design vision and articulate the incremental steps needed to get there."

Caleb Smith

Product Manager, Lightcast

"In a short time period of two weeks, Christian was able to pinpoint and articulate complex usability problems that had taken some of our business units years to realize. [His heuristic evaluation] ended with four UX themes that laid the groundwork for a Generative AI product design strategy that enables users to rapidly find data-driven insights, and craft custom reporting dashboards using the AI results as modular building blocks."

Jeffrey Simmons

Director of Product, Lightcast, ex-Aquent

"Christian transformed the way we looked at UX and was a game changer for our product organization. He is incredibly thoughtful in all his efforts and the results always challenged and excited those lucky enough to be a part of the process."

Dana Athra

Marketing Specialist, Aronson

"Christian has features that we rarely see combined in one person. I'm sure anyone of his current or past colleagues and supervisors would agree that he's not merely a UX Designer - he is also a key innovator, a visionary, and a thought leader."

Matt Pozos

COO, Aquent

"Christian demonstrated a deep understanding of our users and diligently questioned the existing user journeys we had built for Scout. I believe Christian would be a valuable addition to any UX team aiming to elevate their work to new heights."

Chris Annase

COO, OrgHunter / The Sympathy Fund

"Our team was extremely fortunate to have Christian as the lead UI designer on our new Crowdfunding platform specifically designed for the funeral industry. His creative ideas and attention to detail were impeccable. He guided us through the entire development process and significantly simplified the UI integration approach with our developers. His expertise in the field is second to none."

AI + UX: Sign up for the pre-release of my book "Intelligent Design".

In this book you will learn the four core themes of AI+UX, practical implementation, and how to identify the AI paradigm shift in your industry.

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Design Philosophy

"A product's success depends largely on the degree to which the information architecture matches the way its users think."

Working across 14 industries and counting

Cryptocurrency

Air cargo

DeFi gaming

Automotive

Investing

Recruiting & talent

Crowdfunding

eCommerce

Fitness

Music

Education

Food & diet

End-of-life

Data & analytics

Let's create something extraordinary together.

Whether you want to connect on a job opening, discuss your project, or just want to talk design, I'm always open to connecting with likeminded individuals.

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