Brian Clay
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Eagle Mountain, UT, United States
Toptal member since February 25, 2020
Brian spent years designing and developing digital products for web, Android, and iOS. He specializes in creating accessible products that delight users and achieve business objectives used by clients such as US Bank and Wells Fargo. He has taught college-level courses in digital design and is experienced in overseeing teams as the lead designer, ensuring projects stay on track, on time, and create the desired results clients want.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Staff Product Designer
Fastly
- Designed a self-service checkout platform for a complex B2B infrastructure product, improving time-to-value by streamlining onboarding, billing setup, and resource provisioning.
- Created a modular design system across multiple product teams, aligning visual language and UX patterns to reduce design and engineering effort by over 30%.
- Led user research and usability testing with technical and non-technical users, resulting in an address validation flow that reduced user drop-off by offering flexible but accurate formatting options.
Senior Product Designer
MX
- Oversaw the project as lead designer for the API team at MX.
- Carried out research, design, and prototyping for features related to our back-end and internal tools.
- Developed the design system to ensure MX products were scalable, accessible, and beautiful.
- Worked on a team of 10 designers and about 20 developers.
Director of Product Design
Blueroof 360
- Oversaw design execution of our products, including ideation, design, prototyping, testing, and the front-end build-out. Blueroof 360 builds web-based applications to help real estate agents market themselves, manage leads, and close more deals.
- Utilized modern web technologies such as HTML 5, CSS 3, PHP, React, and jQuery to build efficiently and deliver exceptional user experiences.
UX Designer
Alder
- Researched and designed all digital assets for Alder's apps.
- Worked on all aspects of the project, from home security panel interfaces to enterprise customer support portals.
- Developed for all major platforms, including iOS, Android, web, and even Linux for their security panels.
- Responsible for organizing, executing, and analyzing user tests and interviews.
Instructor
LDS Business College
- Taught a web development class at LDSBC. My students learned the basics of web design, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, WordPress, and how these tools relate to digital marketing.
- Taught the fundamentals of website hosting and how to manage files via an FTP client. Class sizes ranged from 25-30 students.
Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications
Brigham Young University - Provo, Utah, USA
Certifications
Accessibility Fundamentals: Disabilities, Guidelines, and Laws
Deque University
Skills
Tools
Sketch, InVision, Zeplin, Marvel App, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, ProtoPie, Jira, Slack, FigJam, Git, Fastly, Usertesting.com
Languages
HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Platforms
Figma, iOS, Android, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), WordPress, Vercel
Industry Expertise
Advertising, Real Estate, Restaurants & Dining
Other
B2B, Prototyping, Interactive Prototypes, iOS UI Design, iOS UX Design, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), UX Flows, Interaction Design (IxD), Project Scoping, Responsive Web Design (RWD), UI Design, UX Design, Product Design, Web Design, Website Redesign, Web Development, Principal, iOS App Design, App Design, Mobile Design, Component Libraries, Web UI Design, Enterprise SaaS, Web UX Design, Software as a Service (SaaS), MVP Design, Dashboard Design, Web App Design, Information Architecture (IA), Animated Prototypes, Motion Design, User Research, Marketplaces, Artificial Intelligence (AI), React, B2B2C, Design Systems, Accessibility, B2C, Fintech, UX Research, iPhone X, iPad, Interface Design, Web UX, Web App UI, Mobile Apps, Food Ordering, Food Delivery Services, Admin Panels, SaaS, SaaS Design, User Testing, User Behavior, Annotated Wireframes, High-fidelity Prototypes, User Flows, Wireframing, Native Mobile Apps, Ideation, Mobile First, Mockups, Responsive Design, UX Wireflows, Business to Business to Consumer (B2B2C), Content Delivery Networks (CDN), Usability, Branding
Experience
- Interactive Prototypes - 7 years
- UX Design - 5 years
- Web Design - 5 years
- UI Design - 5 years
- CSS - 5 years
- InVision - 4 years
- App Design - 3 years
- Figma - 2 years
Tools
- InVision
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