Design Engineer

I design products that feel obvious, even when they aren't.

Designer who ships. I take products from Figma to the App Store — design, build, deploy — using AI to move fast. Currently at Lateral Media, open to product and design-engineer roles.

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Learnin

AI tutoring app that generates a real course for your exact goal, then adapts to how you learn. Designed and built end-to-end — live on the App Store.

Learnin

Product Design & DevLive
2026
ShipSafe

A 60-second security scanner for vibe-coded apps — paste a URL, find exposed API keys and publicly-readable database tables before someone else does.

ShipSafe

Product Design & DevLive
2026
Bounty

Crowdfunded dare platform. Brand identity, UX flows, UI design, and full-stack development with Next.js, Supabase, and Stripe.

Bounty

Product Design & DevLive
2025
Doggo Den

Full website for a Sarasota dog grooming salon — designed in Figma and built in Next.js, replacing a dated site with a modern, booking-focused experience.

Doggo Den

Brand & WebLive
2026
vectorize

Drop in a PNG, get clean scalable SVG back. A focused raster-to-vector tool tuned for logos and flat art, with the trace controls exposed.

vectorize

Product Design & DevLive
2026
Ease

A measurement-first fit engine for athletic builds — compares your body to real garment specs and tells you honestly whether a pair of pants will fit, instead of guessing a size.

Ease

Product Design & DevLive
2026
Limbik

UI design for mobile and web — making a complex behavioral simulation tool intuitive and easy to use.

Limbik

UX/UI Design
2025
Evolution GMQ

Website and visual identity for a premium stone and surfaces company.

Evolution GMQ

Brand & Web
2025
Coming Soon

SwiftUI macOS app for staging design jobs — automated folder creation, file renaming, and InDesign template management.

Postcard Job Hub

Product Design
2025
Halftone Racing

Motorsport brand identity system — logo, color palette, typography, and asset library from concept through delivery.

Halftone Racing

Brand Identity
2024
Cookies

National email, SMS, billboard, and in-store signage redesign for a cannabis lifestyle brand.

Cookies

Brand & Marketing
2022
Dairy Queen

Direct mail postcard designed to drive app downloads and foot traffic to a local Dairy Queen location.

Dairy Queen

Print Design
2025
Ken’s Pool & Patio

Postcard campaign design for a Sarasota pool service business.

Ken’s Pool & Patio

Print Design
2025
Cybersecurity Posters

Awareness poster series designed for federal cybersecurity outreach campaigns.

Cybersecurity Posters

Print Design
2024
Don Donovan
About

I came up through marketing, which means I think about why before I think about how.

I work end-to-end — from research and strategy through visual design to shipped product. I build with AI: it writes the code, I make the calls — architecture, debugging, what ships. I've designed for federal agencies, national retail brands, and thousands of small businesses, and when I see a broken workflow, I build the tool to fix it.

My work leans minimal but not empty. I want things to feel smooth on first impression — the kind of design where you just get it without trying. But there's always more underneath. Simple to experience, complicated to make.

FigmaAdobe CCReactNext.jsTypeScriptExpo / React NativeSwiftUISupabaseStripeWordPress
Currently

Design Engineer @ Lateral Media

Education

B.S. UX Design — WGU (2026)

A.S. Graphic Design Technology — SCF (2022)

Get in touch

Open to product design roles, freelance projects, and interesting collaborations.