Hi. I’m Justin, and I’m a Technical Experience Designer.
I’m currently located in Los Angeles as Lead Technical Experience Designer at Respawn Entertainment on Apex Legends. My past projects are below, learn more about me & get in touch.
ABOUT
I’m a passionate Technical Designer who has worked in a variety of UI mediums such as print, web and video games.Â
My background in computer science and design helps me uniquely approach complex problems with long term solutions. By bridging the gap between design and technology we can create fantastic solutions that designers and developers love, but most importantly, users love.
Providing clear direction, mentorship, guidance and removing any roadblocks for teammates are the foundation of a good leader.Â
EXPERIENCE
I have 15 years of experience and have had the pleasure of working with some of the top companies across the globe.
Oct 2022 – Present
Lead Technical Experience Designer at Respawn Entertainment
Jan 2021 – Oct 2022
Sr. Technical Experience Designer at Respawn Entertainment
Nov 2016 – Jan 2021
Technical Experience Designer at BioWare
Mar 2013 – Nov 2016
Freelance Front-end Web UI/UX Developer
Jul 2013 – May 2015
Intermediate Front End UI/UX Web Developer at Tribal Worldwide
May 2011 – Apr 2012
IT & Marketing Manager at BrockTV
May 2010 – Dec 2010
Technical Analyst at IBM
FOCUS ON
UX / UI Design
Game Development
Branding
AWARDS
Gamecom 2021 – Best Ongoing Game (Apex Legends)
E3 2018 – Best PC Game
E3 2018 – Best Action Game
The FWA – Site of the Day
Canadian Marketing Awards – Gold in Digital Food & Beverage
GAME PORTFOLIO
APEX LEGENDS
I have had the privilege to work on Apex Legends since season 7. Since then I have worked on a wide variety of features, below are a few screenshots and videos of features I directly built.
Menu screenshots
Legends
Valkyrie Flight HUD
Vantage Tactical Jump
Revenant Ultimate
Seer Heartbeat Sensor
Vantage Ultimate Sniper Rifle & Passive Scope
Modes
Control ( Losing a Point )
Control ( Weapon Level Up )
Control ( Point Getting Captured )
Private Matches
Other Videos
Season 9 Comics
Also did season 10-21’s comics, radio plays and text adventures!
CAR Gun
Includes UI on the model, showing both ammo types on the HUD in the bottom right and in the inventory and logic to swap between the set two ammo types.
Nemesis Gun
Includes UI on the model, and the charge meter over the weapon in the bottom right of the HUD
Rampage Gun
Includes UI on the model, overcharged indicator on the HUD in the bottom right and a new request functionality in the inventory.
IMC Armory Screens
The IMC armories contained screens that would:
- Show all players as they entered the space
- Show the time remaining of the event
- Show the current wave number
- On completion show the total loot bins unlocked and rarity achieved
Wattson Heirloom
Built the technical system to allow UI Art to display different UI animations based on the characters animation timline.
Leadership
When I joined the Apex Legends team there was not a UI technical team. I spent the next fours years expanding it from a team of one to a team of upward of fifteen individuals. As the team grew my priorities shifted and I helped support many of the below features from the early sign off days through their development.
Battlepass
Events
Artifacts
Challenges
Store
Links
Can I Play That – Apex Legends colorblind support and reticle color presets are in the works
Anthem Next
ANTHEM
Jr. UX Technical Designer providing both wireframe support and design document support, as well as implementing approved designs in engine.Â
screenshots
MASS EFFECT ANDROMEDA
Supported the team on the internal infrastructure team providing web tools through the BioWare Intranet. Managed JIRA and confluence user experience and built custom websites and tools using JIRA data for the game team.