ABOUT
Designer,
problem solver,
human first.
01 — WHO I AM
I design products that feel human.
I'm Jadyn Calkins, a Product Designer based in New York City. I didn't take the traditional path into design - I'm currently working in operations at a tech startup, sitting close enough to the product to see exactly where the experience breaks down for real users. That's when it clicked. I'd always been drawing, making things, obsessing over how stuff looked and felt. Turns out I'd been thinking like a product designer the whole time - I just needed the right words for it.
Carolyn Davidson designed the Nike Swoosh for $35. One mark. Recognized everywhere. That's the kind of work that stays with me - simple, intentional, built to last.
When I'm not in Figma you'll find me DJing, playing soccer, drawing, or somewhere outside touching grass. Music especially shapes how I think about design - both are about feel first, theory second.
02 — WHAT I DO
UX Research & Strategy
I talk to people. A lot. Not just users - engineers, stakeholders, PMs. Understanding what everyone actually needs before touching a single frame is where good design starts.
UI Design & Prototyping
High-fidelity mockups and interactive prototypes that don't just look good in a presentation - they hold up when real people use them.
Product Thinking
End-to-end product design. I came up through operations so I understand how products actually run. I design with the business, the user, and the edge cases all in the room at once.
03 — TOOLS & SKILLS
I work across the full design stack.
DESIGN
• Figma
• Framer
• Adobe Creative Suite
Research
• User interviews
• Usability testing
• Affinity mapping
• FigJam
COLLABORATION
• Client stakeholder management
• Design handoff to engineers
• Agile / iterative workflows
• User testing facilitation
Design isn't something that lives in a Figma file. It's in everything around us - always has been. Product design is how I make sure the digital world gets the same love.
04 — PHILOSOPHY
Design is in the clothes you wear, the buildings you walk through, the shoes on your feet, the car you drive, the food on your plate. It's in nature. It's in us.
Design is what brings life to everything around us, without it the world would be bare and blank. That's why I take it seriously. And that's why I love it.
Let's work together.
Jadyn Calkins - Product Designer
NYC 2026 ©
ABOUT
Designer,
problem solver,
human first.
01 — WHO I AM
I design products that feel human.
I'm Jadyn Calkins, a Product Designer based in New York City. I'm currently working in operations at a tech startup, sitting close enough to the product to see exactly where the experience breaks down for real users. I've always been into drawing, making things, obsessing over how stuff looked and felt. Turns out I'd been thinking like a product designer the whole time.
Carolyn Davidson designed the Nike Swoosh for $35. One mark. Recognized everywhere. That's the kind of work that stays with me - simple, intentional, built to last.
When I'm not in Figma you'll find me DJing, playing soccer, drawing, or somewhere outside touching grass. Music especially shapes how I think about design - both are about feel first, theory second.
02 — WHAT I DO
UX Research & Strategy
I talk to people. A lot. Not just users - engineers, stakeholders, PMs. Understanding what everyone actually needs before touching a single frame is where good design starts.
UI Design & Prototyping
High-fidelity mockups and interactive prototypes that don't just look good in a presentation - they hold up when real people use them.
Product Thinking
End-to-end product design. I came up through operations so I understand how products actually run. I design with the business, the user, and the edge cases all in the room at once.
03 — TOOLS & SKILLS
I work across the full design stack.
DESIGN
• Figma
• Framer
• Adobe Creative Suite
Research
• User interviews
• Usability testing
• Affinity mapping
• FigJam
COLLABORATION
• Client stakeholder management
• Design handoff to engineers
• Agile / iterative workflows
• User testing facilitation
Design isn't something that lives in a Figma file. It's in everything around us - always has been. Product design is how I make sure the digital world gets the same love.
04 — PHILOSOPHY
Design is in the clothes you wear, the buildings you walk through, the shoes on your feet, the car you drive, the food on your plate. It's in nature. It's in us.
Design is what brings life to everything around us, without it the world would be bare and blank. That's why I take it seriously. And that's why I love it.
Let's work together.
Jadyn Calkins — Product Designer
NYC 2026 ©