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Hi, I'm Maya — nice to meet you

I'm a freelance designer & developer who likes shipping more than talking about shipping. For nine years I've helped founders and small teams turn rough ideas into products people actually use.

My story

From curious kid to one-person studio

I started building websites for fun in high school, taught myself design because no one would hand me the "good" projects, and never really stopped. After a few years on in-house product teams, I went independent in 2017 to work the way I believe is best: close to the client, hands on the work, accountable for the outcome.

Today I run Solo — a deliberately small freelance practice. Because I design and build, there's no hand-off where ideas get lost in translation. You get one partner who understands the whole picture, from the first wireframe to the production code.

I work remotely from Austin with clients all over the world, and I take on just a few projects at a time so each one gets the attention it deserves.

Skills & tools

What I bring to the table

A full-stack creative toolkit — equal parts taste, craft, and code.

Design

UI/UX, brand identity, design systems, prototyping, and motion.

  • Figma
  • Illustrator
  • Framer
  • Principle

Development

Hand-coded, responsive front-ends and component-driven builds.

  • HTML & CSS
  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Webflow

Strategy

Research, content structure, accessibility, and conversion thinking.

  • UX Research
  • Analytics
  • SEO
  • A11y
Experience

The road so far

  1. 2017 — Present

    Independent Designer & Developer

    Solo · Remote, worldwide

    Partnering with founders and small teams on design and front-end builds. Shipped 120+ projects across fintech, e-commerce, SaaS, and wellness.

  2. 2014 — 2017

    Senior Product Designer

    Northwind Labs

    Owned core flows for a consumer app reaching 2M+ users. Established the first company-wide component library and design tokens.

  3. 2012 — 2014

    UI Designer & Front-end Dev

    Studio Brightly

    Designed and built brand identities and marketing sites for early-stage startups across the US and Europe.

  4. 2011 — 2012

    Junior Web Designer

    Foundry Creative

    Cut my teeth on client websites, learned to take feedback gracefully, and fell in love with the craft for good.

How I work

The principles behind every project

Outcomes over output

Pretty is the baseline. I care whether the thing actually works for your users and your business.

Clear, honest communication

No jargon, no ghosting. You'll always know where things stand and what's coming next.

Momentum matters

I ship in focused sprints so you see progress every week, not a big reveal at the very end.

Details, obsessively

The spacing, the easing, the empty states — the small things are what make work feel premium.

True partnership

I treat your project like my own. Your deadline is my deadline; your win is my win.

Leave it better

Clean files, documented handoff, and a build your team can actually maintain after I'm gone.

Think we'd work well together?

I'd love to hear what you're building. Reach out and let's see if it's a fit.

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