I’m Matt, a designer web designer front-end developer front-end designer UI/UX developer gf!bf&uh!jk@hj&3&h*
Let’s just go with “designer.”
I’m a specialized generalist who uses code as a tool to bring designs to life. With a background ranging from print design to user experience to front-end development, I specialize in building digital products, design systems, and online publications.
I’m currently a Staff Product Designer at Shopify, focusing on design engineering for the App and Theme Stores. I maintain our design system in both Figma and code, bridge the gap between the UX and engineering teams, and ensure that new features are shipped at the highest quality.
I previously worked as a Senior Designer at GitHub, where I was part of the team that designed, built, and maintained marketing sites for the world’s largest open source platform. Prior to that, I was Design Lead of Release Team at Upstatement, focusing on long-term product evolution for clients with limited in-house teams.
If you’d like to chat about bocce technique, neighborhood bears, the finer points of making homemade pierogi, or (if you must) all things design and development, don’t hesitate to say hello.
2025
An immersive new design for Shopify’s marketplace of themes, featuring live embedded demo stores and a clearer taxonomy for discovery.
2022 – 2025
Personalized recommendations and editorial stories that guide merchants to the apps that help them customize their storefronts.
2022
Branding and site design for Shopify’s first in-person developer event following the Covid pandemic.
2021
A major redesign of GitHub’s primary platform for developer communications and product announcements.
2020 – 2021
A digital publication from GitHub telling the stories of the maintainers, developers, and teams driving the open source community.
2019
GitHub’s annual report highlighting open source trends and key metrics for the world’s largest developer platform.
2016 – 2019
An independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom dedicated to shining a light on America’s gun violence crisis.
2018
Election night graphics for the 2018 midterms, showing the shifting balance of congressional power in real time.
2016 – 2017
Cocktail recipes. Travel guides. Long-form essays about drink culture and history. Punch is a digital media brand that acts as The New Yorker of the beverage world.
2016
A playful new home for food essays, recipes, and kitchen inspiration from Penguin Random House, the world’s largest publisher of cookbooks.