Hi, I'm Ben.
I believe beautiful design is felt.
I'm a product designer working at the intersection of form and function, where authenticity, accessibility, and engagement come together in ways you can truly feel.
EXPERIENCE
Currently, I'm a part of House of Work, a full-service marketing and design agency working with $50M+ AUM wealth management firms to build software, websites, and branding.
Venturing into freelancing allowed me to gain experience working for companies in a wide variety of industries. It's fast-paced and high-stakes, but working with actual companies and products was invaluable in honing my design process. I still take on projects from time to time if I feel like my experience would be valuable and I'm enthusiastic about the business.
Kalliope is a free audiobook streaming app that uses AI generated narrations. I played a key role in shaping the MVP design and guiding the business's product direction from Zero to One, conducting user testing and building prototypes. Our beta will be launching later this year!
Designed and launched real estate listing platform MVP. Responsible for user interviews, wire-framing, building design system from the ground-up, creating high fidelity prototypes, and designing company branding and website.
Pursuing a degree in marketing was transformative for my design skills. The principles I learned about user personas, data-driven decision making, and thorough testing, carried into my design philosophy and gave me an edge when creating in a business context.
A burning passion for learning and creating.
Hey there! My name is Ben Dillard. I’m currently building products, websites, and brands for clients all over the globe at House Of Work.
Collaborating in fast-paced environments across industries, I combine UX, UI, product design, and art direction to create brands and experiences that are engaging, accessible, and authentic.
From a young age, I had a passion for visual storytelling and was deeply fascinated with designs that solved problems in exciting ways, spoke volumes with few words, or evoked strong emotions.
In college, while studying marketing, I discovered UX design. I noticed that many of the skills and principles I learned in class applied to both disciplines. Be it an ad campaign or a new feature for an app, both required user personas, thorough testing, and data-driven decision-making to succeed.
I started leveraging those skills to better inform my designs, constantly studying and practicing by creating apps, prototypes, and websites. Later, I began working for clients as a freelancer and then at an agency.
3 years of freelance gigs, 2 shipped apps with friends, and countless coffees later, there’s still an infinite amount of room to grow, learn, and explore.
I’m so thankful to work doing something I love, and I can’t wait to see where my design journey takes me next.
Thanks for reading.
