👋 Hi, I'm Graydon!
I design systems, stories, and experiences that make technology feel human.
I design the systems, workflows, and interfaces that turn messy ideas into clear, usable products. I’ve been the first designer on multiple teams, building the foundations that help products and people scale.
Featured Work
Responsive Web
Mobile-First
AI Tools
Soopra.ai
Empowering experts to scale themselves through AI personas.
Designing the tools, dashboards, and workflows that make AI persona creation intuitive — and human.
- Role: Product Designer
- Type: Web + Android product design
- Focus: Design landing page and signup flow to communicate and deliver value to experts. Research, build, test, launch new experimental features to gain user insight.
- Outcome: 700+ AI personas created, rapid feature experimentation, stronger engagement among expert users
- Timeline: 2023-Present
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Design System
Mobile-First
Marketplace
Special Guest App
Simplifying how people book performers — and how the team designs.
Redesigning a Marketplace for Live Entertainment
- Role: Product Designer
- Type: System + Interface Design
- Focus: Creating reusable patterns and consistent design language across buyer, seller, and admin tools.
- Outcome: Faster iteration, unified UI across products, and improved developer handoff
- Timeline: 2021–2022
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Responsive Web
Mobile-First
E-Commerce
Imperfect Foods
Redesigning the Shopping Experience for Growth and Mobile
Expanding from produce boxes to full grocery, and making shopping simple, clear, and mobile-friendly.
- Role: Product Designer
- Type: Live product redesign
- Focus: Clarifying shopping windows · Mobile-first redesign · Improving first-time shopping engagement
- Outcome: +18% AOV, fewer support tickets, modern responsive site
- Timeline: 2019-2020
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Outside of work, I’m drawing gig posters, playing drums, or tossing the frisbee for my dog. I love the overlap between art, code, and play. It keeps my design work curious and human.
About Graydon
Creative Foundations
I spent years designing creative tools and community apps that shaped how I think about product design today. These earlier projects taught me how to balance delight with clarity — from building viral social experiences to crafting educational tools that made creativity more approachable.
iOS App
Social Platform
Startup
French Girls App
Founding product designer for a social drawing platform with 2.5M+ downloads and $4.5M in funding.
- Role: Founding Product Designer
- Type: iOS + Web App
- Focus: Building community features, onboarding, and drawing tools that connected artists through playful prompts
- Outcome: 2.5M+ downloads, top of Reddit twice, featured on Comedy Central’s @midnight, and covered by major tech and culture blogs
- Timeline: 2012–2018
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Mobile App
Prototype
Creative Tool
MiniCanvas
An experimental drawing app that taught people to draw using the grid method — blending art education with interactive UX.
- Role: Product Designer
- Type: iOS prototype
- Focus: Designing the learning flow, curriculum, and touch interactions for beginners to practice drawing fundamentals
- Outcome: Validated the learning model through prototype testing with students and artists; inspired later work in creative tools and education
- Timeline: 2018–2019
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👋 Hi, I'm Graydon!
I design systems, stories, and experiences that make technology feel human.
I design the systems, workflows, and interfaces that turn messy ideas into clear, usable products. I’ve been the first designer on multiple teams, building the foundations that help products and people scale.
Featured Work
Responsive Web
Mobile-First
AI Tools
Soopra.ai
Empowering experts to scale themselves through AI personas.
Designing the tools, dashboards, and workflows that make AI persona creation intuitive — and human.
- Role: Product Designer
- Type: Web + Android product design
- Focus: Design landing page and signup flow to communicate and deliver value to experts. Research, build, test, launch new experimental features to gain user insight.
- Outcome: 700+ AI personas created, rapid feature experimentation, stronger engagement among expert users
- Timeline: 2023-Present
View Case Study
Design System
Mobile-First
Marketplace
Special Guest App
Simplifying how people book performers — and how the team designs.
Redesigning a Marketplace for Live Entertainment
- Role: Product Designer
- Type: System + Interface Design
- Focus: Creating reusable patterns and consistent design language across buyer, seller, and admin tools.
- Outcome: Faster iteration, unified UI across products, and improved developer handoff
- Timeline: 2021–2022
View Case Study
Responsive Web
Mobile-First
E-Commerce
Imperfect Foods
Redesigning the Shopping Experience for Growth and Mobile
Expanding from produce boxes to full grocery, and making shopping simple, clear, and mobile-friendly.
- Role: Product Designer
- Type: Live product redesign
- Focus: Clarifying shopping windows · Mobile-first redesign · Improving first-time shopping engagement
- Outcome: +18% AOV, fewer support tickets, modern responsive site
- Timeline: 2019-2020
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Outside of work, I’m drawing gig posters, playing drums, or tossing the frisbee for my dog. I love the overlap between art, code, and play. It keeps my design work curious and human.
About Graydon
Creative Foundations
I spent years designing creative tools and community apps that shaped how I think about product design today. These earlier projects taught me how to balance delight with clarity — from building viral social experiences to crafting educational tools that made creativity more approachable.
iOS App
Social Platform
Startup
French Girls App
Founding product designer for a social drawing platform with 2.5M+ downloads and $4.5M in funding.
- Role: Founding Product Designer
- Type: iOS + Web App
- Focus: Building community features, onboarding, and drawing tools that connected artists through playful prompts
- Outcome: 2.5M+ downloads, top of Reddit twice, featured on Comedy Central’s @midnight, and covered by major tech and culture blogs
- Timeline: 2012–2018
View Case Study
Mobile App
Prototype
Creative Tool
MiniCanvas
An experimental drawing app that taught people to draw using the grid method — blending art education with interactive UX.
- Role: Product Designer
- Type: iOS prototype
- Focus: Designing the learning flow, curriculum, and touch interactions for beginners to practice drawing fundamentals
- Outcome: Validated the learning model through prototype testing with students and artists; inspired later work in creative tools and education
- Timeline: 2018–2019
View Case Study
👋 Hi, I'm Graydon!
I design systems, stories, and experiences that make technology feel human.
I design the systems, workflows, and interfaces that turn messy ideas into clear, usable products. I’ve been the first designer on multiple teams, building the foundations that help products and people scale.
Featured Work
Responsive Web
Mobile-First
AI Tools
Soopra.ai
Empowering experts to scale themselves through AI personas.
Designing the tools, dashboards, and workflows that make AI persona creation intuitive — and human.
- Role: Product Designer
- Type: Web + Android product design
- Focus: Design landing page and signup flow to communicate and deliver value to experts. Research, build, test, launch new experimental features to gain user insight.
- Outcome: 700+ AI personas created, rapid feature experimentation, stronger engagement among expert users
- Timeline: 2023-Present
View Case Study
Design System
Mobile-First
Marketplace
Special Guest App
Simplifying how people book performers — and how the team designs.
Redesigning a Marketplace for Live Entertainment
- Role: Product Designer
- Type: System + Interface Design
- Focus: Creating reusable patterns and consistent design language across buyer, seller, and admin tools.
- Outcome: Faster iteration, unified UI across products, and improved developer handoff
- Timeline: 2021–2022
View Case Study
Responsive Web
Mobile-First
E-Commerce
Imperfect Foods
Redesigning the Shopping Experience for Growth and Mobile
Expanding from produce boxes to full grocery, and making shopping simple, clear, and mobile-friendly.
- Role: Product Designer
- Type: Live product redesign
- Focus: Clarifying shopping windows · Mobile-first redesign · Improving first-time shopping engagement
- Outcome: +18% AOV, fewer support tickets, modern responsive site
- Timeline: 2019-2020
View Case Study
Outside of work, I’m drawing gig posters, playing drums, or tossing the frisbee for my dog. I love the overlap between art, code, and play. It keeps my design work curious and human.
About Graydon
Creative Foundations
I spent years designing creative tools and community apps that shaped how I think about product design today. These earlier projects taught me how to balance delight with clarity — from building viral social experiences to crafting educational tools that made creativity more approachable.
iOS App
Social Platform
Startup
French Girls App
Founding product designer for a social drawing platform with 2.5M+ downloads and $4.5M in funding.
- Role: Founding Product Designer
- Type: iOS + Web App
- Focus: Building community features, onboarding, and drawing tools that connected artists through playful prompts
- Outcome: 2.5M+ downloads, top of Reddit twice, featured on Comedy Central’s @midnight, and covered by major tech and culture blogs
- Timeline: 2012–2018
View Case Study
Mobile App
Prototype
Creative Tool
MiniCanvas
An experimental drawing app that taught people to draw using the grid method — blending art education with interactive UX.
- Role: Product Designer
- Type: iOS prototype
- Focus: Designing the learning flow, curriculum, and touch interactions for beginners to practice drawing fundamentals
- Outcome: Validated the learning model through prototype testing with students and artists; inspired later work in creative tools and education
- Timeline: 2018–2019
View Case Study