I’m Danny Papageorge, a product designer with more than a decade of experience. I take products from early discovery and strategy through interaction design, systems, and launch. I partner closely with clients, product owners, and engineers to turn messy problems into clear, useful experiences that meet real user needs and are ready to ship.
A 24% drop in booking abandonment for multi-room searches. Combining multi-room selection, fare rules, and cancellation policies into one flow travelers can actually finish. Read the case study →
The AHA's mobile app, redesigned and rebuilt in React Native with one PM and one engineer. It ran four more years at a 4.0-star average across 5,760 ratings, retired in 2023 once its features graduated into the AHA's website. Read the case study →
One design system, countless utility brands: Fully-branded white-label marketplaces, from smart thermostats to EV chargers. Read the case study →
Discovery and strategy for MichaelJFox.org, with Mondo Robot: a survey of 269K supporters distilled into an architecture two very different audiences can use. Read the case study →
Brand identity for McDevitt Taco Supply's sister company, with a fresh mark that still reads as family. Read the case study →
A halftone badge tee for Boulder's super heady taco crew.
DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES. DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. THE SAME GOAL: BUILD SOMETHING USEFUL.
End-to-end product design, with the range to move from an ambiguous problem to a thoughtfully shipped solution.
I connect customer needs, business goals, and technical constraints to identify the right problem before committing to a solution.
I turn complex requirements into understandable flows, testable prototypes, polished interfaces, and reusable patterns.
I work closely with product managers and engineers throughout the process so decisions remain grounded and the finished experience holds together.
I bring customer needs, business goals, and technical constraints into the same conversation. The goal is to understand what matters, what is still uncertain, and what is worth solving first.
I’d rather put something real in front of people in days than spend weeks on polished mockups. Prototypes make the trade-offs visible while they’re still cheap to change.
I stay close to product and engineering through implementation, working through tradeoffs, refining details, and helping the team preserve the intent behind the design.
I’m a product designer who enjoys complex systems, close collaboration, and the journey from a rough problem to a shipped product.
Over the past decade, I’ve worked across travel, fintech, energy, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations. My experience spans product strategy, user experience, interface design, design systems, and visual identity. This range helps me connect big picture decisions with the details people experience every day.
I do my best work on teams that value curiosity, direct communication, and shared ownership. I use prototypes, including coded prototypes and those created with AI, to make ideas tangible earlier, encourage useful conversations, and help teams learn before they commit.
Modern AI tools have changed how I work. They help me prototype faster and explore more directions, which leaves more time for the decisions that actually matter.
I’m open to new roles and projects. If you’re looking for an experienced designer who can move between strategy, interaction, systems, and delivery, I’d be glad to hear what your team is working on.
dannypapageorge@gmail.comLet’s build something useful.