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Hi, I’m Emilie!
I’m a UI/UX designer living in Boulder, CO, formerly NYC, and originally from a tiny coastal town in southeastern Connecticut. I don’t know much about astrology, but as a Pisces, I feel a gravitational pull towards the ocean—especially in my current landlocked life.
I’m a proud University of Michigan grad (Go Blue!) with a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design, an undying love for Michigan football, and a passion for all things Motown.
I’ve been making things for as long as I can remember, but have found my niche in functional art—where elegance meets utility through design, documentary photography, and wheel-thrown ceramics. Each practice has shaped me differently: photography taught me how to tell a story, pottery taught me how to embrace imperfection and trust the process, and design taught me to think critically, adapt, and respond with intention.
When I’m not making things, I’m likely outdoors hiking, camping, skiing, swimming, going to concerts—literally and figuratively touching grass. Travel has also always been a big part of my life, and I’m grateful for the privilege to explore. Next on my list: Chile, Brazil, Morocco, Japan, and Southeast Asia. In work, art, and life, I strive to broaden my horizons and challenge my beliefs with curiosity and kindness.
Skills
WEB & PRODUCT
UI/UX
Website, Product, App Design
Vision & Ideation
Wireframing
Figma Design Systems
Figma Variables & Components
Figma Prototyping
MVP & Future Strategy
Audits & Analysis
Survey Design & Analysis
User Testing & Interviews
Documentation
VISUAL & BRAND
Photography
Brand & Strategy
Logos & Wordmarks
Storytelling
Campaigns
Illustration
Content Blocking
Card Sorting
Experience
Green Stone
Remote
2021-2025
I led product, web, and app design for clients from startups to global enterprises, delivering solutions that accelerated growth and strengthened brand presence at a fully distributed design agency. Partnering with fast-moving teams, I streamlined strategy-to-execution, ensuring on-time launches that exceeded client expectations. By driving workshops, research, and journey mapping, I uncovered customer insights that improved usability, increased adoption, and built lasting client trust through clear, consistent communication.
Principal Experience Designer
2024-2025
Senior Experience Designer
2022-2024
Experience Designer
2021-2022
Intersection
New York, NY
2017-2021
At this experience-driven OOH media and technology company, I led design for LinkNYC street kiosks, Intersection, and Place Exchange, driving editorial, brand, and UI/UX initiatives that reached millions of city users. I redesigned LinkNYC content and the Link Cities site to boost clarity and engagement, established brand guidelines to streamline campaign consistency, and expanded offerings that increased advertiser value. Through user research and cross-team collaboration, I delivered solutions that strengthened brand presence, improved usability, and created measurable impact.
Lead Designer
2020-2021
Senior Designer
2018-2020
Junior Designer
2017-2018
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
2013-2017
The Stamps School is an internationally recognized leader in interdisciplinary art and design education, grounded in research, practice, creative excellence and community engagement. I took a variety of liberal arts classes across the university in addition to my design classes to inform my work, completed a senior thesis and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
BFA, Graphic & Web Design @ Stamps School of Art & Design
Principles
Lead with empathy.
We design for real people. I listen to what they need, what gets in their way, and what makes them happy, and I keep those things at the heart of every design choice I make.
Keep it simple.
Complexity can really get in the way of our instincts. Let’s cut out the unnecessary stuff and make sure everything we include has a reason to be there. Our designs should come off as easygoing and simple, yet still have that touch of elegance.
Progress by iteration.
AI helps us move, vision sets the direction. Start messy, make fast, learn faster. Sketch it, test it, tweak it—repeat. I’m not chasing perfect, I’m chasing better. The easy idea’s just the first step; I’m here to push past it.
Let’s work together!
CURRENT LOCATION
Boulder, CO
Working Remotely
CONTACT
(860) 449-3331
emiliefarrugia315@gmail.com
SOCIAL
Hi, I’m Emilie!
I’m a UI/UX designer living in Boulder, CO, formerly NYC, and originally from a tiny coastal town in southeastern Connecticut. I don’t know much about astrology, but as a Pisces, I feel a gravitational pull towards the ocean—especially in my current landlocked life.
I’m a proud University of Michigan grad (Go Blue!) with a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design, an undying love for Michigan football, and a passion for all things Motown.
I’ve been making things for as long as I can remember, but have found my niche in functional art—where elegance meets utility through design, documentary photography, and wheel-thrown ceramics. Each practice has shaped me differently: photography taught me how to tell a story, pottery taught me how to embrace imperfection and trust the process, and design taught me to think critically, adapt, and respond with intention.
When I’m not making things, I’m likely outdoors hiking, camping, skiing, swimming, going to concerts—literally and figuratively touching grass. Travel has also always been a big part of my life, and I’m grateful for the privilege to explore. Next on my list: Chile, Brazil, Morocco, Japan, and Southeast Asia. In work, art, and life, I strive to broaden my horizons and challenge my beliefs with curiosity and kindness.
Skills
WEB & PRODUCT
UI/UX
Website, Product, App Design
Vision & Ideation
Wireframing
Figma Design Systems
Figma Variables & Components
Figma Prototyping
MVP & Future Strategy
Audits & Analysis
Survey Design & Analysis
User Testing & Interviews
Documentation
VISUAL & BRAND
Photography
Brand & Strategy
Logos & Wordmarks
Storytelling
Campaigns
Illustration
Content Blocking
Card Sorting
Experience
Green Stone
Remote
2021-2025
I led product, web, and app design for clients from startups to global enterprises, delivering solutions that accelerated growth and strengthened brand presence at a fully distributed design agency. Partnering with fast-moving teams, I streamlined strategy-to-execution, ensuring on-time launches that exceeded client expectations. By driving workshops, research, and journey mapping, I uncovered customer insights that improved usability, increased adoption, and built lasting client trust through clear, consistent communication.
Principal Experience Designer
2024-2025
Senior Experience Designer
2022-2024
Experience Designer
2021-2022
Intersection
New York, NY
2017-2021
At this experience-driven OOH media and technology company, I led design for LinkNYC street kiosks, Intersection, and Place Exchange, driving editorial, brand, and UI/UX initiatives that reached millions of city users. I redesigned LinkNYC content and the Link Cities site to boost clarity and engagement, established brand guidelines to streamline campaign consistency, and expanded offerings that increased advertiser value. Through user research and cross-team collaboration, I delivered solutions that strengthened brand presence, improved usability, and created measurable impact.
Lead Designer
2020-2021
Senior Designer
2018-2020
Junior Designer
2017-2018
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
2013-2017
The Stamps School is an internationally recognized leader in interdisciplinary art and design education, grounded in research, practice, creative excellence and community engagement. I took a variety of liberal arts classes across the university in addition to my design classes to inform my work, completed a senior thesis and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
BFA, Graphic & Web Design @ Stamps School of Art & Design
Principles
Lead with empathy.
We design for real people. I listen to what they need, what gets in their way, and what makes them happy, and I keep those things at the heart of every design choice I make.
Keep it simple.
Complexity can really get in the way of our instincts. Let’s cut out the unnecessary stuff and make sure everything we include has a reason to be there. Our designs should come off as easygoing and simple, yet still have that touch of elegance.
Progress by iteration.
AI helps us move, vision sets the direction. Start messy, make fast, learn faster. Sketch it, test it, tweak it—repeat. I’m not chasing perfect, I’m chasing better. The easy idea’s just the first step; I’m here to push past it.
Let’s work together!
CURRENT LOCATION
Boulder, CO
Working Remotely
CONTACT
(860) 449-3331
emiliefarrugia315@gmail.com
SOCIAL
Hi, I’m Emilie!
I’m a UI/UX designer living in Boulder, CO, formerly NYC, and originally from a tiny coastal town in southeastern Connecticut. I don’t know much about astrology, but as a Pisces, I feel a gravitational pull towards the ocean—especially in my current landlocked life.
I’m a proud University of Michigan grad (Go Blue!) with a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design, an undying love for Michigan football, and a passion for all things Motown.
I’ve been making things for as long as I can remember, but have found my niche in functional art—where elegance meets utility through design, documentary photography, and wheel-thrown ceramics. Each practice has shaped me differently: photography taught me how to tell a story, pottery taught me how to embrace imperfection and trust the process, and design taught me to think critically, adapt, and respond with intention.
When I’m not making things, I’m likely outdoors hiking, camping, skiing, swimming, going to concerts—literally and figuratively touching grass. Travel has also always been a big part of my life, and I’m grateful for the privilege to explore. Next on my list: Chile, Brazil, Morocco, Japan, and Southeast Asia. In work, art, and life, I strive to broaden my horizons and challenge my beliefs with curiosity and kindness.
Skills
WEB & PRODUCT
UI/UX
Website, Product, App Design
Vision & Ideation
Wireframing
Figma Design Systems
Figma Variables & Components
Figma Prototyping
MVP & Future Strategy
Audits & Analysis
Survey Design & Analysis
User Testing & Interviews
Documentation
VISUAL & BRAND
Photography
Brand & Strategy
Logos & Wordmarks
Storytelling
Campaigns
Illustration
Content Blocking
Card Sorting
Experience
Green Stone
Remote
2021-2025
I led product, web, and app design for clients from startups to global enterprises, delivering solutions that accelerated growth and strengthened brand presence at a fully distributed design agency. Partnering with fast-moving teams, I streamlined strategy-to-execution, ensuring on-time launches that exceeded client expectations. By driving workshops, research, and journey mapping, I uncovered customer insights that improved usability, increased adoption, and built lasting client trust through clear, consistent communication.
Principal Experience Designer
2024-2025
Senior Experience Designer
2022-2024
Experience Designer
2021-2022
Intersection
New York, NY
2017-2021
At this experience-driven OOH media and technology company, I led design for LinkNYC street kiosks, Intersection, and Place Exchange, driving editorial, brand, and UI/UX initiatives that reached millions of city users. I redesigned LinkNYC content and the Link Cities site to boost clarity and engagement, established brand guidelines to streamline campaign consistency, and expanded offerings that increased advertiser value. Through user research and cross-team collaboration, I delivered solutions that strengthened brand presence, improved usability, and created measurable impact.
Lead Designer
2020-2021
Senior Designer
2018-2020
Junior Designer
2017-2018
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
2013-2017
The Stamps School is an internationally recognized leader in interdisciplinary art and design education, grounded in research, practice, creative excellence and community engagement. I took a variety of liberal arts classes across the university in addition to my design classes to inform my work, completed a senior thesis and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
BFA, Graphic & Web Design @ Stamps School of Art & Design
Principles
Lead with empathy.
We design for real people. I listen to what they need, what gets in their way, and what makes them happy, and I keep those things at the heart of every design choice I make.
Keep it simple.
Complexity gets in the way of good instincts. Let’s strip out anything extra and make sure every part has a reason to be there. My goal is designs that feel easy, natural, and simple without trying too hard.
Progress by iteration.
AI helps us move, vision sets the direction. Start messy, make fast, learn faster. Sketch it, test it, tweak it—repeat. I’m not chasing perfect, I’m chasing better. The easy idea’s just the first step; I’m here to push past it.
Let’s work together!
CURRENT LOCATION
Boulder, CO
Working Remotely
CONTACT
(860) 449-3331
emiliefarrugia315@gmail.com
SOCIAL