Josiah Platt
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Richardson, TX, United States
Toptal member since November 9, 2020
Josiah is an entrepreneur, product strategist, and UX/UI designer. He likes to solve complicated problems with thoughtful design, thinks about the user first, and has experience ranging from small personal websites to massive enterprise cyber-security platforms. In addition to design, Josiah is a front-end developer with more than 20 years of experience, equipped with a deep understanding of the development process, and the needs of modern, scalable architecture.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Principal
Vega Studio
- Partnered with the original founders to rebrand and relaunch the agency under the name Vega. Contributed to the new site design and was responsible for 100% of the development of the current website.
- Led the charge on a complex web-based data migration tool, and served as the sole designer on one of the largest client projects at the company.
- Managed our team of developers on various complex web projects, and directed the team in user experience, design, development, and more.
- Spearheaded an internal product effort to build a web-based fitness product that I designed.
Independent Consultant
Self-employed
- Initially built websites in plain HTML for clients. Transitioned to using the technologies best suited for each project.
- Consulted on a large variety of projects, from small-scale personal websites to feature-rich social network platforms and everything in-between.
- Served in many roles in my independent work including a technical advisor, investor relations, product design, UX director, art director, and more.
Director of User Experience
Cyxtera
- Designed and developed a multitude of internal-use microsites and applications for Cyxtera teams.
- Designed and developed new websites for various Cyxtera products.
- Designed and developed the beginnings of a design system to be used across multiple tools and products in the Cyxtera suite.
Technical Product Manager
Brainspace
- Designed a new version of a product called Brainspace web, and wrote a large portion of the front-end markup.
- Managed the internal development team responsible for the Brainspace web product, handling product strategy, user experience, and design.
- Co-led the design efforts for a new version of the flagship Brainspace product.
Co-founder and President
Symfono
- Designed a concept augmented reality project for the iPhone 4 that we were told was not possible to build. We released a fully-functional prototype three months into the project.
- Managed our internal development team and led the design efforts for our technology prototypes, marketing materials, and concepts.
- Designed and managed an iPad application called Game View that allowed international football fans the ability to follow along with games in real-time with a patent-pending data-driven experience.
Skills
Tools
Sketch, Basecamp, Slack, Adobe Photoshop, GitHub, Atom, Adobe Experience Design (XD), DeployBot, Adobe CC
Languages
HTML, CSS
Platforms
Figma, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), WordPress, iOS, Mobile, Android
Industry Expertise
Social Networking
Other
Sass, User Experience (UX), UI Design, UX Design, Product Strategy, Front-end Development, Business Development, Product Design, Team Management, Web Design, User Interface (UI), Social Media Platforms, Single-page Applications (SPAs), PWA, Kirby, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR), Stakeholder Management, User Stories, Feature Prioritization, UX Strategy, Data Visualization, Wearables, Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), Web App Deployment, Gamification, Gaming, Poker, Gambling, Design, Websites, Content Management Systems (CMS), Machine Learning, Discovery, WebSockets, Transactional Emails, Media Queries, Information Architecture (IA), Computer Vision, Training, User Personas, Prototyping, Administration, Content Management, Web Marketing
Experience
- Front-end Development - 20 years
- HTML - 20 years
- UX Design - 15 years
- Product Strategy - 15 years
- UI Design - 15 years
- Business Development - 10 years
- User Experience (UX) - 10 years
- Sass - 8 years
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