Nicole Washington
Product Designer
Employed - Full Time
Seattle, WA
Building products that scale.
I design at the intersection of systems and experience - from design tokens to 10-foot TV interfaces to the cross-team rituals that get things shipped.
AT A GLANCE
Designing scalable experiences from reusable components to 10-foot TV interfaces.
5+
Years of Design at Microsoft
5+
Shipped Features
2
Academic Publications
SELECTED WORK
2026
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ABOUT
I use a human-centered approach in UX and product design to create intuitive, accessible, and memorable experiences. My work is dedicated to building healthy relationships between humans and technology - always with empathy, community, and equity at the forefront.
EDUCATION
University of Washington - Seattle
Bachelor of Science in Human Centered Design and Engineering
Focus: Human-Computer Interaction
HCDE grounded my practice in empathy, collaboration, and equity. I care about building accessible technology with people and communities, using research, interdisciplinary exploration, and thoughtful impact to create better futures.
Leadership Approach
I bring cross-functional teams - design, engineering, research - around a shared, human-centered problem statement, then keep momentum with prototypes over debate.
UX + Product Philosophy
Good design starts with empathy and earns its keep through evidence. I use research and systems thinking to find the right problem before I touch pixels.
Craft + Tooling
Figma for the polish, React Native and TypeScript when I need to prove an interaction actually works, and I've never met a design system I didn't want to make more consistent.
Who I've worked with.
Hi, I'm Nicole and I'd love to work with you
Contact me
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Open to Product Design and UX/UI Design IC roles / Seattle, WA / Replies within 48h