UX Designer · Product Designer · AI-Native Workflows

Joel Heaton

Design · Product · AI

About

Senior Product and UX Designer with 10+ years leading enterprise design across energy, network infrastructure, and global SaaS — often as the sole designer embedded directly inside engineering teams. I translate complex backend and AI/ML logic into interfaces field operators and executives can act on with confidence, from oil-field reporting apps to AI-powered geospatial platforms.

MIT xPRO Certified — Designing and Building AI Products and Services, with Exemplary distinction. Details ↓

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Case Studies

Four projects, four industries

Oil & gas, global HR SaaS, safety-critical energy infrastructure, and AI-powered land stewardship — the same research-first process, applied wherever the problem actually is.

MIT xPRO Capstone · 2026

Earth Steward

AI-powered geospatial app for private land stewardship — Figma, React, Mapbox, SAM3, Claude API.

7-stage workflow · offline-first · live MVP

DCP Midstream · 2018–2020

Eve Mobile

Field-reporting app for environmental events, sole designer, six states.

2,500 field users · 6 states compliant

Equus Software · 2016–2018

AssignmentPro

Global workforce relocation platform — first UX designer, 18 months of design sprints.

21 interviews · 10/13 users validated the pivot

DCP Midstream · Lead UX Designer

Slug Catcher / OneSight

Zero-failure monitoring across three products for a safety-critical energy system.

100% comprehension in usability testing

Let's talk

Throughout my career, I've collaborated closely with product owners, engineers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements and user insights into clear, validated design solutions — across data network infrastructure, broadcast, HR, healthcare, financial, consulting, and energy. Reach out if you'd like to go through a case study together.

Joel Heaton · 413.210.6378 · iamdesigns@comcast.net