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Clarify
The team understands it. The user does not.
I make the problem, value, proof, and next step clear so people can understand the experience without learning the company from the inside out.
Available for full-time roles
Packy Savvenas · Senior Product Designer · UX/UI + Front-End
I build new products and improve existing ones. I stay with the work until it ships.
For more than 20 years, I have worked across product strategy, research, UX/UI, front-end development, content, analytics, and AI-assisted workflows. I can take a 0→1 idea from ambiguity to launch or step into a mature product, simplify the experience, and help carry the decisions into the live build.
One person from problem to launch
ABOUT PACKY
Packy Savvenas
Senior Product Designer · UX/UI + Front-End
20+
years across product, UX/UI, and front-end
0→1 + mature
new products and existing systems
Human-led
AI-assisted
How I got here
I learned design from both sides of the handoff.
I spent much of my career close to the browser. That taught me what a mockup cannot: every design decision eventually meets real content, real devices, real limits, and real people in a hurry.
Over time, the work grew from front-end and websites into UX strategy, product design, research, content, analytics, SEO, and team leadership. The title changed. The useful part did not. I learned to see the whole path and keep the problem, the decision, and the build connected.
That is the role I want now: a senior product or UX/UI position where I can help define the problem, create new product experiences, improve mature ones, work closely with product and engineering, and stay involved until it ships.
Turning messy problems into clear ones
Interfaces that make sense in use
Design and engineering partnership
AI-assisted research and testing
Where I create leverage
Most problems do not stay in their lane.
I am most useful when the problem crosses research, copy, interaction, visual design, code, and measurement. Those problems do not get fixed by looking at one layer.
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Connect
The flow works on a whiteboard. It breaks in motion.
I turn journeys, edge cases, mobile behavior, and accessibility into a path that still works when a real person is moving through it.
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Carry through
The design looks finished. The live product drifts.
I stay close to the browser, CMS, content, analytics, QA, and launch so the idea does not get watered down during the handoff.
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Use judgment
The team is moving fast. Judgment still matters.
I use AI to explore more options, sort through inputs, prototype sooner, and check more edge cases. Evidence and human judgment still decide what ships.
The thread through the work
The range is not the point. The connection is.
Every part of my background changed how I see the next one. The value is not a longer list of tools. It is knowing where a good idea can fall apart before it reaches the user.
Close to the browser
Design meets reality in the build.
Front-end work taught me that content, mobile behavior, speed, accessibility, and technical limits are part of the design. They are not details for somebody else to fix later.
Move upstream
Solve the right problem before polishing the screen.
Research, site structure, flows, interaction, and copy let me question the premise, show the tradeoffs, and give the team something real to test.
Lead across the system
Good craft still needs alignment and ownership.
Complex products taught me that clear decisions, team context, design systems, and close work with engineering matter as much as the final screen.
AI-assisted practice
Move faster without outsourcing judgment.
AI helps me explore more directions, organize inputs, prototype sooner, review code, and test more edge cases. The context, review, and final call stay human.
Packy stands out as a UX leader who is both highly skilled and genuinely great to work with. We worked together on a complex website redevelopment involving a challenging migration, a robust research library, and intricate functionalities, and he brought professionalism, speed, and smart solutions at every turn.
What working with me feels like
Calm in the messy middle. Clear about the next move.
I am direct without turning everything into a crisis. I make the tradeoff clear, ask the hard question early, and keep the work moving without pretending the constraints are not real.
Clear without being precious
I explain the decision and the evidence behind it. I am not there to defend a favorite screen. I am there to help the team make the next choice with confidence.
Collaborative without disappearing
I listen, make room for context, and keep ownership clear. Good collaboration means everyone knows what is being decided and who is carrying it forward.
Accountable after the handoff
I stay close to the build, mobile behavior, accessibility, QA, analytics, and the live product. A design is not done because the file looks tidy.
Outside the screen
The Tetons taught me to watch for the signal before the obvious moment.
Outside the screen, I spend as much time as I can hiking, photographing wildlife, and looking for moose. Most of it is patience and attention. You notice the light shift, a change in posture, or a track that tells you something passed through before you arrived.
That habit follows me into product work. I watch for the small signs that someone is about to get lost: a label that changes meaning, a form that asks too much, a handoff that drops context, or a screen that looks finished but does not help anyone decide.
The mountains do not care how convincing the presentation was. Neither do users.
A few practical questions
What you may want to know before we talk.
I am looking for a full-time senior product design, UX/UI, or design-engineering role where I can work across the problem, the interface, and the build.
Yes. I am looking for a senior product design, UX/UI, or design-engineering role where I can own meaningful work from the first messy question through launch. I work best in close partnership with product, research, and engineering.
Teams with complex products, several audiences, high-stakes service paths, mobile field tools, or websites where the product and the message need to work together. I am especially useful when the problem crosses research, interaction, content, interface design, and the build.
Yes. I work in UX/UI, responsive front-end code, accessibility, CMS builds, analytics, and launch QA. Code does not replace engineering. It helps me make honest prototypes, work better with developers, and protect the design through the build.
I use AI to organize inputs, compare patterns, explore ideas, build working prototypes, review code, test edge cases, and speed up QA. I do not use it to fake research, invent evidence, or make decisions nobody reviews. The final judgment stays human.
No. I work across both 0→1 product design and mature systems. I can help turn an unclear idea into a product direction, flow, interface, and working experience, or step into something already live and make the next version clearer and stronger.
I live in the Tetons and work remotely. I am used to collaborating across time zones and fitting into a team’s tools, rhythm, and way of communicating.
What I’m looking for
A team with hard product problems and room to own the work.
I am looking for a full-time senior product design, UX/UI, or design-engineering role where I can help shape new products, improve mature systems, work closely with product and engineering, and stay involved through launch.