I’m Gregory Bauwens, Senior Product Designer currently at adidas. Through story, I connect teams and bring digital products to life.
When I’m not in Figma, I love thinking about the future of human transportation (could the answer be in alien spaceships)? I also enjoy frisbee, stationary and learning more about what the best designers are doing today from podcasts like Dive Club.
Flexible across the US, currently based out of the beautiful Portland, Oregon.
Projects
Increasing user engagement by building confidence in automated drone flights.
Completing the drone pilots end-to-end workflow by automating media management.
Enabling insurance teams to close hail damage claims without leaving the office. My 1st high impact project!
Showcases
Quick peaks into some projects I’ve enjoyed working on.
Pairing new devices to user accounts.
Empowering Disney scouts to collaborate in real-time with film directors.
Design Process
User-centered design methodology (shown here) represents an open-ended and fluid process that is focussed experimentation and iteration. I adopted this approach at the University of Washington and use it as the backbone of my design process.
Not every problem is the same. This five step process provides a framework but sometimes new, challenging problems require new, innovative processes for solving them.
Nice Things
“He is highly attune to others and really enjoys teamwork and helping others. I would often seek out his feedback on my designs because I knew his insightful questions and suggestions would help me focus my design on what would be most important to the user – plus he’s fun to brainstorm with. :)
One of the things I admire about Greg is that he is curious by nature, always learning new things and sharing ideas with the rest of the team. He is very knowledgeable about new design approaches and does a good job of balancing innovative experiences with tried and true UX patterns.”
- Autumn Shepperd, UX Designer at Eagleivew
“As lead designer on our core mobile product, Greg created a market-leading experience using his strong knowledge of design practice, principles and passion for delivering great experiences.”
- Leah Brady, Product Design Manager at Verizon Robotics
“Greg played a crucial role in helping our team improve usability testing. Under tight schedules, he wrote thorough tests and created interactive prototypes we used to conduct user research. When we did not have access to users, he would recruit from other departments within the company to the lab (that he created) to get feedback, iterate and improve the feature.”
- Jason Bourguignon, UX Lead at Eagleview
“Greg is the epitome of user experience. His curiosity and genuine empathy allow him to discover the true needs of the user, both spoken and unspoken. He does all this while being an excellent team player.”