Led the UX audit and redesign of Tasktag’s mobile and desktop app, and coached the client’s design team on design systems.
- Timeline
- 6 mo
- User interviews
- 5
- Platforms
- 2
I design products people love
and systems that scale.
I’m Taran, a product designer with a computer science background, driving growth, design systems and AI at Viant Technology. Previously at Headway.
Selected work
I worked with some of the most innovative industry leaders to help build their top-notch products and ideas.
Rebuilt Shipwright around fewer, better components, built with developers and mirrored in Storybook.
- Figma users
- 10.7K
- Kickoff time
- 80%
- Client projects
- 30+
Rebuilt the in-vehicle Driver Info and Controller systems in Figma, using Figma Variables while still in beta.
- Brands, one system
- 3
- In-vehicle systems
- 2
- Config talk views
- 31K+
Led design on Crown, Interspond’s first product: a marketplace connecting research sites with clinical studies.
- Clicks to find a study
- 60%
- Time to link studies
- 55%
- Team adoption
- 80%
Co-taught Headway’s Shipwright design systems course, and designed the website that sells it.
- Seats in 6 months
- 25+
- Lessons
- 46
- Of video
- 11h+
Resources
My heart is set on giving back to the design community. These are the templates and tutorials I’ve shared so far.
Figma template
UX audit exercise
20.6K usersGet template
Figma template
Design system interview template
765 usersGet template
Figma template
Variables map
605 usersGet template
YouTube tutorial
Using icon wrappers in Figma
1.6K viewsWatch
YouTube tutorial
Shipwright UI kit walkthrough
1.1K viewsWatch
YouTube tutorial
Creating variables in Figma
1.8K viewsWatch
Kind words
“Taran is the man with a creative bent of mind, a positive approach towards work, and a man with great skills.”
“He is very professional, considerate and thorough in his work. He is tremendously creative and always has excellent user experience at the heart of his work.”
“Taran would be a great addition to any team and organization which is looking for a dynamic, open-minded, experienced and a committed software professional.”
“Working with Taran was so easy. He is very patient and wants to get things done the right way. Looking forward to working with him again soon!”
“Taran is an individual who is not just good at UIX and creative design but is a person who is diligent, hardworking and most of all a person with excellent creative vision.”
“It has been great working with Taran on the Ford Design System project. Taran has been incredibly helpful and has taught me a few things I hadn't known before regarding Figma and components.”
“Taran has been doing an amazing job leading design on Interspond. He's dove into wrangling the project plan, leading retros, problem-solving with the team, and actively coordinating with devs. Keep up the great work!”
“I'm so grateful to Taran for taking the time to walk me through the potential figma token plugins I could recommend to the client I'm working with. His expertise on the subject really shines through!”
“Taran has been doing an amazing job of leading the tasktag designers and holding them accountable. He's really demonstrating his leadership and learning a ton of things along the way. Keep up the great!”
“Taran has done a great job on the Interspond project with the short turn around time for their initial conference. His design mock up have been great to work off of and he consistently updates the design.”
My motto
Good design is honest.