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Benjamin Howard

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Senior Product Designer & UX Strategist untangling complexity with AI-native workflows for enterprise impact.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to design AI-native, system-level UX that untangles complexity—aligning stakeholders and users, delivering WCAG-ready products, and using structured workshops to accelerate delivery while reducing design-to-dev friction.

I’m a UX Strategist and Senior Product Designer with 10+ years of experience specializing in untangling systemic complexity—turning fragmented data into high-performance systems. I architect strategic blueprints that align stakeholder vision with user reality, especially when requirements are ambiguous and moving parts are many.

As Founder & Principal Designer, I lead a design consultancy delivering strategic UX, creative services, and visual systems for healthcare and enterprise clients. I integrate generative tools to produce rapid-turnaround visual narratives and functional prototypes, reducing organizational friction while keeping delivery speed high.

At BAM Technologies, I served as the sole designer for the Education and Training team supporting Air Force and Space Force initiatives. I designed an end-to-end training management platform for 4,000+ daily unique active users, and cut design-to-dev rework by 25% by facilitating discovery workshops with Airmen to produce WCAG 2.2-compliant, production-grade designs.

Previously, I directed UX deliverables for a Capital Group B2C platform and supported marketing-tech dashboard and analytics work for global brands. Across roles, I’ve focused on system governance, service blueprinting, and operational automation—translating complex data requirements into usable interfaces that improve transparency, conversion, and ROI.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Founder & Principal Designer

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Howdy Studio LLC

Jan 2026 - Present (5 months)

Founded and lead a UX and creative consultancy delivering strategic UX and visual systems for healthcare and enterprise clients. Orchestrates product strategy and high-fidelity design execution using generative workflows (Claude Code, Vercel) to produce rapid-turnaround prototypes and narratives.

UX Strategy Product Strategy Vercel Prototypes Stakeholder Management

Senior Product Designer

BAM Technologies

Oct 2024 - Jan 2026 (1 year 3 months)

Sole designer for the Education and Training team supporting Air Force and Space Force initiatives, designing an end-to-end training management platform for 4,000+ daily active users. Reduced design-to-dev rework by 25% through multi-day discovery workshops, converting ambiguous requirements into WCAG 2.2-compliant production designs across five distributed teams.

Product Design User Research Figma User Flows Accessibility Design

Visual and Graphic Designer

Self-Employed

Jun 2024 - Oct 2024 (4 months)

Partnered with healthcare providers and art consultancies to deliver strategic visual systems, including wayfinding, environmental graphics, and marketing collateral. Produced client-ready creative assets supporting business goals across multiple engagements.

Visual Design Graphic Design Wayfinding Environmental Graphics Marketing Collateral

Senior UX Designer

Publicis Sapient

Apr 2022 - May 2024 (2 years 1 month)

Directed UX deliverables for a Capital Group B2C platform, aligning user experience with business conversion goals and reducing design debt through rigorous system governance. Facilitated service blueprinting workshops to align internal operations with customer journeys and improve conversion outcomes.

UX Design Service blueprints User Journey Mapping UX For Conversion Stakeholder Management

Senior Product Designer

DCMN

Apr 2018 - Apr 2022 (4 years)

Led design for marketing-tech platforms focused on data-dense dashboards and performance analytics for high-growth global brands. Spearheaded automation of reporting ecosystems, eliminating manual legacy processes for 400+ digital brands and translating complex data needs into custom UI reporting to improve operational transparency and marketing ROI.

Dashboards Product Design Performance Analytics UI Design For Analytics Data Strategy Operational Transparency

UX Designer

ShareIQ

Mar 2017 - Apr 2018 (1 year 1 month)

Designed for a social media analytics startup, transforming a legacy tool into a custom reporting platform that supported a successful acquisition. Created user-facing reporting experiences that improved clarity and usability for analytics workflows.

UX Design Dashboard Design Information Architecture Prototyping User Testing

Jr. UX/UI Designer

Calamine

Sep 2015 - Sep 2016 (1 year)

Helped launch Everlywell by leading UX/UI work for the e-commerce website and customer lab results platform. Facilitated design sprints to prototype and test features, establishing the visual foundation for a product that scaled to major national retailers including Amazon and CVS.

UX UI Design Design Sprints E commerce Design Healthcare Lab Results UX Wireframing Prototyping User Testing