Sam Sturtevant

Sam Sturtevant

Product Designer | Optimizing design impact within real-world constraints

80212, Denver, US.

About

As a Product Designer, I excel at finding the sweet spot between design ambition and practical execution. I focus on delivering high-value user experiences while carefully considering constraints and costs, ensuring every design choice is both purposeful and feasible.

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Work

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Buildable Custom Software

Product Designer

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UMT360

UI/UX Designer

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Seattle Veterinary Outreach

UI/UX/Brand Designer

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Avanade

Visual Design Intern

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Projects

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Custom Reinsurance Portal

Led design for a reinsurance pool’s internal portal overhaul to replace legacy tools. Scope included member and policy management, invoicing, site-wide notes and reminders, renewal generation, and a dedicated member portal for external access.

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Custom Property Appraisal Tool

Led year-long design of a property tax appraisal agency’s internal system. Delivered parcel detail views, custom IA for time-based property data, parameter-driven comparison tools, document and case management, and spatial property mapping.

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Custom Warehouse Logistics Portal

Led design of a custom warehouse logistics portal, delivered within a 1.5-year deadline ahead of critical API deprecation. Covered order management, load scheduling, route sequencing, status monitoring, reporting, and carrier analytics. Launched with a companion tablet app for warehouse operations.

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Seattle Veterinary Outreach

Designed branding, print materials, and web collateral for a Seattle-based veterinary outreach program providing medical care to under-served pet owners.

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Education

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Informatics (Human-Computer Interaction focus)

University of Washington

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Skills

UI Design

Wireframes, High-Fidelity Prototypes, Interactive Prototypes, Whimsical, Figma, Component Libraries, Design Systems

UX Design

Gathering Requirements, Usability Testing, Accessibility Standards, Human-Centered Design Principles

Visual Design

Typography, Color, Visual Hierarchy, Composition, Branding & Identity

Frontend Development

HTML/SCSS, JavaScript, AngularJS, Vue.js/Vuetify, git/GitLab

Product Ownership

Connecting Stakeholders, Backlog Management, Agile/Sprint Planning

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Interests

Gaming

MMOs, Tabletop RPGs, Roguelikes, Nintendo Kid, Game Dev Hobbyist

Music

Music Production, Vinyl Records, High-Fidelity Audio, Sound Design, Audio Engineering

Arts & Crafts

Illustration, 3D Printing, Miniatures, Sculpting, Pixel Art, Album Artwork

Tasty Stuff

Specialty Coffee, Craft Beer, Homemade Ice Cream, and anything by J. Kenji López-Alt

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