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Senior UX and product designer

I design products for complicated work.

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I'm Stephen Bowman, a senior UX and product designer based near Chicago. I work on enterprise products where people need to understand dense information, move through long workflows, and make decisions with real consequences.

My background spans enterprise aviation, public healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and technology. I like getting close to the work itself, especially when the domain has specialized language, rules, and responsibilities that a product has to respect.

I map workflows before shaping interface concepts, then build working prototypes when the behavior needs closer review. This gives product, engineering, and domain experts something concrete to question and revise together.

I move between design and prototype implementation because the hard parts rarely stop at the screen. Behavior, missing information, failure states, and moments that depend on human judgment all change what a product needs to do.

Capabilities

  • Product strategy and research

    I turn stakeholder workflows into specific tasks, then use prototypes to expose questions a static screen leaves unanswered.

  • Complex and regulated systems

    I organize dense information around the decision at hand, keeping supporting detail available without crowding the main task.

  • Design systems and prototypes

    I connect reusable Figma patterns with review notes and accessibility findings. Working prototypes let me examine behavior beyond the layout.

  • Cross-functional leadership

    I bring designs and unresolved questions into reviews with product, engineering, and domain experts, then document the reasoning for the team.