In terms of soft skills, Joel is easy to work with, creative, excels at handling change and adversity, and is a compelling communicator and public speaker...In terms of hard skills, Joel has a keen eye for design, both for product and graphically (including presentations etc), and is able to think computationally to write code. I was particularly impressed at how Joel picked up coding using React and shad-cn in his last six months on my team. I highly recommend Joel...

"In the time that I've worked with Joel, there are a couple of words that come to mind and those are determination and perseverance...Joel is strong when it comes to digging into the problem space, finding out what makes people "tick", so to speak and then coming up with multiple solutions to make things better. I've seen Joel grow tremendously over the course of the year in working with him...Joel is a solid product designer and he would be a great addition to any product design team!"

"I had the pleasure of working with Joel for several years, and he was a true jack-of-all-trades. Whether it was business operations or product design, he excelled at everything he did. Beyond his ability to execute, Joel is incredibly kind and has an infectious enthusiasm that makes him a joy to work with. Any team would be lucky to have someone like him."

"...as a designer, there is no challenge that Joel doesn't accept and complete with excellence! He is a super fast learner, very resilient, pays attention to details and always has contributions and ideas to improve the designs."

"I tried to save money by switching from the user-friendly Wix to Wordpress and spent frustrating hours trying to create a simple website. Finally, I reached out to Joel, who took my samples & ideas & ran with it to produce a clean, modern site—exactly what I asked for. I couldn’t believe how hard Wordpress was so navigate using the host, and was so fortunate to have Joel!"

"As I began taking steps in my own professional development as a licensed professional counselor, Joel joyfully agreed to come alongside and to help me through the use of his experience and expertise as a product designer. Together, we collaborated and explored ideas for a visually appealing and functional website which would provide me a digital footprint for my business, highlight the services being offered, and provide prospective clients a quick and easy way of reaching out. I have very little technological-savvy, and throughout this process, Joel expressed patience toward me, understanding, and he genuinely cared about my satisfaction. His timeliness with the project and the overall layout and final design of the website far exceeded all of my expectations. In addition, the format, the graphics, and the attention to detail are fantastic. As a designer and problem-solver, the quality of Joel’s work is excellent; as a relational human-being, he went above and beyond to ensure I felt understood and valued. "