I design for businesses, brands, and people — usually all three at once.
I believe design should be rooted in simplicity, empathy, and trust, and I work those qualities into every pixel. On UX and marketing teams and as an independent designer, I've left a creative mark across education, fintech, blockchain, biopharma, retail, small business, AI, and social media.
My approach starts with understanding — business objectives, user needs, and what customers expect. What I'm known for: a patient, ego-free way of working, clear rationale behind every decision, and a knack for grasping a brand or design system quickly and extending it wherever it's needed.
Lately my practice has grown from not only designing systems, but also to building them. With AI tools like Claude Code, I take brands from identity to shipped products — websites, living design systems, template libraries — with no handoff. The thinking is unchanged: essence, then system, then scale.
Most of all, I'm a collaborator — I bring stakeholders and executives who aren't designers into the process, so what we ship is something everyone can stand behind.
At a time when there were big shifts in the company that didn’t always include design, Skott worked to maintain a coherent design system that reflected best practices of brand, scalability, and accessibility — across multiple complex products, some new and some legacy. His influence on the look and feel of the modern Advent experience can’t be overstated.
Skott’s work on visual assets for our student communications helped us achieve a near 100% adoption rate among students who own smartphones. He has always been able to quickly understand the messages the product team wanted to convey, and deliver assets that communicated them in an easy, natural way.
He was the senior visual designer and lead designer on the product portfolio I managed, and consistently produced attractive, user-friendly, visually sophisticated designs for a wide variety of users. He is a strong collaborator, especially with stakeholders and executives who are not designers.
His ability to coordinate amongst a group and articulate our goals of the product through the design has played an instrumental role in the success of the product. Regardless of the complexity, Skott is incredibly diligent in his holistic approach to all visual assets.
With very little explanation Skott can take an initial concept and run with it. I am always surprised and delighted by the results. In a world where design is often an afterthought, Skott clearly understands its profound effect on the overall user experience.