Ernest Son
Lead UX Designer·Atlanta, GA
I've always built things. The materials just changed.
In 2014, I was a mechanical engineer at Coca-Cola Freestyle when I was introduced to a coding bootcamp. Creating things using Ruby on Rails was contagious and revelatory — for the first time, I could see exactly what I wanted to do with my career. That curiosity led me to UX, and I haven't looked back.
Before I was designing interfaces, I was designing physical things. Cameras for children, lancing devices for diabetes patients, bassinets and pack-and-plays for babies. That background continues to shape how I work: how I think about products as systems, how they make people feel, and whether a product holds up in the real world.
Lately I've been diving deeper into the build itself. Working alongside AI tools — primarily Claude and Claude Code — has changed how I move from research to production. I can take a brief from concept to a working, deployed product. That changes what's possible, and I find that genuinely exciting.
When I'm not at my desk, you'll find me on a tennis court or soccer field near Candler Park. On weekends, my family and I love to go hiking or just get the dogs out for a run. For a wind-down, I'll sit down at a drum kit or relax on the front porch with my acoustic guitar.
Transitioning careers wasn't the easiest decision, but when I discovered UX I knew I had to make the move. The listening, the synthesis, the moment when something complicated becomes simple, when something problematic becomes solved — that's what drives me.
If that sounds like someone worth talking to, let's connect.
Ernest Son
Lead UX Designer·Atlanta, GA
I've always built things. The materials just changed.
In 2014, I was a mechanical engineer at Coca-Cola Freestyle when I was introduced to a coding bootcamp. Creating things using Ruby on Rails was contagious and revelatory — for the first time, I could see exactly what I wanted to do with my career. That curiosity led me to UX, and I haven't looked back.
Before I was designing interfaces, I was designing physical things. Cameras for children, lancing devices for diabetes patients, bassinets and pack-and-plays for babies. That background continues to shape how I work: how I think about products as systems, how they make people feel, and whether a product holds up in the real world.
Lately I've been diving deeper into the build itself. Working alongside AI tools — primarily Claude and Claude Code — has changed how I move from research to production. I can take a brief from concept to a working, deployed product. That changes what's possible, and I find that genuinely exciting.
When I'm not at my desk, you'll find me on a tennis court or soccer field near Candler Park. On weekends, my family and I love to go hiking or just get the dogs out for a run. For a wind-down, I'll sit down at a drum kit or relax on the front porch with my acoustic guitar.
Transitioning careers wasn't the easiest decision, but when I discovered UX I knew I had to make the move. The listening, the synthesis, the moment when something complicated becomes simple, when something problematic becomes solved — that's what drives me.
If that sounds like someone worth talking to, let's connect.
Let's connect.
If anything here sparks a conversation — a role, a project, or just a hello — I'd love to hear from you.
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