It's an Easter Egg!

I  hard-coded the previous version of this website in a masochistic (but successful) attempt to improve my front-end development skills. The homepage hero section featured this Statue of Liberty SVG illustration that I animated using CSS, complete with a day/night cycle. Let's call it a labor of love. While it didn't quite fit on my new website, I didn't have the heart to ditch it completely, so I have hidden it here...

Hi, I'm Gareth Hobbs.  I'm a product designer based in NYC
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I create user-centered designs for  mobile, desktop, and web apps

As a UX/UI designer I'm passionate about helping to create products that improve people's lives, and that create a bit of clarity in a complicated world.

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BLADE Air Mobility

A redesigned  native mobile app to book a helicopter flight

I have worked as the lead product designer at BLADE in NYC since mid 2023, during which time I led a major redesign of the BLADE mobile app.

🔒 Case study is password-protected.

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Rhino Rewild | African Parks

Creating a microsite and donation experience for an African nonprofit

Rhino Rewild is a campaign led by the nonprofit African Parks to "rewild" 2,000 rhinos to African wilderness locations. I led the design of a microsite for the campaign as well as a unique donation experience.

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Trinity Air Medical  |  BLADE

A realtime system for hospitals to schedule and track organ transplants

Trinity Air Medical (a business unit of BLADE) specializes in the transportation and logistics of organ transplant teams. I led the redesign of Trinity's portal that allows providers to schedule and track organs, teams, or equipment in realtime.

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National University

Helping college students find a degree, enroll, and connect

Since early 2023 I have led the design or redesign of a number of projects for National University through my role as a product designer for digital agency The Brick Factory.

🔒 Case study is password-protected.

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Event Render

Redesigning a 3D scene building application

I led the redesign of this 3D scene building application to create a more intuitive, learnable, and aesthetically pleasing user experience. I worked with the developement team and current subscribers to rethink the information architecture and controls from the ground up.

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"Gareth gave us very valuable feedback on the UI/UX of our onboarding flow and our SaaS interface. Even after our team had spent weeks on it, he was still able to find huge areas for improvement. I'd highly recommend him!"

Noah Fram-Schwartz

CEO, Glimpse

Gareth helped us find elegant solutions to complex UX problems, delivering user-centered designs that also accommodated our unique business considerations. He is an excellent communicator and very adaptable - his expertise was invaluable to us in redesigning our mobile app.

Joel Baxendale

Development Director, PickPath

Interested in working together?

Have a project I can help with? Have a question about something on my website? Reach out using the form below, or send me an email.

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