Alex Savard's

Alex Savard is a designer of digital things.

(He is also sometimes a volunteer, a calligrapher, & a teacher)

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Designing Lyft's
Dynamic Islands

Lyft  |  Q1 2023

Project lead
& sole designer

Designing a
Design System

Warby Parker  |  Q1 2020

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Empathy in the Conversion Funnel

ClassPass  |  Q1 2019

Pick Your Own Seats

TodayTix  |  Q2 2018

iOS Emergency App

Personal Project  |  2017

In an emergency, having the right resources at the right time can be the difference between life & death. Recognizing this long ago, we’ve built emergency resources into the fabric of our societies. Emergency rooms, public defibrillators, the Heimlich maneuver, & the 911 system are all examples of our society’s built-in, life-saving preparation. As technology advances in the 21st century so should our systems of emergency response. With 248 Million Americans now carrying data-connected phones, the developers of those phones have a role to play in helping with emergencies and saving lives. In May 2017, I led an independent design exploration of how Apple, as an extension of their stated commitment to user health, could build emergency resources & response directly into iOS.

UXing a UX Curriculum

Teaching at General Assembly  |  2017

In early 2017, I took the UX Design Immersive at General Assembly to hone & update my UX skillset. On the last day, I was approached by my lead instructor Mike Morales with a compelling offer. Mike wanted me to teach the next UXDI class with him & help him reshape the curriculum & classroom experience. Over the next several months Mike & I would: revamp the majority lessons, exercises, & projects; completely re-scaffold the systems of student evaluation & guidance; create & pilot a new instructor onboarding process; and create & pilot a new program bridging the design and development programs at GA. These improvements at every level resulted in genuinely astonishing student progress and are currently being considered for adoption by GA’s global product team.

Housingis Network

Trellon  |  2016

Today in the United States, 2.2 Million Americans live in public housing [1]. Serving these communities and understanding the complex network of services and systems that they rely on, is the work of great organizations like CLPHA (The Council for Large Public Housing Authorities). In 2017, CLPHA — with generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation —  launched the HousingIs Initiative to foster better communication and collaboration between industry sectors and industry experts. The centerpiece of the initiative is the HousingIs Clearinghouse, a digital space where organizations and experts can come together to share and discuss resources related to public housing. While working at Trellon, I owned & executed 100% of the design process from early strategic planning with stakeholders to the execution of final designs.

Tango Mobile App

Freelance Project  |  2017

Tango was founded in 2016 by Eli Stein to make it easier for people to meet & connect in real life. Although there are many great travel & navigation apps, Eli recognized that none effectively fit the needs of two parties meeting somewhere in the middle. In the summer of 2017, I worked with Eli, his team, and two other designers to take Tango to the next level. In just three weeks, our team was able completely redesign & rebrand tango based on a solid foundation of user research and validate our redesign with extensive usability testing. In addition to the redesign of Tango itself, we also researched and simulated how the technology could be leveraged in other product platforms (that necessitate meeting) like Bumble & LetGo as an API play.

Nat. Democracy Institute

Trellon  |  2016

In many corners of the globe today, democracy is a precious and often fragile institution. Since 1983, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) has been working tirelessly to promote, support, and strengthen democratic institutions in countries across the world. Using their expansive network of 27 thousand local partners, in more than 50 field offices worldwide, NDI works to strengthen civic organizations, safeguard elections, and promote citizen participation in government. Shortly after joining Trellon, I led the redesign of NDI’s online presence including their organizational site, their network of 136 country pages, and their highly trafficked global elections calendar.

Robotic Orthosis

Honeybee Robotics  |  2014-2015

In February of 2014, in partnership with NYU Poly and the Hospital for Special Surgery, Honeybee Robotics secured a Phase 1 SBIR Award to develop a “Discrete Personal Assistance Orthotic Walking Aid.” Despite the project’s complex title our challenge was conceptually simple: using the latest robotic technology, build a leg orthosis that could amplify the strength of the user to help them walk. Over the next year, I would serve as Honeybee’s principal researcher conducting clinical, market and user research as we worked to understand & define our challenge. Additionally, I would serve as the lead designer and mechanical engineer as we moved from concept to physical prototype.

Mini Inspection Robot

Honeybee Robotics  |  2012-2016

Natural gas supplies nearly a quarter of all of the energy used in the US. That gas is delivered through 2.2 million miles of piping underneath our feet. [1] Because of the inherent risk of explosion, these carrier pipes & their case pipes must be routinely inspected for corrosion. Timely, effective, inspection can prevent catastrophes like the 2010 San Bruno explosion that claimed eight lives. While working at Honeybee Robotics, I was privileged to work with a team of talented engineers to reimagine how these inspections could be conducted. From my earliest days at Honeybee, I was involved in the core engineering of the bots. But more significantly, I was responsible for envisioning how to the system would be operated (the operator experience) and how the system could eventually scale into production.

Mini Surgical Robot

Honeybee Robotics  |  2012-2015

While working at Honeybee Robotics, I was privileged to be part of an extraordinary team of engineers that designed & built a miniature surgical robotics platform for the Virtual Incision Corporation. Although I was not directly involved with the core engineering, I worked as a UX researcher, an industrial designer, & a photographer. (that’s my hand)