Brandon Herdrick

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Experience

Principal UX Designer

ACS Technologies

2020 - Present

  • Architected and scaled a centralized Design Engine in Figma from the ground up, establishing a single source of truth that unified the UI/UX across the entire enterprise suite and significantly increased engineering velocity.
  • Directed the design of mission-critical financial interfaces, implementing a rigorous token-based handoff process to ensure 1:1 parity between design intent and React production components.
  • Led a high-performing squad of 4 designers, institutionalizing "Systems Thinking" and advanced Figma architecture while fostering a culture of high craft standards and professional growth.
  • Spearheaded the shift toward Predictive AI and Agentic workflows, moving the platform from static dashboards to Intent-Based Systems that anticipate user needs and suggest the next best action while maintaining human-in-the-loop oversight.
  • Partnered cross-functionally with Product and Engineering leadership to reframe the roadmap from "feature-building" to "workflow-scaling," ensuring that complex accounting and donation modules felt like a cohesive, integrated family of apps.

Principal UX Designer

Unum

2019 - 2020

  • Led the digital modernization of high-stakes Enterprise SaaS platforms, transitioning legacy insurance workflows into a modern, responsive ecosystem without disrupting mission-critical client operations.
  • Mastered "Platform Thinking" by distilling fragmented processes into a scalable framework, ensuring a consistent mental model across a wide-reaching suite of consumer and client-facing dashboards.
  • Architected a single source of truth for the enterprise design system, harmonizing complex UI patterns across multiple modules to maintain high-integrity user experiences in a heavily regulated financial environment.

Senior UX Designer

Volvo Trucks

2015 - 2019

  • Pioneered the digital transformation of the driver experience, replacing traditional analog clusters with a unified, 16-inch digital ecosystem across the Volvo and Mack Trucks global product lines.
  • Engineered high-stakes, glanceable interfaces for expert operators, distilling dense telematics and navigation data into cognitively light layouts to ensure maximum situational awareness and driver safety.
  • Scaled and led a high-performing design squad of 5, owning the full-stack lifecycle from initial mood boarding and interactive prototyping to rigorous, safety-backed usability testing in real-world hardware environments.

UX Designer

Lenovo

2014 - 2015

  • Designed high-traffic digital interfaces for a global consumer audience, focusing on streamlining the user journey from product discovery to checkout for Lenovo’s core hardware lines.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional global teams to ensure brand and UX consistency across multiple international regions, maintaining high standards for localization and accessibility.
  • Contributed to the evolution of internal design libraries, helping bridge the gap between marketing requirements and technical implementation for high-visibility product launches.

Qualifications

  • Design Leadership & Strategy: Design System Architecture, User-Centered Design (UCD), Information Architecture (IA), Mentorship, and Cross-functional Team Leadership
  • Predictive AI & Agentic UX: Designing for Intent-Based Systems, Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) oversight, and AI-driven workflow automation to reduce cognitive load.
  • Advanced Systems Design: Figma Expert (Auto Layout, Variables, Advanced Prototyping), Building Centralized Design Engines, and maintaining Single Sources of Truth.
  • Engineering Collaboration: Technical Design Handoff, Token-based Design Systems, 1:1 Implementation Review (QA), and HTML/CSS/React compliance.
  • High-Stakes Research: Qualitative/Quantitative Usability Testing, Safety-Critical User Research, and Situational Awareness design for expert operators.

Education

MAsters,

Computer Science

University of California, Irvine

Bachelor of Science,

Psychology

University of Washington

Let’s Connect

© Brandon Herdrick

Brandon Herdrick

Resume

Download PDF

Experience

Principal UX Designer

ACS Technologies

2020 - Present

  • Architected and scaled a centralized Design Engine in Figma from the ground up, establishing a single source of truth that unified the UI/UX across the entire enterprise suite and significantly increased engineering velocity.
  • Directed the design of mission-critical financial interfaces, implementing a rigorous token-based handoff process to ensure 1:1 parity between design intent and React production components.
  • Led a high-performing squad of 4 designers, institutionalizing "Systems Thinking" and advanced Figma architecture while fostering a culture of high craft standards and professional growth.
  • Spearheaded the shift toward Predictive AI and Agentic workflows, moving the platform from static dashboards to Intent-Based Systems that anticipate user needs and suggest the next best action while maintaining human-in-the-loop oversight.
  • Partnered cross-functionally with Product and Engineering leadership to reframe the roadmap from "feature-building" to "workflow-scaling," ensuring that complex accounting and donation modules felt like a cohesive, integrated family of apps.

Principal UX Designer

Unum

2019 - 2020

  • Led the digital modernization of high-stakes Enterprise SaaS platforms, transitioning legacy insurance workflows into a modern, responsive ecosystem without disrupting mission-critical client operations.
  • Mastered "Platform Thinking" by distilling fragmented processes into a scalable framework, ensuring a consistent mental model across a wide-reaching suite of consumer and client-facing dashboards.
  • Architected a single source of truth for the enterprise design system, harmonizing complex UI patterns across multiple modules to maintain high-integrity user experiences in a heavily regulated financial environment.

Senior UX Designer

Volvo Trucks

2015 - 2019

  • Pioneered the digital transformation of the driver experience, replacing traditional analog clusters with a unified, 16-inch digital ecosystem across the Volvo and Mack Trucks global product lines.
  • Engineered high-stakes, glanceable interfaces for expert operators, distilling dense telematics and navigation data into cognitively light layouts to ensure maximum situational awareness and driver safety.
  • Scaled and led a high-performing design squad of 5, owning the full-stack lifecycle from initial mood boarding and interactive prototyping to rigorous, safety-backed usability testing in real-world hardware environments.

UX Designer

Lenovo

2014 - 2015

  • Designed high-traffic digital interfaces for a global consumer audience, focusing on streamlining the user journey from product discovery to checkout for Lenovo’s core hardware lines.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional global teams to ensure brand and UX consistency across multiple international regions, maintaining high standards for localization and accessibility.
  • Contributed to the evolution of internal design libraries, helping bridge the gap between marketing requirements and technical implementation for high-visibility product launches.

Qualifications

  • Design Leadership & Strategy: Design System Architecture, User-Centered Design (UCD), Information Architecture (IA), Mentorship, and Cross-functional Team Leadership
  • Predictive AI & Agentic UX: Designing for Intent-Based Systems, Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) oversight, and AI-driven workflow automation to reduce cognitive load.
  • Advanced Systems Design: Figma Expert (Auto Layout, Variables, Advanced Prototyping), Building Centralized Design Engines, and maintaining Single Sources of Truth.
  • Engineering Collaboration: Technical Design Handoff, Token-based Design Systems, 1:1 Implementation Review (QA), and HTML/CSS/React compliance.
  • High-Stakes Research: Qualitative/Quantitative Usability Testing, Safety-Critical User Research, and Situational Awareness design for expert operators.

Education

MAsters,

Computer Science

University of California, Irvine

Bachelor of Science,

Psychology

University of Washington

Let’s Connect

© Brandon Herdrick

Brandon Herdrick

Resume

Download PDF

Experience

Principal UX Designer

ACS Technologies

2020 - Present

  • Architected and scaled a centralized Design Engine in Figma from the ground up, establishing a single source of truth that unified the UI/UX across the entire enterprise suite and significantly increased engineering velocity.
  • Directed the design of mission-critical financial interfaces, implementing a rigorous token-based handoff process to ensure 1:1 parity between design intent and React production components.
  • Led a high-performing squad of 4 designers, institutionalizing "Systems Thinking" and advanced Figma architecture while fostering a culture of high craft standards and professional growth.
  • Spearheaded the shift toward Predictive AI and Agentic workflows, moving the platform from static dashboards to Intent-Based Systems that anticipate user needs and suggest the next best action while maintaining human-in-the-loop oversight.
  • Partnered cross-functionally with Product and Engineering leadership to reframe the roadmap from "feature-building" to "workflow-scaling," ensuring that complex accounting and donation modules felt like a cohesive, integrated family of apps.

Principal UX Designer

Unum

2019 - 2020

  • Led the digital modernization of high-stakes Enterprise SaaS platforms, transitioning legacy insurance workflows into a modern, responsive ecosystem without disrupting mission-critical client operations.
  • Mastered "Platform Thinking" by distilling fragmented processes into a scalable framework, ensuring a consistent mental model across a wide-reaching suite of consumer and client-facing dashboards.
  • Architected a single source of truth for the enterprise design system, harmonizing complex UI patterns across multiple modules to maintain high-integrity user experiences in a heavily regulated financial environment.

Senior UX Designer

Volvo Trucks

2015 - 2019

  • Pioneered the digital transformation of the driver experience, replacing traditional analog clusters with a unified, 16-inch digital ecosystem across the Volvo and Mack Trucks global product lines.
  • Engineered high-stakes, glanceable interfaces for expert operators, distilling dense telematics and navigation data into cognitively light layouts to ensure maximum situational awareness and driver safety.
  • Scaled and led a high-performing design squad of 5, owning the full-stack lifecycle from initial mood boarding and interactive prototyping to rigorous, safety-backed usability testing in real-world hardware environments.

UX Designer

Lenovo

2014 - 2015

  • Designed high-traffic digital interfaces for a global consumer audience, focusing on streamlining the user journey from product discovery to checkout for Lenovo’s core hardware lines.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional global teams to ensure brand and UX consistency across multiple international regions, maintaining high standards for localization and accessibility.
  • Contributed to the evolution of internal design libraries, helping bridge the gap between marketing requirements and technical implementation for high-visibility product launches.

Qualifications

  • Design Leadership & Strategy: Design System Architecture, User-Centered Design (UCD), Information Architecture (IA), Mentorship, and Cross-functional Team Leadership
  • Predictive AI & Agentic UX: Designing for Intent-Based Systems, Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) oversight, and AI-driven workflow automation to reduce cognitive load.
  • Advanced Systems Design: Figma Expert (Auto Layout, Variables, Advanced Prototyping), Building Centralized Design Engines, and maintaining Single Sources of Truth.
  • Engineering Collaboration: Technical Design Handoff, Token-based Design Systems, 1:1 Implementation Review (QA), and HTML/CSS/React compliance.
  • High-Stakes Research: Qualitative/Quantitative Usability Testing, Safety-Critical User Research, and Situational Awareness design for expert operators.

Education

MAsters,

Computer Science

University of California, Irvine

Bachelor of Science,

Psychology

University of Washington

Let’s Connect

© Brandon Herdrick