Matt Silverman
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I had been mentoring Matt for a few months on Information Architecture in the area of mobile design. Matt proactively asked if he could help with anything I was doing at work. I let him know i could use some help with prototyping. At Magic, we needed a fully interactive, bluetooth connected music app, that would allow users to "read" music, and play the guitar, even if they hadn't ever played a guitar or read music. I was using Invision, and due to its limitations, Matt suggested trying Flinto. He came in to the office twice a week over a 2 month period, and helped create and hone the experience into one we could test. The work we did basically changed the overall experience. We observed in live usability testing that those playing the guitar were looking at their hands back and forth to the screen. We changed the way the chords were displayed, put the new chord symbols into the Flinto prototype, then tested again. The outcome was positive in several ways; users stopped looking at their hands, and were able to focus on the screen, basically sight-reading the chords, also allowing users to sing the lyrics that were now aligned with the proper chords. These changes to the UI elevated the user experience to new heights for everyone who played the guitar while using the app. I can't thank Matt enough for his dedication, thoughtfulness, and applying his excellent UX knowledge and skills to help us with our challenge.
LinkedIn User
I had been mentoring Matt for a few months on Information Architecture in the area of mobile design. Matt proactively asked if he could help with anything I was doing at work. I let him know i could use some help with prototyping. At Magic, we needed a fully interactive, bluetooth connected music app, that would allow users to "read" music, and play the guitar, even if they hadn't ever played a guitar or read music. I was using Invision, and due to its limitations, Matt suggested trying Flinto. He came in to the office twice a week over a 2 month period, and helped create and hone the experience into one we could test. The work we did basically changed the overall experience. We observed in live usability testing that those playing the guitar were looking at their hands back and forth to the screen. We changed the way the chords were displayed, put the new chord symbols into the Flinto prototype, then tested again. The outcome was positive in several ways; users stopped looking at their hands, and were able to focus on the screen, basically sight-reading the chords, also allowing users to sing the lyrics that were now aligned with the proper chords. These changes to the UI elevated the user experience to new heights for everyone who played the guitar while using the app. I can't thank Matt enough for his dedication, thoughtfulness, and applying his excellent UX knowledge and skills to help us with our challenge.
LinkedIn User
I had been mentoring Matt for a few months on Information Architecture in the area of mobile design. Matt proactively asked if he could help with anything I was doing at work. I let him know i could use some help with prototyping. At Magic, we needed a fully interactive, bluetooth connected music app, that would allow users to "read" music, and play the guitar, even if they hadn't ever played a guitar or read music. I was using Invision, and due to its limitations, Matt suggested trying Flinto. He came in to the office twice a week over a 2 month period, and helped create and hone the experience into one we could test. The work we did basically changed the overall experience. We observed in live usability testing that those playing the guitar were looking at their hands back and forth to the screen. We changed the way the chords were displayed, put the new chord symbols into the Flinto prototype, then tested again. The outcome was positive in several ways; users stopped looking at their hands, and were able to focus on the screen, basically sight-reading the chords, also allowing users to sing the lyrics that were now aligned with the proper chords. These changes to the UI elevated the user experience to new heights for everyone who played the guitar while using the app. I can't thank Matt enough for his dedication, thoughtfulness, and applying his excellent UX knowledge and skills to help us with our challenge.
LinkedIn User
I had been mentoring Matt for a few months on Information Architecture in the area of mobile design. Matt proactively asked if he could help with anything I was doing at work. I let him know i could use some help with prototyping. At Magic, we needed a fully interactive, bluetooth connected music app, that would allow users to "read" music, and play the guitar, even if they hadn't ever played a guitar or read music. I was using Invision, and due to its limitations, Matt suggested trying Flinto. He came in to the office twice a week over a 2 month period, and helped create and hone the experience into one we could test. The work we did basically changed the overall experience. We observed in live usability testing that those playing the guitar were looking at their hands back and forth to the screen. We changed the way the chords were displayed, put the new chord symbols into the Flinto prototype, then tested again. The outcome was positive in several ways; users stopped looking at their hands, and were able to focus on the screen, basically sight-reading the chords, also allowing users to sing the lyrics that were now aligned with the proper chords. These changes to the UI elevated the user experience to new heights for everyone who played the guitar while using the app. I can't thank Matt enough for his dedication, thoughtfulness, and applying his excellent UX knowledge and skills to help us with our challenge.
Experience
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MakersPlace
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Product Designer
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Oct 2022 - Present
Designing for the core experience and growth product teams Designing for the core experience and growth product teams
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Olympus DAO
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Banking
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Designer
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May 2022 - Jul 2022
Designer on the DAO core team for the Stake, Wrap, Bond products
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Design Lead
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Oct 2021 - Apr 2022
Leading design for Olympus Give
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Product Design
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Aug 2021 - Sep 2021
Olympus DAO design contributor
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Odyssey DAO
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United States
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Product Designer
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Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
Early designer building odysseydao.com Early designer building odysseydao.com
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Index Coop
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Cayman Islands
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Designer
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Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
Part time DAO design contributor Part time DAO design contributor
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Deep Work Studio
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Designer
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Dec 2020 - May 2021
A design collective building web3 products A design collective building web3 products
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Action Network
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United States
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Spectator Sports
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Designer
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May 2019 - Jan 2020
Designed sports betting experiences for both web and mobile teams Designed sports betting experiences for both web and mobile teams
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Freelance
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San Francisco Bay Area
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Independent Product Designer
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Mar 2016 - Apr 2019
I operate a small product design studio, and have done work for several startups such as Magic Instruments (YC W16), Kriya AI (BoostVC Tribe 9), SenseiHub (BoostVC Tribe 9) I operate a small product design studio, and have done work for several startups such as Magic Instruments (YC W16), Kriya AI (BoostVC Tribe 9), SenseiHub (BoostVC Tribe 9)
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BodiTrak
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United States
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Health, Wellness & Fitness
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1 - 100 Employee
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UX Designer
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Jan 2018 - Jul 2018
Designed new user experience and UI for Alto, a comprehensive data & user management system for athletes Designed new user experience and UI for Alto, a comprehensive data & user management system for athletes
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Kriya.ai
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San Francisco Bay Area
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UX Designer
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Oct 2016 - Oct 2017
UX research and design for Leo, a Kriya AI product (pivoted to Kalendar AI in late 2020) UX research and design for Leo, a Kriya AI product (pivoted to Kalendar AI in late 2020)
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Unifyed
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San Diego, California, United States
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Product Designer
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Mar 2015 - Feb 2016
Research and user experience for Unifyed iOS Research and user experience for Unifyed iOS
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Kwala Labs
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San Diego, California, United States
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Web Developer
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Sep 2011 - Dec 2014
Web design, development, and internet marketing Web design, development, and internet marketing
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Qualcomm
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United States
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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User Researcher
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Jun 2010 - Jul 2010
User researcher for Qualcomm Retail Solutions (fka Firethorn Holdings), working on the SWAGG app on iOS and Android User researcher for Qualcomm Retail Solutions (fka Firethorn Holdings), working on the SWAGG app on iOS and Android
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