Brian Saunders

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

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

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