About
Matt Mair Lowery, founder of GroundWork UX, is a user experience designer and web producer in Portland, Oregon with over 20 years of experience helping companies turn their ideas and requirements into compelling applications. Get in touch if you need help with product definition, user experience management and design, rapid prototyping or online presence management.
“Matt has been instrumental in helping us translate our vision for the product into the tangible design artifacts the developers need to build it.”
“Matt’s keen eye for usability has been a godsend for helping me launch a product that won’t frustrate and annoy our users. He’s been amazing to work with — he’s smart, patient, flexible, creative, and diligent. 10/10 would work with again.”
“I have worked with Matt for over 20 years. He is the kind of guy who is like your brother (or how your brother should be), he always has your back, is honest, intelligent, creative and thinks outside the box to find solutions. Matt has developed multiple projects for me and my businesses and without a doubt, he has been the most straight forward, cost effective and easiest part of any business start-up. His ongoing attention to detail and genuine care of the company, the project and the people involved has been rock solid.”
“I always look forward to working with Matt, he excels at bring user-centered design to products and projects big and small. He’s great at helping clients define a product vision and then guiding them through the definition of product requirements with an eye toward how those requirements will express themselves in the user experience. His intuitive grasp of user expectations and his ability to quickly understand new environments and verticals enable him to produce high-quality designs in a startup-style environments that require rapid iteration.”
“Matt is easy to work with and provides thorough designs and documentation that make for clean and effective handoffs from marketing and design teams to developers. He’s also a great communicator who is able to gather and express the needs of multiple, disparate stakeholders at all stages of the product development process.”
“Matt has an exceptional grasp of UX and is a very talented designer, proving high-quality and clean web design. In addition to the excellent quality of his work, he effectively and efficiently keeps projects on-time and on-budget. He is also very enjoyable to work with; always professional with a great attitude and is a fun addition to a project team.”
“Matt is a rockstar UX designer. He does a fantastic job moving from abstract concept and customer need to finished product. He is skilled at working with both technical and non-technical audiences, which ensures his work meets the needs of the business, the customer and the IT team. Matt has always impressed me with his work ethic, his quality of work and his project management.”
“I’ve seen Matt on many occasions turn complicated, conflicting constraints into effective user interfaces. He’s great at bridging clients and development teams to arrive at creative and practical solutions. He communicates well and is a pleasure to work with.”
“A true professional, he is great at asking questions to really understand the users and personas he’s designing for. Product development is best done collaboratively and Matt is always there for feedback, hearing from users, and working iteratively.”
“Matt is a true professional. I would highly recommend him for any tough challenge in creating intuitive, professional software UI and UX designs.”
“Matt has an incredible grasp of user interface and web design and quickly can turn client ideas and requirements into
user friendly wireframes and functional web pages. He is a great resource for any company that is fortunate enough to work with him.”
“Matt is easily one of the most talented UX designers I’ve met. He brings bold ideas, creative energy, and good humor to work every day. We collaborated on a series of projects at Learning.com and I was consistently impressed with his ability to distill complex requirements into simple, intuitive designs.”
“Matt’s ability to understand his customer and understand his customer’s audience is top of class.”
