Selected work

Hi, I’m Wes. I’m a senior UX designer at Red Hat, based in Underhill, Vermont. For twenty-plus years I’ve worked on product design, documentation platforms, agency UX for home services contractors, and branding for local organizations.

What I do, and what I like doing

Throughout my career, a few threads keep showing up:

First, I use writing and prototypes as design tools. I use words to make sense of the problem, and working front-end code to test whether the design actually holds up—especially on complex, content-heavy surfaces.

Also, I’m a systems-minded designer. Much of my day job is documentation, navigation, and homepage strategy at scale—finding room for clear, expressive design inside large platforms that have to work for a lot of different audiences.

Third, I cut my teeth at a home services marketing agency. As iMarket’s first designer I built hundreds of contractor sites—lead-gen layouts with unique art direction every time—plus documentation, pattern libraries, and conversion optimization. I still take on local web and brand work for Vermont orgs.

Finally, I like work that’s useful and well made—whether that’s a global product nav dropdown or a logo that has to read on a farm-stand sign.

Select work

Red Hat

Senior UX since 2021—first redhat.com (homepage, global navigation, Summit research), now docs.redhat.com and Unified Learn (~55k weekday visitors). Two case studies on the chapter page.

Home services agency

Six years as the first designer at iMarket Solutions—custom UI for HVAC, plumbing, and trades clients across the country. Three-day design turnarounds, hundreds of launches, pattern-library work, departmental documentation, and company-wide CRO. The agency write-up goes deeper; the practice page includes Charter, Mesaba Heating, Neyer Plumbing, and more.

Local organizations

Websites and branding for Vermont nonprofits and community initiatives—a food hub building regional resilience, a housing project in Underhill, a custom furniture shop. Often identity and site together so the story reads the same on a yard sign, in a header, and on mobile.