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I'm Russell Pohl, a Senior UX Designer with 13 years of experience crafting responsive web, iOS, and Android experiences. I work across Figma, Adobe Suite, Sketch, Axure, Claude AI, and other tools to guide product teams from research through high-fidelity design and QA. I've led and mentored designers, collaborated with clients, stakeholders, developers, and business analysts to deliver user-centered UX. I’ve worked with B2B, B2C, finance, retail, fashion, restaurants, and government projects, embracing a holistic design process from competitive research and user interviews to journey mapping and prototyping.…I'm Russell Pohl, a Senior UX Designer with 13 years of experience crafting responsive web, iOS, and Android experiences. I work across Figma, Adobe Suite, Sketch, Axure, Claude AI, and other tools to guide product teams from research through high-fidelity design and QA. I've led and mentored designers, collaborated with clients, stakeholders, developers, and business analysts to deliver user-centered UX. I’ve worked with B2B, B2C, finance, retail, fashion, restaurants, and government projects, embracing a holistic design process from competitive research and user interviews to journey mapping and prototyping.

Russell Pohl

UX Designer, UI Designer, Product Designer, +2

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I'm Russell Pohl, a Senior UX Designer with 13 years of experience crafting responsive web, iOS, and Android experiences. I work across Figma, Adobe Suite, Sketch, Axure, Claude AI, and other tools to guide product teams from research through high-fidelity design and QA. I've led and mentored designers, collaborated with clients, stakeholders, developers, and business analysts to deliver user-centered UX. I’ve worked with B2B, B2C, finance, retail, fashion, restaurants, and government projects, embracing a holistic design process from competitive research and user interviews to journey mapping and prototyping.…I'm Russell Pohl, a Senior UX Designer with 13 years of experience crafting responsive web, iOS, and Android experiences. I work across Figma, Adobe Suite, Sketch, Axure, Claude AI, and other tools to guide product teams from research through high-fidelity design and QA. I've led and mentored designers, collaborated with clients, stakeholders, developers, and business analysts to deliver user-centered UX. I’ve worked with B2B, B2C, finance, retail, fashion, restaurants, and government projects, embracing a holistic design process from competitive research and user interviews to journey mapping and prototyping.

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I’m Russell Pohl, a Senior UX Designer with 13 years of experience crafting responsive web, iOS, and Android experiences. I work across Figma, Adobe Suite, Sketch, Axure, Claude AI, and other tools to guide product teams from research through high-fidelity design and QA.

I’ve led and mentored designers, collaborated with clients, stakeholders, developers, and business analysts to deliver user-centered UX. I’ve worked with B2B, B2C, finance, retail, fashion, restaurants, and government projects, embracing a holistic design process from competitive research and user interviews to journey mapping and prototyping.

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Work Experience

Senior UI/UX Designer / Creator & Owner at Book to Music Matcher

March 1, 2026 - Present

Created and designed a book-to-music matching website using APIs from Spotify, Groq AI, and Claude AI; product now used by readers worldwide.

Senior UI/UX Designer at Dossier Perfumes

May 1, 2025 - November 1, 2025

Led the redesign of Dossier’s responsive e‑commerce webpages, improving visual hierarchy, product education, and usability across desktop and mobile. Drove 44% CTR increase and 12% online sales; introduced dynamic web animations and high-fidelity prototypes to validate interactions and accelerate development.

Senior Lead UI/UX Designer at Walmart

August 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025

Created an Unemployment Portal from scratch using Walmart’s component library. Served as a data hub for corporate employees to track, edit, and move unemployment claims and hearings; designed concept work for other internal sites; migrated employees from third-party software, saving millions.

Senior UI/UX Designer at United States Department of Defense

July 1, 2024 - November 1, 2024

Solely designed a customizable dashboard for flight-tracking data, extended an established UI library to new features, and translated military jargon into usable design for day-to-day tasks.

Senior Lead UI/UX Designer at Edward Jones

May 1, 2023 - January 1, 2024

In-house iOS apps for financial advisors; mentored UX researchers; organized component libraries; designed data graphs; supported mobile adoption; conducted comprehensive UX research including accessibility considerations.

Senior UI/UX Designer at California Government

March 1, 2022 - November 1, 2022

Wireframed Salesforce Lightning prototypes for FEMA disaster-relief features; conducted extensive UX interviews; collaborated with government, BAs, and offshore/onshore developers to improve Salesforce products; tools increased efficiency for local officials and firefighters.

Senior UI/UX Designer at ITN Networks

December 1, 2019 - December 1, 2021

Wireframed prototypes for ProvantageX; led a team of designers and business analysts; redesigned data-heavy features into digestible dashboards, tables, and graphs; contributed to ~$1M–$5M in revenue through successful demos and client wins; ensured accessibility compliance.

Lead UX/UI Designer at Intermix

April 1, 2018 - December 1, 2019

Mocked up multiple solutions for product display and checkout; redesigned location list and store finder; increased user purchases and click-through rates; converted 60% of in-person shoppers to online; gained 20k email subscribers.

UX/UI Designer at Mezocliq

June 1, 2016 - September 1, 2017

Designed B2B and B2C desktop web pages for a feature-rich BI software; collaborated with business analysts and developers to modernize and simplify complex interfaces.

UX/UI Designer at Pride Global

January 1, 2016 - March 1, 2016

Created extensive desktop/mobile wireframes to build a new website from scratch for recruiting firms; conducted interviews and created a colorful style guide and data charts to support multiple user types.

UX/UI Designer at BPS Media Solutions

June 1, 2015 - January 1, 2016

Designed responsive B2C websites and emails for major clients (e.g., Cuisinart, Dairy Queen, Centers Healthcare).

UX/UI Designer at B&H Photo

March 1, 2015 - May 1, 2015

Designed features for B2C e-commerce mobile site and app; recognized by Target for strong design work.

UX/UI Designer at Photon

October 1, 2013 - March 1, 2015

Sole UI/UX designer for iPhone/Android apps and responsive sites; worked with B2C & B2B clients; led demos and collaboration with clients and project teams.