Father, husband, and designer
I’m Zach Blevins
A designer with 15 years of experience across startups, agencies, and enterprise. I partner directly with founders to turn business goals into products that scale. My work spans revenue recognition software, industrial robotics, e-commerce, gaming, and sports entertainment, which is a stranger list than most designers have and the reason I can usually find the pattern in an unfamiliar problem.
02 / About Me
Columbus, Ohio
What I do
I bridge the gap between high-level business goals, core engineering, and exceptional user experiences.
I map complex problem spaces, run continuous user research, and build the component infrastructure that lets a product grow without falling apart. That work has happened at seed-stage startups and inside a $2.8 billion retailer.
The results are measurable. As lead designer on the first social feed at PrizePicks, a platform with 20 million registered accounts, I drove a 1.9% lift in gross handle and a 56% lift in feature engagement. As the only designer at a B2B SaaS company, I helped take early ARR from $1M to $3M and designed the pitch decks and product demos behind a $9.5M Series A. Earlier, interface work I led at READY Robotics proved critical during a $24M Series B.
What ties it together is that I can talk about conversion, retention, and revenue, not just pixels.
What I do
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UX Design & Research
Usability Testing / Continuous User Research / User Journey Mapping / Information Architecture / UX Strategy
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UI & Systems Architecture
Wire-framing / Figma Component Systems / Design Tokens / Interaction Design / Visual Design / Rapid Prototyping
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Product Strategy
Founder Collaboration / Product Roadmap & Vision / Business Goal Alignment / Backlog Prioritization
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Design Leadership
Creative Direction / Contractor Management / Design Process Optimization / Cross-Functional Alignment
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Brand Strategy
Corporate Identity / Marketing Web Design / Collateral Design / Brand Guidelines
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Management & Agile
Mentorship & Coaching / Development Velocity Optimization / Agile Workflows / Cross-Team Collaboration
That’s the background. Here’s how I actually work.
My approach