Austin-based UX Designer Matthew Stephens

Me & My Philosophy

I'm Matthew Stephens, an experienced UX Designer living in beautiful Austin, Texas.

Working with clients of all sizes, I specialize in providing lean, yet elegant, solutions for iPhone, iPad and web applications, but can handle just about any creative project. My approach is straightforward: plan well, listen to the users, keep it simple, stay agile, and finish with a beautiful and usable design. If you're interested in how I can help your company, check out my work and use the contact form below to get started.

Reading Raven

I was tasked with providing UX consulting and UI design for a children's reading iPad app. The app was almost instantly successful, being picked as a Staff Favorite in the App Store and breaking the top 5 Education Apps. My passion for education and technology really came through with this project and I'm very proud to be a part of the team.

Fishing Scout

Targeted at anglers wanting to share photos of their catches along with location-based tools, Fishing Scout is a really useful app if you fish at all. When asked to redesign their mobile app, I was immediately intrigued. They had a rough version working already and just needed some UX work and a facelift. We were both pleased with the result.

TrainerVerse

When asked to redesign this personal trainer web app, my first thought was to remove half of the application. The client had developed a highly functional piece of software, but it was clunky and hard to use. I started from scratch, eliminating all but the essentials and started to rebuild. The end product is a slick and highly usable product.

Ateamo

Aimed at soccer organizations, Ateamo is a league and team management tool, helping to solve the problem of player dues, waivers, forms, registrations, etc. My job was to make it easier to use, as members often complained. I simplified everything and created a dashboard so that players could see all their relevant info on one page. Feedback has been greatly improved.

Wisegate

Working with Theresa Neil, I was asked to design a private community for IT professionals, based on low-fidelity wireframes. I was given a color palette and a logo, but that was all. The final product was a clean, corporate site with a bit of fun mixed in. The client was very happy with the result.

ADT Pulse

To show my diversity, I wanted to include this simple landing page that I created for ADT Pulse, a new home automation technology. The purpose was clear: design a beautiful, well-performing page that converted users into buyers. The client was very happy with the end result and so was I.

Free UX Templates for iPhone 4S, iPad 2, & Safari 5

Posted January 20, 2012

Over Christmas, I decided to create a binder for all my sketches, wireframes, UX articles, diagrams, etc. We had just bought a new printer, so I also wanted to create a PDF that would allow me to quickly open and print out templates to sketch on, rather than buying expensive notebooks.

Since most of what I work on these days are iPad and iPhone applications, it made sense to start there. I hadn't seen any iPhone 4S templates, either, so I knew other people would be interested in downloading the file. Enjoy and feel free to contact me if you’d like to contribute or request anything.

If you'd like to contribute to the project, I've setup a Github Account. And if you want to buy me a beer, I'm accepting donations on WePay.

Background

At the age of 18, I started deviantART.com with the intention of creating a home for artists on the web. Working there taught me the value of the user and how important their experience is to the success of the company. Since then, I have devoted my career to taking what I have learned and applying it to other destinations on the web. If you'd like to learn more, I can send you a detailed process, resume, etc.