Brian Saunders

Product design leader with front-end expertise

I’m a great product design leader, pretty good ukulele strummer, and sub-par ceramicist who lives and works in Chicago.

Right now I’m a Principal Designer at Paylocity, where I’m leading the design for its next generation of mobile apps.

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saundersbd@gmail.com

Writing

Aug

Word Pictures

When you sketch too early, premature decisions get encoded into the sketch that influence the future design process.

Mar

Unhelpful Feedback

It's common for designers to receive feedback on their work that isn't very helpful. But that doesn't mean the feedback isn't valid, or that it can't be trusted.

Jan

Fighting Back Against the Fold

Today we're designing apps, not newspapers, but the fear of people missing content that appears below the fold persists, and has more influence than it should over the way we design products.

Dec

Unpacking Design Feedback

Getting feedback from stakeholders throughout the design process is crucial, but it's not always easy to extract valuable or actionable feedback that you can use to improve the design.

Oct

My Good Friend Imposter Syndrome

Imposter syndrome doesn't go away on its own so you have to learn how to work with it.

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Projects

A summary of things I’ve worked on.