MATTHEW SCHWARTZ

I’m a UX and Product Designer with 15+ years at a SaaS and ecommerce platform company and 25+ years of experience across web, visual design, photography, video, and digital media.

One of the things I love most about UX is improving what already exists. I’m especially strong at noticing usability issues, inconsistencies, edge cases, and opportunities for improvement, then refining the experience so it becomes easier, more intuitive, and more enjoyable for the user.

My work includes interface and interaction design, UX problem-solving, Figma interface design and prototyping, requirements synthesis, UX evaluation, testing, and refinement, and close collaboration with developers throughout design and handoff.

I also use an AI-assisted coded front-end prototyping workflow with Claude Code, VS Code, and GitHub. This lets me turn requirements into organized specifications and quickly create functional front-end prototypes, while continuing to apply my own UX and visual judgment through review, testing, troubleshooting, and iterative refinement. I see AI as a powerful collaborator that speeds up and enhances the work, not as a replacement for design thinking or human judgment.

UX and Product Design: Product improvement; interface and interaction design; responsive web and mobile experiences; information architecture; user flows; wireframes; usability principles and design heuristics.

AI-Assisted Coded Front-End Prototyping: Claude Code; functional front-end prototypes; iterative prompting, visual review, testing, troubleshooting, and refinement; living specifications and implementation plans; VS Code; GitHub.

Figma Interface Design and Prototyping: Interface design and interactive prototyping in Figma; high-fidelity UI; responsive layouts; reusable components and shared styles; interaction states and prototype behaviors.

Problem-Solving and Quality: UX evaluation, testing, and refinement; workflow improvement; pattern and inconsistency recognition; edge-case analysis; error handling; visual judgment; design consistency; implementation review.

Requirements, Delivery, and Communication: Requirements synthesis; specifications; user stories; acceptance criteria; developer collaboration; code-aware documentation; documented handoff; backend and API dependency identification; UX presentations; narrated demonstrations.