UX DESIGNER // STORYTELLER // DOG DAD

Hello!

I’m Erik, a UX Designer with a passion for storytelling and teamwork. In my 15+ years in the design industry, I’ve helped a local Mpls company sell cookies baked with crickets, designed feature upgrades for white-labeled banking software and roadmapped an engagement strategy for healthcare professionals fighting the opioid epidemic.

I believe the best designs bring value to users while supporting both the user and business goals.

Curent Role

I currently work at Thomson Reuters where I lead a cross-functional team building experiences for the world’s #1 Legal Know-How Product. I collaborate across departments and teams to bring our project from the discovery phase all the way through to alpha release. Additionally, I collaborated with the design system team on the future of our design library, supported other design teams when they needed a boost and shared my expertise in multiple public speaking sessions.

Reviews

 

  • Seeing Erik run and lead workshops for [Project] shows his attention detail in planning. In these sessions, Erik manages the group feedback very effectively. He sets up and leads the sessions clearly and is able to keep everyone’s focus on a specific feature and problem. This is a difficult task to do virtually, it is a difficult task when presenting complicated ideas, Erik makes it look easy. _UX Designer

  • You have all those design skills product folk like: you listen, you process stuff, you experiment a bit, you focus on the problem we're trying to solve for customers. _Product Owner

  • Among the best workshop leaders I've met. _Product Owner

  • You create designs and lead design reviews masterfully. _Content Designer

  • Erik is able to translate complex problems and tasks into concise meaningful work. _UX Designer

  • Friendly, outgoing, thoughtful and skilled, he comes to every meeting with a smile and collaborates well with the team. _UX Engineer

  • I love being part of your design sessions. _UX Researcher

Case Studies

 

Provision Banking Software

Provision works to combine personal banking with donating time and money to the community.

Snow Swaps Mobile App

The Snow Swaps virtual marketplace is getting ready to launch in a very competitive market.

Legacy Family Center

A new communion plan and multi-touchpoint strategy was needed for this nonprofit so the founder could launch an ambitious reading initiative in Brooklyn Park & Brooklyn Center.

Finotta Banking Software

Finotta is a white-labeled banking software designed to help users pay off debt and build wealth. Their software is designed to plug into a banks existing financial technology.

Product Launch

Lots of research and information synthesis lead to the successful launch 16oz cans for Pryes Brewing Company in Fall 2018. Case Study Coming Soon

Northstar Behavioral Health

Northstar Behavioral Health provides services for people diagnosed with opioid use disorder. A new outreach strategy was recommend to support the organizations goals.

HarmonyCrickets.farm

Harmony Cricket Farms sells protein made with crickets here in NE MPLS. My recommendations report was submitted in anticipation of their next market expansion.

Winterfest at US BANK Stadium

Touchpoint Maps, stakeholder interviews, and lots of prototypes made moving this beloved beer festival to US BANK Stadium a huge success. Case Study Coming Soon

Featured Skills

Growth Mindset

Having a growth mindset is an important part of my design practice.

  • feedback is an opportunity to learn

  • challenges are an opportunity to grow

  • no skill is out of reach.

Leadership

My leadership style is directly informed by my belief in servant leadership.

  • leaders create space for everyone to participate

  • leaders grow and support others

  • leaders see big picture while being able to think granularly

Communication

The best UX Designers are also skilled commentators

  • collaborate across product partners and engineering teams

  • share the needs of the user

  • explain design choices and rational