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Joshua Durham · Designer

Joshua Durham — human-centered AI product designer

I turn imperfect AI into useful products for real people.

I combine an educator's empathy, a designer's judgment and hands-on AI prototyping to turn messy workflows into clear tools people can understand, trust and use.

AI product designUX systemsRapid prototyping
Frisco, Texas · Available full-time

Selected work

Seven stories about human judgment, clear systems and useful design.

Wide view of the full AI Creative Director app with its stage gate and persistent coaching panel

AI Creative Director

Human-centered AI product · 2026

A gated planning workflow that keeps people in control, makes approvals visible and knows when AI should stop.

Workflow X-Ray Mapping workspace with a workflow ledger and focused AI Guide conversation

Workflow X-Ray

Evidence-first AI product · 2026

A verification-first analyst that maps real work before recommending where AI can responsibly save labor time.

Design Asset Database interface showing a searchable masonry grid of individual creative assets

Design Asset Database

Personal product + systems design · 2026

A Dropbox-scale visual index that turns purchased design collections into individual, searchable and retrievable assets.

Workvivo employee platform launch graphic displayed on an environmental screen

Workvivo Rollout

Product adoption + onboarding · 2023

An employee journey that moved from awareness to first action, participation and habit across physical and digital touchpoints.

Frisco ISD Pre-K campaign brochure shown open on a teal background

Pre-K Campaign

Human-centered information design · 2025

A welcoming information system that turns eligibility, enrollment details and program value into one clear next step for families.

Jackerton 2.0 experimental rounded display lettering on a purple field

Jackerton 2.0

Type design · 2022

A cheerful display family built from chunky shapes, surprising details and a wide multilingual character set.

Culture of Excellence report cover and spreads on a purple background

Culture of Excellence

Editorial design · 2025

An annual report that brings district achievements together as one colorful, readable story.

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About

Curious by nature.
Useful by design.

I design the systems around imperfect models: what AI should do, where it should stop and how people remain in control. My background in education helps me anticipate confusion and scaffold decisions; my design practice makes the result clear, credible and genuinely usable.

Experience

Where I've made things matter.

  1. DesignerFrisco Independent School District
  2. TeacherLewisville Independent School District
  3. President & Creative DirectorNoggindoodle

Efficiency is a design principle

Question the process. Remove the friction.

I'm always looking for a clearer, faster way to get useful work into people's hands. I use design and AI to challenge unnecessary steps, repetitive work and inherited assumptions—because “that's just the way things have always been done” is never a good reason to preserve a workflow.

Have a messy workflow or useful idea?

Let's make it work.

I'm open to thoughtful teams building human-centered AI products, clearer digital experiences and tools that help people make better decisions.

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