UX Research & Design Portfolio

Designing for Complex Systems and the People Who Depend on Them

I'm Philip Jean-Pierre — a senior UX designer and strategist with 20+ years shaping digital experiences across federal government and financial services. I make complex systems feel human, accessible, and trustworthy.

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20+
Years Experience
70M+
Users Impacted
508
Section Compliant
WCAG
2.2 AA Conformant
Core Expertise

What I Do

Research-grounded design for regulated environments, legacy systems, and underserved populations.

UX Research

Usability studies, comparative analyses, card sorts, personas, and research plans — grounded in qualitative and quantitative methods across diverse audiences and federal compliance frameworks.

Product Strategy

Mobile-first strategy, phased roadmaps, API architecture recommendations, and infrastructure planning that connects technical decisions to user outcomes at scale.

Design Systems

Enterprise component libraries, USWDS-aligned pattern standards, and accessibility-first design tokens — built for consistency, scalability, and cross-team adoption.

Digital Equity

Research-driven advocacy for underserved, smartphone-dependent populations — mapping broadband gaps, authentication barriers, and cognitive load to inclusive design recommendations.

Selected Work

Featured Projects

Case studies and research artifacts from federal digital transformation and enterprise product design.

Case Study · SSA
SSA Mobile Wage Reporting App

End-to-end UX research and design for SSA's first native mobile application — from discovery research through high-fidelity prototyping, serving millions of wage reporters with accessibility-first mobile experiences.

Mobile UX Usability Testing WCAG 2.2
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Case Study · SSA
SSA Mobile Infrastructure Strategy

Systems-level UX thinking applied to platform architecture, API design, accessibility frameworks, and deployment models — shaping how SSA delivers mobile services to 70+ million people.

Infrastructure API Design Federal
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Presentation · EY
EY Marketing Analytics Platform

End-to-end UX design of a unified B2B marketing intelligence platform — covering journey maps, wireframe-to-production evolution, data visualization strategy, and inline AI Copilot integration.

Data Visualization Enterprise AI
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Research · SSA
Mobile App Development Strategy

Strategic memorandum outlining SSA's plan for a native mobile presence — covering human-centered design methodology, research matrix, and a phased product strategy aligned with SSA Vision 2025.

Strategy Research Plan Mobile
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Built on Collaboration, Driven by Craft

After more than two decades shaping digital experiences across federal government and financial services, I'm entering a new chapter — exploring the intersection of AI-augmented workflows, design systems thinking, and bold, research-led product design that moves organizations forward.

From modernizing how millions of Americans interact with Social Security to building consumer-facing credit card experiences at Capital One, my work has always been about making complex systems feel human.

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Federal Government

SSA, VA, Section 508 & WCAG compliance

Financial Services

Capital One, EY, enterprise platforms

Emerging Technology

AI workflows, data visualization, design systems