Hey there!
I'm Damian.

I design with words, data, and pixels. 

About me

Designer, strategist, editor, author.

For more than 20 years, I have designed meaningful, understandable content experiences based on deep understanding of my audiences. I thrive on the challenge of simplifying complex topics for end users.


I'm always curious; always learning. This has led to a non-traditional career path. However, I believe my diverse background has made me more adaptable and empathetic -- and that's good because we have a lot of work to do to make this world a more just and equitable place.

Special interests: healthcare, environment, social justice, and ethical technology

At a glance

Content
  • Research
  • Design
  • Strategy
  • Operations
  • Governance
UX Research
  • Qualitative
  • Secondary research
  • Competitive analysis
  • Quantitative (some)
  • Data analytics (some)
UX Design
  • Figma
  • Xd
  • Sketch
  • Illustrator
  • Photoshop
  • AfterEffects (some)

You don't want me coding your products, but I do have some light experience with HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Python, R, and working at the command line.

Education

BS Zoology (1997)
The University of Texas at Austin

Physiology, cell biology, immunology

MS Library & Information Science (2020)
The University of Texas at Austin, School of Information

Digital humanities with studies in UX research, design, information management, consumer health informatics, AI applications in health care

Work samples

Simplifying technical products


Designing enterprise content to drive self-serve API integrations

Making hearing care personal


Redesigning a consumer health website based on user research and content strategy

Humanizing enterprise data


COBOL -> web app

Designing data and text content experiences for grocery warehousing

Governing global content


Digital asset management

Keeping Dell's automated content ecosystem running 24/7

Scaling content research


Agency

Scaling content research operations to support higher ed content strategy

Other UX projects


Please contact me for these case studies or additional information

Author

Undergraduate human physiology

Co-authored instructor and student supplements for a top-selling physiology textbook franchise

Instructional design
Physiology, microbiology

Used learning objectives and pedagogy to adapt static assets into presentation assets for physiology and microbiology

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