Craig GordonVaughn

Product Designer Who Builds

Background

I design and build products that take their subject seriously. My work sits at the intersection of product strategy, UX, and delivery. I work across the full arc, from the first question to the finished product.

For the past seven months, across more than 400 documented sprints, I've been the solo designer, developer, and product strategist behind a Morse code training platform. I've built everything from the learning engine and hardware input layer to the front-end architecture, analytics, and launch infrastructure. The five case studies on this site document that journey.

I'm looking for a product design or UX role where craft and judgment are valued in equal measure. Fully remote. Available now.

I'm particularly drawn to products where design judgment and domain expertise matter as much as craft. Learning systems, professional tools, and privacy-conscious products especially.

I work in documented sprints. Every significant decision has a rationale. Every sprint ends with a summary. It's the discipline that keeps complex work coherent over time, and it's an approach I'd bring to any product or team.

Design Philosophy

  • Systems thinking
  • Human-centered design
  • Evidence-informed decisions

Design & Strategy

  • Product strategy
  • UX & information architecture
  • Interaction design
  • UX writing
  • Research & validation

Build & Ship

  • Front-end architecture
  • React / Vite / Tailwind CSS
  • Progressive Web Apps
  • Analytics & Measurement
  • HTML / CSS / JavaScript
  • Figma

Outside the Work

Photography

Before digital, I worked in small, medium, and large format film. I was drawn to architecture, light, color, and found geometry, not just as subjects but as systems. Finding structure within complexity is the same instinct that shapes my product work today.

Photography by CGV

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