📍 Indio, CA, USA
I thrive where clarity is scarce.
I thrive where clarity is scarce.
I thrive where clarity is scarce.
I thrive where clarity is scarce.
Product Designer translating ambiguity into measurable business wins.
Product Designer translating ambiguity into measurable business wins.
Product Designer translating ambiguity into measurable business wins.
Product Designer translating ambiguity into measurable business wins.
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📍 Indio, CA, USA
I thrive where clarity is scarce.
Product Designer translating ambiguity into measurable business wins.
View Portfolio
Rapid Prototyping
Data Visualization
Design Systems
Collaboration
Product Strategy
User Research
Interaction Design
Service Design
Rapid Prototyping
Data Visualization
Design Systems
Collaboration
Product Strategy
User Research
Interaction Design
Service Design
Featured Work
Testimonials
“Joe jumped in during crunch time, led daily design sessions, and delivered a workflow the business approved on first pass.”
Senior Product Owner
“Joe’s deck transformed a complex solution into a clear story the customer immediately understood.”
Regional Sales Manager
“He added two critical components and rapidly aligned multiple teams on their implementation.”
Director of Design Systems
“Joe re-imagined our peer-recognition tool with a polished, intuitive flow that made giving kudos fun again.”
Head of Culture
“His prototype and walkthrough gave us the exact feedback we needed. Engineering keeps praising the clarity it provided.”
Director of Software Engineering
“Joe jumped in during crunch time, led daily design sessions, and delivered a workflow the business approved on first pass.”
Senior Product Owner
“Joe’s deck transformed a complex solution into a clear story the customer immediately understood.”
Regional Sales Manager
“He added two critical components and rapidly aligned multiple teams on their implementation.”
Director of Design Systems
“Joe re-imagined our peer-recognition tool with a polished, intuitive flow that made giving kudos fun again.”
Head of Culture
“His prototype and walkthrough gave us the exact feedback we needed. Engineering keeps praising the clarity it provided.”
Director of Software Engineering
“Joe jumped in during crunch time, led daily design sessions, and delivered a workflow the business approved on first pass.”
Senior Product Owner
“Joe’s deck transformed a complex solution into a clear story the customer immediately understood.”
Regional Sales Manager
“He added two critical components and rapidly aligned multiple teams on their implementation.”
Director of Design Systems
“Joe re-imagined our peer-recognition tool with a polished, intuitive flow that made giving kudos fun again.”
Head of Culture
“His prototype and walkthrough gave us the exact feedback we needed. Engineering keeps praising the clarity it provided.”
Director of Software Engineering
“Joe jumped in during crunch time, led daily design sessions, and delivered a workflow the business approved on first pass.”
Senior Product Owner
“Joe’s deck transformed a complex solution into a clear story the customer immediately understood.”
Regional Sales Manager
“He added two critical components and rapidly aligned multiple teams on their implementation.”
Director of Design Systems
“Joe re-imagined our peer-recognition tool with a polished, intuitive flow that made giving kudos fun again.”
Head of Culture
“His prototype and walkthrough gave us the exact feedback we needed. Engineering keeps praising the clarity it provided.”
Director of Software Engineering
“Joe jumped in during crunch time, led daily design sessions, and delivered a workflow the business approved on first pass.”
Senior Product Owner
“Joe re-imagined our peer-recognition tool with a polished, intuitive flow that made giving kudos fun again.”
Head of Culture
“His prototype and walkthrough gave us the exact feedback we needed. Engineering keeps praising the clarity it provided.”
Director of Software Engineering
“He added two critical components and rapidly aligned multiple teams on their implementation.”
Director of Design Systems
“Joe’s deck transformed a complex solution into a clear story the customer immediately understood.”
Regional Sales Manager
Introduction
I'm Joe Balich, a Product & UX Designer who turns complex problems into tools people depend on. With a Master's in Human-Computer Interaction and experience across enterprise platforms and digital products, I think in systems, design for humans, and ship work that scales. I'm seeking a long-term role where I can tackle complex product challenges and do the best work of my life.
I'm Joe Balich, a Product & UX Designer who turns complex problems into tools people depend on. With a Master's in Human-Computer Interaction and experience across enterprise platforms and digital products, I think in systems, design for humans, and ship work that scales. I'm seeking a long-term role where I can tackle complex product challenges and do the best work of my life.
Learn more —>
Learn more —>
📍 Indio, CA, USA
I thrive where clarity is scarce.
Product Designer translating ambiguity into measurable business wins.
View Portfolio
Rapid Prototyping
Data Visualization
Design Systems
Collaboration
Product Strategy
User Research
Interaction Design
Service Design
Featured Work
Dynamic Coverage Map
Millions
Data Points
Real-time
Coverage
Designed an interactive map-based analytics feature to visualize radio signal quality and performance across time and geography. Enabled public-safety teams to spot coverage gaps in real time, reducing costly drive testing and accelerating issue resolution.
Nonprofit Website Redesign
$97.6k
Donations
478
Volunteers
37k
Visitors
Redesigned and maintained New Hope Food Pantry’s website, turning it into a central hub for donations, volunteers, and client services. Introduced modern donation tiers, mobile-first design, and rapid crisis-update tools.
Device Provisioning Editor Redesign
90%+ Faster
Edit Time
150+ Screen
Prototype
Led the redesign of a cloud-based configuration editor for programming radio fleets at scale. Streamlined deep multi-step workflows into a guided flow that reduced edit time 90%+ and shipped on schedule for a federal rollout.
50% Fewer
Touchpoints
Days → minutes
Reduced onboarding time
Reimagined onboarding and product-connection flows across a complex ecosystem of public-safety tools. Replaced multi-day manual setup with a self-serve process that got users operational in minutes and halved support dependencies.
Automation Platform Onboarding
Testimonials
“Joe jumped in during crunch time, led daily design sessions, and delivered a workflow the business approved on first pass.”
Senior Product Owner
“Joe’s deck transformed a complex solution into a clear story the customer immediately understood.”
Regional Sales Manager
“He added two critical components and rapidly aligned multiple teams on their implementation.”
Director of Design Systems
“Joe re-imagined our peer-recognition tool with a polished, intuitive flow that made giving kudos fun again.”
Head of Culture
“His prototype and walkthrough gave us the exact feedback we needed. Engineering keeps praising the clarity it provided.”
Director of Software Engineering
“Joe jumped in during crunch time, led daily design sessions, and delivered a workflow the business approved on first pass.”
Senior Product Owner
“Joe’s deck transformed a complex solution into a clear story the customer immediately understood.”
Regional Sales Manager
“He added two critical components and rapidly aligned multiple teams on their implementation.”
Director of Design Systems
“Joe re-imagined our peer-recognition tool with a polished, intuitive flow that made giving kudos fun again.”
Head of Culture
“His prototype and walkthrough gave us the exact feedback we needed. Engineering keeps praising the clarity it provided.”
Director of Software Engineering
“Joe jumped in during crunch time, led daily design sessions, and delivered a workflow the business approved on first pass.”
Senior Product Owner
“Joe’s deck transformed a complex solution into a clear story the customer immediately understood.”
Regional Sales Manager
“He added two critical components and rapidly aligned multiple teams on their implementation.”
Director of Design Systems
“Joe re-imagined our peer-recognition tool with a polished, intuitive flow that made giving kudos fun again.”
Head of Culture
“His prototype and walkthrough gave us the exact feedback we needed. Engineering keeps praising the clarity it provided.”
Director of Software Engineering
“Joe jumped in during crunch time, led daily design sessions, and delivered a workflow the business approved on first pass.”
Senior Product Owner
“Joe’s deck transformed a complex solution into a clear story the customer immediately understood.”
Regional Sales Manager
“He added two critical components and rapidly aligned multiple teams on their implementation.”
Director of Design Systems
“Joe re-imagined our peer-recognition tool with a polished, intuitive flow that made giving kudos fun again.”
Head of Culture
“His prototype and walkthrough gave us the exact feedback we needed. Engineering keeps praising the clarity it provided.”
Director of Software Engineering
Introduction
I'm Joe Balich, a Product & UX Designer who turns complex problems into tools people depend on. With a Master's in Human-Computer Interaction and experience across enterprise platforms and digital products, I think in systems, design for humans, and ship work that scales. I'm seeking a long-term role where I can tackle complex product challenges and do the best work of my life.
Learn more —>
Testimonials
“Joe jumped in during crunch time, led daily design sessions, and delivered a workflow the business approved on first pass.”
Senior Product Owner
“Joe’s deck transformed a complex solution into a clear story the customer immediately understood.”
Regional Sales Manager
“He added two critical components and rapidly aligned multiple teams on their implementation.”
Director of Design Systems
“Joe re-imagined our peer-recognition tool with a polished, intuitive flow that made giving kudos fun again.”
Head of Culture
“His prototype and walkthrough gave us the exact feedback we needed. Engineering keeps praising the clarity it provided.”
Director of Software Engineering
“Joe jumped in during crunch time, led daily design sessions, and delivered a workflow the business approved on first pass.”
Senior Product Owner
“Joe’s deck transformed a complex solution into a clear story the customer immediately understood.”
Regional Sales Manager
“He added two critical components and rapidly aligned multiple teams on their implementation.”
Director of Design Systems
“Joe re-imagined our peer-recognition tool with a polished, intuitive flow that made giving kudos fun again.”
Head of Culture
“His prototype and walkthrough gave us the exact feedback we needed. Engineering keeps praising the clarity it provided.”
Director of Software Engineering
“Joe jumped in during crunch time, led daily design sessions, and delivered a workflow the business approved on first pass.”
Senior Product Owner
“Joe’s deck transformed a complex solution into a clear story the customer immediately understood.”
Regional Sales Manager
“He added two critical components and rapidly aligned multiple teams on their implementation.”
Director of Design Systems
“Joe re-imagined our peer-recognition tool with a polished, intuitive flow that made giving kudos fun again.”
Head of Culture
“His prototype and walkthrough gave us the exact feedback we needed. Engineering keeps praising the clarity it provided.”
Director of Software Engineering
“Joe jumped in during crunch time, led daily design sessions, and delivered a workflow the business approved on first pass.”
Senior Product Owner
“Joe’s deck transformed a complex solution into a clear story the customer immediately understood.”
Regional Sales Manager
“He added two critical components and rapidly aligned multiple teams on their implementation.”
Director of Design Systems
“Joe re-imagined our peer-recognition tool with a polished, intuitive flow that made giving kudos fun again.”
Head of Culture
“His prototype and walkthrough gave us the exact feedback we needed. Engineering keeps praising the clarity it provided.”
Director of Software Engineering