Scott Christensen - Product Designer

Selected Work

FREELANCE

Detect

Detect identifies & reduces suicide risk of hospital patients.
I was contracted to design it from the ground up.

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FEATURED PROJECT

PwC's DeNovo is a FinTech monitoring platform designed to help C-suite banking execs take action.

PRODUCT DESIGN

DETECT BY VOI

Detect identifies & reduces suicide risk.
I designed it from the ground up.

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PRODUCT DESIGN

DENOVO FILTERING

Company filtering was outdated.
I redesigned it and saw immediate results.

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JOINT PARTNERSHIP

PwC FinTech partnered with InvestCloud to deliver digital solutions to banks

FREELANCE WORK

Periodically, I work on side gigs to keep things fresh. Check 'em out.

PRODUCT DESIGN

DENOVO ONBOARDING

Acting on research insights improved engagement and email subscriptions

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DESIGN MANAGEMENT

PWC DSL

PwC needed a design system language (DSL). I helped design it for software teams worldwide.

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My Story

HOW DID I GET INTO DESIGN?

I started my career in UX consulting at PwC. Shortly thereafter, I pivoted to UX by joining PwC's tech lab, where I designed internal apps and received valuable mentorship.

After my time in the lab, I joined DeNovo, a product built by PwC's FinTech group. After building my 'design chops' on DeNovo, I joined PwC's Analytics Apps team. While there, I helped design PwC's design system language. Additionally, I began moonlighting for a few startups on the side.

WHAT'S MY DESIGN PHILOSOPHY?

It all starts with RESEARCH. Quantitative tells what has happened, and qualitative tells why. I believe that to design the most optimal solution, first seek to understand the problem, then rapidly iterate on solutions.

When designing, I always...

Clarify the goals of business stakeholders AND the users -- clarify the obvious questions
Validate designs with users as quickly as possible -- same day if possible
Seek feedback early and often -- let the stakeholders weigh-in early
Drop biases -- we all got 'em, but be aware and actively combat them

WHAT DO I OUTSIDE OF WORK?

Endurance sports, working in my barbershop, and brainstorming wild startup ideas with my wife.

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