UX/UI | Nathan Brown UX

What are UX and UI?

User Experience (UX) is the broad term describing the totality of a user's interaction with a product, be it a website, app, or a non-digital product. UX provides the foundation and framework on which these products are built.

User Interface (UI) is strictly digital, and describes the graphical design of a website or application. Everything that makes up the visuals of a design – typography, color, buttons, and so forth – is encompassed in UI.

UX Projects & Case Studies

User Journey Audit: CableTV.com

Illustration of a person looking at multiple paths to walk down, with arrows pointing in three different directions.

To best understand the user journeys on your website, you should audit the end-to-end process—how users enter, interact with, and exit the site. I conducted this audit for CableTV.com.

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Operation Traffic Control: Helping to Qualify Leads

Screenshot of CableTV.com page showing a content card for Cox internet in Phoenix, Arizona.

Operation Traffic Control was a project to better qualify leads sent to one of our partners. I conducted interviews and usability testing to measure the effectiveness of our efforts.

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Competitor Analysis: CTA Labels

Close up of a person's hand on a computer mouse, getting ready to click.

Call-to-action button labels are crucial for good UX. I did a competitor analysis of CTA labels and follow-up CTA label A/B testing on CableTV.com.

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Above-The-Fold Content Audit

A heatmap view of a desktop webpage on CableTV.com, with a red tint covering the page and a line showing the average 'fold' position on the screen.

Content “above the fold” on a webpage—that is, the content seen at the top without the need to scroll—is critical for site messaging and conversion opportunities.

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Think Ink Tattoo App

Think Ink is the capstone project I completed for my UX Design certification program. The project focused on developing an application from start to finish using the entire UX design process.

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SLPedia Vocabulary App

SLPedia is a vocabulary app for speech therapists. This mini-project showcases an abbreviated version of the UX framework for designing an application.

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UX Writing

Daily UX Writing Challenges

Young woman typing into a text document on a laptop

UX writing describes the practice of writing targeted, concise microcopy used to address the needs of a user as they navigate and interact with a website, app, or other digital interface.

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UI Case Study

Fitness Motivator — Fitness Web App Prototype

Fitness Motivator is the project I completed for the UI specialization of my UX Design certification program. With basic UX research already provided, the focus was on designing a pixel-perfect set of UI mockups.

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UI/Visual Design

UI Daily Challenges

UI Daily Challenges are quick, single-screen designs for a user interface based on a prompt for a random topic.

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Print Design Booklet

Cover of 'Come Behold' booklet, showing hands holding dirt with a stem growing from it.

Come Behold is a print design piece I created in InDesign for a women's retreat gathering.

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Design Reviews

Analyzing existing websites, apps, and other products is an essential practice in UX design. Explore a collection of UX reviews and heuristic evaluations.

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UX / UI