About
01 — Who I Am
I design products that feel human.
I'm Jadyn Calkins, a Product Designer based in New York City. I came up through operations at a tech startup — sitting close enough to the product to see exactly where the experience breaks down for real users. That background is what makes me different: I think like someone who has to live with the product after launch, not just ship it and walk away.
When I'm not in Figma you'll find me DJing, playing soccer, drawing, or somewhere outside touching grass.
02 — What I Do
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.
High-fidelity mockups and interactive prototypes that don't just look good in a presentation — they hold up when real people use them.
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
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
04 — My Stack
The tools I used to design and ship my portfolio.
Figma · Claude Code · Vercel · GitHub