Hi. I'm Dave.

A UI aesthetic specialist driven by deep knowledge of UX design principles & a strong sense of user empathy.

20+ years of experience working as a UX practitioner. Initially as a UX-focused front-end design specialist, then as a UX Designer. I am the rare designer-developer hybrid. Highly skilled at delivering intuitive, highly polished, and dare I say – enjoyable user interfaces.

Experience

  • Nov 2024 - Present

    Illinois, USA (Remote)

    Senior UX Designer

    Krasan Consulting Services

    Brought on to help establish a UX Design Team and support development of a comprehensive, next-generation application to improve processes for child welfare staff serving the State of Illinois’ Department of Child and Family Services.

    Nov 2024 - Present

    Illinois, USA (Remote)

  • Feb 2023 - Apr 2024

    Massachusetts, USA (Remote)

    Senior UI/UX Engineer

    eClinical Solutions

    Served in a newly created role that focused on introducing UX principles and best practices to a start-up development shop amidst expansion. Worked with the Front-End Development team to support their flag-ship clinical trial data management application Elluminate.

    Feb 2023 - Apr 2024

    Massachusetts, USA (Remote)

  • Oct 2016 - Sep 2022

    Pennsylvania, USA (Remote)

    Senior UX Engineer

    Clarivate

    Promoted to Senior and continued as a proven and valuable contributor to product development teams, maintained a sustained focus on visual design, continued to ensure implementation of UI best-practices and UX principles across Clarivate applications.

    Oct 2016 - Sep 2022

    Pennsylvania, USA (Remote)

  • Feb 2012 - Oct 2016

    Michigan, USA

    UX Engineer

    Thomson Reuters

    Brought on to establish the UX Engineer role and implement UI standardization during next-generation development of their flag-ship suite of subscription-based intellectual property asset management software applications.

    Feb 2012 - Oct 2016

    Michigan, USA

  • Aug 2011 - Feb 2012

    Michigan, USA

    Multimedia Developer

    TTi Global

    Developed multi-media, SCORM compliant Web Based Training (WBT) applications, primarily serving the automotive sector.

    Aug 2011 - Feb 2012

    Michigan, USA

  • 2006 - Aug 2011

    Michigan, USA

    Owner / Web & Interactive Designer

    Barrett & Weston Creative Group, LLC

    Co-founder and principal at this boutique multimedia design agency, specializing in premium graphical interface design, Flash animation, and custom ASP.NET development.

    2006 - Aug 2011

    Michigan, USA

  • 2003 - 2006

    Michigan, USA

    Lead Web & Interactive Designer

    CVMedia

    As Lead Web & Interactive Designer added a previously non-existent revenue stream by successfully establishing and heading up the Web & Interactive Services Department for this predominantly video-based media and production house.

    2003 - 2006

    Michigan, USA

Skills

UX Design Principles

90%

Figma

88%

Empathetic

100%

Attention to Detail

100%

WCAG

80%

CSS

96%

SCSS

96%

HTML

90%

Angular

30%

JavaScript

25%

Work

My work for the past 10+ years has primarily been contributing to subscription-based applications, including eClinical Solution's Elluminate Platform, Clarivate's Derwent Innovation and IP Management System, as well as the Clarivate Digital Experience (CDX) Enterprise Design System, an internal design resource and custom-branded UI toolkit.

Due to the proprietary nature of these applications, I am limited in what can be shared here. However, I'd be happy to share a few more work example screen shots (sans client data) upon request.

Elluminate Platform

eClinical Solution's flag-ship clinical trial data management application.

Angular | SCSS | Legacy Tech Mix

Derwent Innovation

Clarivate's patent research and intellectual property intelligence software.

Angular | LESS | Legacy Tech Mix

Clarivate Digital Experience (CDX)

Clarivate's internal design system and custom-themed UI component toolkit.

React | SCSS | Markdown | Storybook

Video Editor UI Design

Design and prototyping exercise.

Figma

Estee Lauder Product Screen

Responsive layout design exercise.

React | SCSS | BEM

Contact

Dave Dean

Michigan, USA

phone

+1 586.823.3226