Brian Saunders

I was the lead designer for Paylocity’s new mobile apps from the time I pitched the concepts to Paylocity executives through the end of the MVP launch a year and a half later.

Skills/tools: Visioning, pitching executive leadership, end-to-end product design, design team leadership, collaboration up/down/across, design systems, international team collaboration, native mobile app design

I designed and built a web app for creating and manipulating gradients in uniform color spaces, along with an accompanying Figma plugin.

Skills/tools: Coding (70% me/30% Cursor), Figma plugin API, Next.js, shadcn/ui, uniform color spaces, interaction design

I built a FigJam widget for analyzing and critiquing designs using Paylocity's heuristic evaluation framework. The widget can be used to mark up designs and summarize data.

Skills/tools: Coding (90% me/10% Cursor), FigJam API, UI design

Bringing Paylocity’s new hire onboarding experience to its mobile app for the first led to an increase in mobile app enrollment and utilization.

Skills/tools: Major feature design, SwiftUI prototyping, international team collaboration, collaboration across multiple product teams, native mobile app design

I led the strategy and rebuild of Paylocity's new multi-platform design system. I interviewed designers, defined an approach, helped build our Figma libraries, and took them on the road for educational sessions.

Skills/tools: Design system strategy, design system architecture, education, governance, documentation, team leadership, Figma building

I created the color system for Paylocity's new UI design language from scratch. And it made me a much better designer!

Skills/tools: Color theory, perceptually uniform color spaces, dark mode design, education, testing