Hello, I'm Joe.
I'm a Product Designer living in Seattle.
I'm excited about hunting down and solving user problems.
As a former Interface Artist in the video game industry, I believe there's delight to be had in every interface.
I've worked for large companies, but most of my experience has been on small teams on rapidly moving applications. This means that I've been accountable for the entire UX process most of the time (and the immediate response to it!)
I would love to bring my skillset to a larger team with specialized designers so I could truly focus on the areas of design that I love while learning from other specialists; particularly in the research realm.
I can be reached at josephdferris@gmail.com
My Resume
My journey in User Experience
My roots in UX/UI began as a Flash animator which landed me jobs in the video game industry working on AAA games. This was a blast making interfaces for the sake of entertainment. As I progressed in my career, however, I realized that I was missing some fundamentals concepts. I needed to properly understand users and what they truly wanted before building out the IA and making sleek visuals.
Many years later, this is still my area of focus and I'm excited to dive deeper with every new challenge.