Vetted Design Professionals in the DFW Metroplex

“Mission-driven founder at the pre-seed stage with a fully developed business plan, validated concept, and defined business model. They demonstrate strong early-stage startup judgment through demand validation, scalability assessment across repeatable use cases and multi-city expansion, and informed familiarity with VC, studio, and accelerator pathways while preparing for first outside capital.”

Erik Wilkinson

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Senior Game Designer specializing in systems, combat, and live-ops game modes

Allen, TX19y exp

“Game designer with shipped experience on Squid Game Unleashed (mobile) and Radical Heights (battle royale), owning multiple modes end-to-end from paper design and greybox through tuning, QA, and live ops/backend rollout. Demonstrates strong Unreal/Blueprint prototyping, pacing-focused iteration (targeting 70–90s rounds), and building meta challenge systems that stay fresh via monthly/seasonal rotations and player-feedback-driven map weighting.”

Upasana Pandey

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Senior Product Designer specializing in enterprise, AI-driven, data-heavy products

Dallas, TX6y exp

“Product/UX designer who has led end-to-end design systems for high-impact, multinational products—most notably a live African Union policy tracking platform used by 11 countries. Experienced translating complex, regulated workflows into intuitive experiences (including a gamified pediatric vaccination journey) and collaborating closely with engineers using component-based design systems and Agile delivery.”

“Marketing/design creative with experience delivering high-polish brand and web work under complex conditions (including multiple acquisitions), driving measurable growth (2x traffic, +60% organic search, SEO gains across 50+ terms). Also designs product UI in Figma leveraging Material UI patterns and builds modular Instagram video templates in Adobe Premiere/After Effects for scalable content production.”