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 do my best work at the intersection of brand, product, and engineering.
I’m currently Brand Lead at Braintrust, a platform providing tools for agent observability. I’ve worked in a wide range of design roles over the years, across tech companies and independent studios, including:
If you’d like to chat about hiking, gardening, neighborhood bears, the finer points of homemade pierogi, or (if you insist) all things design and development, don’t hesitate to say hi or send me a note on LinkedIn.
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.
2017 – 2018
The lastest culinary media project from the founder of Cook’s Illustrated and America’s Test Kitchen.
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.