Hi, I’m Sam!

I’m a versatile designer specialized in interaction design, UX research, and visual design, and an aspiring Renaissance Man.

I’m currently a Senior User Experience Designer at Charles Schwab on the Designated Brokerage Service team— working on creating a more user friendly experience for Schwab clients and updating the application’s design system.

Testimonials

 

I worked with Sam on the design of the mobile app experience for the Camp McDonald’s promotion. He did a great job designing the layout of the experience, allowing the users to redeem their prizes with ease. This was a huge hit with the customers and contributed to the overall success of the program. On top of being a fantastic and thoughtful designer, he was easy and fun to work with and he gets the job done.

— Bridget Sweeney, Senior Digital Art Director at The Marketing Store

 

“Sam immediately brought his experience and knowledge of user experience design to our team and continues to be a valuable partner. Beyond showing his strength as a product owner, his passion for design is an asset through the design process. He tirelessly advocates for the design team’s role with leadership and business stakeholders, helping us advance awareness of our value to the organization and our customers. Sam’s curiosity also adds greatly to the team’s growth and knowledge as he stays ahead of current best practice and shares his knowledge with the team.”

— Bret Schwalb, Lead Technical UX/UI Product Designer at Discover Financial Services

 

“Sam is creative, thoughtful and collaborative. He is a pleasure to work with and contributes nicely to the team and development of projects.”

— Debra Sheridan, President at IVY Marketing Group

 

“What I enjoyed most about working with Sam was his eagerness to collaborate and his ability to generate creative ideas based on customer and market insights. ”

— Ted Thayer, Product and Business Development Manager at Earable

My Process

 
 

Discover

Conduct user and market research

Define

Analyze research findings and define the problem(s)

Ideate

Brainstorming workshops and ideation sketching

Design

Create user flows, site maps, wireframes and prototypes

Test

Conduct user testing, analyze results, and iterate

 
 
 

Project Highlights