I'm Joe Skager, a Product Designer of 9+ yrs. & multidisciplinary creative.

My approach is a blend of big-picture systems thinking, practical front-end dev, and a lifetime of creative storytelling — all powered by thoughtful collaboration.

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Alex Medicare MVP

Expediting the Medicare application process & breaking down digital literacy barriers.

UXR

information architecture

end-to-end visual (+ systems)

interaction design

prototyping

Rosefinch

Building brand & design systems from scratch: providing deeper engagement & sharing knowledge in a “noisy” industry.

end-to-end visual (+ systems)

Alex HSA

under construction

Helping employees engage with their benefits year-round.

information architecture

end-to-end visual (+ systems)

interaction design

prototyping

Alex Design System: tables framework

under construction

Enhancing a commonly rigid UX pattern

information architecture

end-to-end visual (+ systems)

interaction design

prototyping

about

I draw inspiration from the people I work with, those I design for, and the other creative mediums I explore daily. I'm also the co-founder of Rosefinch, where we build human connection through music.

As a designer I tackle everything between early-stage user research to implementing my designs in React. I spent the last 9 years building scalable SaaS products, particularly in the employee benefits / medical sectors.

As a founder & curious creative I'm fully invested in stategy, storytelling, art direction, and the rudimentary foundations of design. Exploring music, illustration, and photography gives me the unique ability to bridge the gap between head and heart, for myself and those I design for.

Seeking balance IRL you'll find me cooking, singing, and dancing with our daughter. We try to travel and stay active as much as possible together as a family.

I'm pretty engrained in the

ecosystem, and I’m a huge proponent of getting the hands dirty.

With my iPad and Apple Pencil paired with the Mac, I end up in avenues I wouldn’t have discovered otherwise.