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MOBILE APP DESIGN

Designing delightful native mobile apps that keep users engaged.

Currently, Lead UI UX Product Designer at Peraton.

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Native & Hybrid · Folding & Tablet · AR Glasses - Voice & AI

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Products & brands designed by Andrew

Featured Work

Native apps designed & shipped.

Selected mobile products across spirituality, fitness, finance, and AR retail — each shipped to real users on the App Store or Play Store.

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Mobile UX Case Studies

Mobile UX Case Studies.

PROJECT:

FIRST
AFFIRMATIVE

UI · UX · Native Mobile App:

A modern look and cohesive design experience for personal investing in the mobile app.

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First Affirmative mobile app screens

PROJECT:

WEIGHTWAGER

UI · UX · Native Mobile App:

Weight Loss Betting App. Competitors make a wager on themselves that they will lose −1 lb weekly.

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WeightWager mobile app screens

PROJECT:

ROSARY
EXPERIENCE

UI · UX · Native Mobile App:

A “Netflix for Prayer.” ReX is a video streaming platform that helps users beat prayer distraction by visually immersing them into the Mysteries.

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Rosary Experience app screens

The Reality of 3 Million Available Apps in the App Store

Within 3 months of any app install, 70% are deleted or never opened again. There are many UI UX designers. But native mobile is vastly different from web. Knowing mobile strategy & data insights, UI best practices & store ASO is key.

My value extends beyond being just a mobile designer — that’s just the start. My unique differentiator is an intimate understanding of how gamification techniques (making the app more fun) that e-commerce companies employ and attention engineering techniques (creating an intrinsic desire to use the app over and over) that social media companies use. I know how to intuitively bake these into app features as I design the UI and UX. I understand A/B tests & details about the ranking algorithm of both app stores.

These techniques improve daily logins, engagement time, retention & revenue.

End-to-end mobile app design process

From first prototype to full launch.

Understand the user & frame the real problem.

01

Stakeholder deep dive

Align on your product vision, user types, and business model before a single pixel is drawn.

02

Discovery workshop

Structured problem framing, stakeholder interviews, and opportunity mapping so we build the right thing.

03

User & market research

Personas, competitive audit, and behavioral insight to ground decisions in real user needs.

04

UX mapping

Multi-role user flows and navigation structure that turn insight into a clear product blueprint.

Design a native app people love to open.

01

Visual direction

Mobile-first moodboards and style explorations aligned to your brand, category, and user psychology.

02

Wireframes

Key-screen wireframes that solve real user goals across roles and devices — retention starts here.

03

Native UI design

High-fidelity iOS and Android screens with systemized components, edge cases, and empty states.

04

Prototype & test

Clickable prototypes tested with real users to validate navigation clarity before dev picks it up.

Ship a production-ready app on time.

01

Design system

Reusable components, tokens, and spacing logic that keep dev fast and the product consistent.

02

Dev handoff

Dev-ready specs, annotations, and asset prep so engineers implement pixel-perfectly.

03

QA & polish

Design QA during implementation — motion, states, and interaction feel dialed in before launch.

04

App Store launch

Store listing design, screenshots, and metadata that convert browsers into installs on day one.

Grow the product after launch.

01

Analytics & insight

Instrument the app so every screen, tap, and drop-off tells you what to improve next.

02

A/B testing

Test paywalls, onboarding, and key funnels to convert more users and retain them longer.

03

App Store optimization

Icon, screenshots, and listing iteration to boost impression-to-install rates in the stores.

04

Continuous iteration

Ongoing UX audits, redesigns, and feature drops that keep the product ahead of its category.

Services

Inside my mobile app UX process.

Product design sets your app's direction. UI/UX makes it enjoyable to use. Bring both together, and you strengthen every user, customer, and brand experience the app touches.

01

Improve conversion rates on the existing app

Uncover why users churn or don't convert. Improve retention, engagement, and monetization through targeted UI/UX and copy improvements based on real behavioral data.

  • UX audit
  • Conversion & funnel analysis
  • Design thinking workshops
  • Usability testing with real users
  • Onboarding improvement
02

Keep the app consistent as it grows

Make your app scalable without breaking the logic. Keep every new release aligned with the same design rules — so you ship features faster and avoid UX mismatches.

  • Design system development & integration
  • Cross-team DesignOps support
  • Ongoing UI/UX support
  • Dev-ready UI kits
  • Cross-platform adaptation
03

Create beautiful and distinct interfaces

Shape how users feel about the app and build trust instantly. A polished visual identity that's aesthetically refined, cohesive across every screen, and unmistakably yours.

  • Modern, visually compelling interface design
  • Mobile product branding
  • Visual language refinement
  • Motion design & microinteractions
04

Turn a raw idea into a real mobile app

Give the idea a foundation to become a successful product. As your design partner, I validate assumptions early, explore product directions with you, and prototype fast — so you end up with an app that matches user needs.

  • Idea validation
  • Product vision
  • Rapid prototyping
  • MVP design

My Smartphones for Testing

APK & IPA builds in up to 5 target resolutions.

iPhone 12
6.1" · Small form factor
iPhone 18 Pro Max
6.7" · Large form factor
iPad Pro
12.9" · Tablet
Pixel 7A
6.1" · Small form factor
Galaxy S25 Ultra
6.9" · Large form factor
Galaxy Z Fold 7
8" unfolded · Foldable
Galaxy Tab Ultra
14.6" · Tablet
Galaxy Tri-Fold
10" unfolded · Tri-fold

Mobile Design Tools

Wireframing, prototyping & design systems.

Figma
Sketch
Mobbin
Figma Make
Claude Design
Perplexity Computer
Photoshop
Material Design
iOS HIG

PRODUCT DESIGNER

UI

  • Graphic design
  • Visual design
  • Typography
  • Production
  • Layouts
  • Colors

UX

  • Product strategy
  • User research
  • App structure
  • Functionality
  • Wireframes
  • Scenarios

Delivering
Design
Excellence

Digital products designed
500+
Web + SaaS / Mobile products shipped
300 / 20
Designers mentored
5
Users on my products
10M
Product & design teams led
10x
UX problems solved
200+

‘The Sphere’. My Home Productivity Design Studio.

20 Monitors, 3 Video Cards on 1 PC Workstation

The Sphere — curved multi-monitor design workstation
The Sphere workstation view 1
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The Sphere — full curved monitor bank from workstation vantage

Get in touch

Do you need a Mobile App Product Designer?

Available for my next role designing native iOS & Android apps — from raw idea through App Store launch.

aweyrich@gmail.com → 703.400.3296