David Elliott
With 15+ years in design and UX, I've led collaborations across diverse organizations and challenges. My focus is on building systems that bring clarity, guiding teams through transformation, and shaping digital experiences that connect people and create impact.
Experience
- Defined and executed UX strategy across the organization, balancing strategic oversight with hands-on design of prototypes, interaction flows, and design systems.
- Partnered with engineers, designers, and executives to shape product experiences, mentor teams, and translate complex requirements into actionable roadmaps, including a UX workshop with Lockheed Martin that strengthened client relationships.
- Oversaw and unified the company's branding across digital platforms and marketing assets, elevating brand presence and supporting go-to-market strategy.
- Collaborated with leadership to validate product-market fit, leveraging user insights and iterative design experiments to accelerate adoption.
- Directed UX design for enterprise-scale healthcare platforms, delivering human-centered solutions that improved patient portal adoption and digital engagement.
- Produced key deliverables including wireframes, interactive prototypes, personas, and journey maps to communicate concepts and optimize user flows.
- Led cross-functional collaboration with developers and product managers, driving rollout and evolution of Corewell Health's design system across web and mobile.
- Mentored and coached a team of designers, fostering a growth-oriented culture through weekly reviews, constructive feedback, and skill development.
- Championed accessibility standards (WCAG/ADA), ensuring patient-facing platforms were inclusive and compliant with healthcare regulations.
- Lead the redesign of corewellhealth.org, modernizing information architecture and navigation to better serve Michigan's largest healthcare system and aligning UX strategy with digital transformation goals.
- Established UX practices and design standards, embedding design thinking across projects.
- Directed creative vision for an internal rebrand, aligning identity with company values.
- Led enterprise website redesign, improving load speed, accessibility, SEO, and conversions.
- Developed interactive prototypes that secured new business and strengthened client engagement.
- Mentored junior designers and engineers, fostering growth and collaboration.
- Delivered end-to-end design and development for websites, brand identities, mobile apps, and digital campaigns, ensuring consistent user experiences across platforms.
- Partnered with stakeholders to define goals and project roadmaps, aligning design execution with business objectives.
- Established front-end and accessibility standards, producing inclusive, scalable solutions adopted across the agency.
- Collaborated with developers, project managers, and art directors to launch user-centric digital experiences that drove engagement and met client goals.
- Managed projects end-to-end, serving as designer and front-end developer while working directly with clients on site architecture, wireframes, and prototypes.
- Converted HTML prototypes into CMS-powered websites, improving delivery speed and usability.
- Collaborated with the creative director in critiques, elevating design quality through iterative feedback.
Skills
UX/UI
Branding & Identity
Creative Direction
Design Systems
Design Workshops
Front-end Development
Interactive Prototypes
Accessibility (ADA) Design
Journey Mapping
Content Strategy
Project Management
AI Consulting