"Took a founder's AI-built prototype and shipped a complete product in four months."

Lead Product Designer · 4 months · Gaming

THE SITUATION

After a short design pause, the founder sent over a prototype built in an AI design tool and asked if I was impressed. Honestly? Kind of. The core loop was there; the surface needed work. The ask: take what they'd built, make it properly ours, and move fast.

WHAT I DID

I mapped the prototype against the existing design system, absorbed the best of both, and demoed back within days. Mid-sprint the game changed. Literally: we pivoted to a new game, but the architecture held. AI tooling was built deliberately into the workflow to lift productivity without sacrificing quality. Four months later, a complete end-to-end design was handed off with animation logic and a production-ready motion pipeline.

OUTCOMES

• Complete end-to-end design handed off in 4 months

• 10x productivity lift through a deliberate AI-assisted workflow

• Mid-sprint game pivot navigated without rebuilding from scratch

• Design system rebuilt as a platform for future products

"It wasn't 'stop everything.' It was 'how do we make what we have work harder.' That's a much better problem to solve."

Key Focus: AI-Assisted Workflow, Design Systems, Motion Design, Platform Architecture