Product Designer

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I design for complexity — regulated industries, multi-sided user needs, new technology, and the messy middle between how systems work and what people actually need.

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Aran Cole
Years
Clients
Projects

    • Product Strategy

    • UX

    • User Research

    • Prototyping

    • Teaching

    • Persona Development

    • UI

    • Design Thinking

    • Interactive TV

    • Product Strategy

    • UX

    • User Research

    • Prototyping

    • Teaching

    • Persona Development

    • UI

    • Design Thinking

    • Interactive TV

    • Product Strategy
    • UX
    • User Research
    • Prototyping
    • Teaching
    • Persona Development
    • UI
    • Design Thinking
    • Interactive TV

What I Do

Capabilities

UI & UX Design

Design interfaces that solve real business problems, not just look polished — grounded in usability research and built to scale across complex systems.

Product Design

Own the full arc from discovery to delivery, translating business and technical constraints into products people can actually use.

AI in Design

Integrate AI tools into design process and explore AI-driven product experiences — staying hands-on with the technology reshaping how we design and build.

Prototyping

Build interactive, testable prototypes early — validating ideas before engineering resources are spent building the wrong thing.

User Research

Run qualitative and quantitative research to ground design decisions in real user behavior, not assumptions or opinions.

Training

Teach the full product design cycle and design thinking, translating professional practice into curriculum for the next generation of designers.

UI & UX Design

Design interfaces that solve real business problems, not just look polished — grounded in usability research and built to scale across complex systems.

Product Design

Own the full arc from discovery to delivery, translating business and technical constraints into products people can actually use.

AI in Design

Integrate AI tools into design process and explore AI-driven product experiences — staying hands-on with the technology reshaping how we design and build.

Prototyping

Build interactive, testable prototypes early — validating ideas before engineering resources are spent building the wrong thing.

User Research

Run qualitative and quantitative research to ground design decisions in real user behavior, not assumptions or opinions.

Training

Teach the full product design cycle and design thinking, translating professional practice into curriculum for the next generation of designers.

UI & UX Design

Design interfaces that solve real business problems, not just look polished — grounded in usability research and built to scale across complex systems.

Product Design

Own the full arc from discovery to delivery, translating business and technical constraints into products people can actually use.

AI in Design

Integrate AI tools into design process and explore AI-driven product experiences — staying hands-on with the technology reshaping how we design and build.

Prototyping

Build interactive, testable prototypes early — validating ideas before engineering resources are spent building the wrong thing.

User Research

Run qualitative and quantitative research to ground design decisions in real user behavior, not assumptions or opinions.

Training

Teach the full product design cycle and design thinking, translating professional practice into curriculum for the next generation of designers.

Portfolio

Selected Works

  • UI & UX
  • User Research
  • Prototyping
  • Product Design
  • UI & UX
  • User Research
  • Prototyping
  • Product Design
  • Credentials App
  • Nurses
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile App
  • Credentials App
  • Nurses
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile App

More Case Studies

About Me

I'm a Senior Product Designer and Facilitator who builds meaningful interactive products by cultivating healthy, high-functioning cultures within design and dev teams — a scalable process I've applied at large financial institutions and early-stage startups alike.

  • Senior Product Designer at Wilmington Trust (part of M&T Bank), designing complex employee-facing applications for collateral, custody, and security operations.

  • UX Lead for AllianceBernstein.

  • Designed and managed the release of Nurse Backpack — [see case study →]

  • Led product design for several startup accelerator cohorts at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center.

  • Taught the UI/UX Digital Product Design night class at Nashville Software School, and co-developed the FEWDD Bootcamp (Front End Web Design & Development) with Brenda Long.

  • My team designed the first cable TV app for iPad — not a streaming app, a full replication of everything a cable box could do. It hit #1 on the App Store. There was no precedent to build from; we invented the interaction patterns as we went.

Outside of work: I co-founded Nashville Diaper Connection in 2013, and I'm lucky to have built a large extended family with the love of my life — including a 100+ pound dog. In another life, I'd be a full-time glassblower or a librarian.