About Me

Intro

Hey, I'm Noah. It's nice to meet you.

I've always had a love for the little details. I once read a quote that was deeply formative in my career as a designer:

"Everything around me is someone's life work."

This worldview has driven a deep appreciation for the world around me — a world that's been crafted by the relentless dedication of others. I think deeply about the experiences and the physical objects I encounter every day so as to uncover the "why" behind these minute decisions that have such an outsized impact on our lives. Whether that's a smooth self-checkout experience at the grocery store, or a particularly buttery-feeling knob on a gas range. Someone had to fight for that, because someone cared. I want that someone to be me.

I believe great design is something that few consciously notice, but everyone feels. That's what drew me to a career in product design. I've always wanted to evoke these feelings and bring an intangible joy to each and every interaction I create, no matter how unassuming. Why? Because deep down, we all value design, whether we realize it or not.

When my head isn't stuck in a laptop, you can find me indulging my love for experiences elsewhere: skiing, camping, scuba diving, rock climbing, and cooking, or trying to up my coffee game.

Work Experience
Resume
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DOZR

Product Design, 2022–Present
Researched, prototyped and launched an interactive equipment configurator for the DOZR rental marketplace — an industry first — which significantly boosted online conversion and ATV. Led UX writing and product design sprints for a proactive customer service & support system, working with product marketing to establish new UX copy guidelines, and developed a Webflow-based FAQ site and CMS (including illustrations and IA). Built out key design system components.
"After working closely with him for many months, I can honestly say that Noah is a natural designer. He's collaborative and open minded, and he approaches each problem with an optimistic, easy-going attitude that should be welcome on any team! I sincerely hope I get to work with him again one day."
- Jeff Geurts (Principal Product Designer)

Desire2Learn

Product Design, 2020–2022
Product design & research on the world's leading ed-tech platform. Scoped, designed, tested and supported implementation of a new authoring tool leveraged by over 15 million users. Stewarded the Daylight design system; working with stakeholders to develop and improve reusable components, generate UI patterns and guidelines, make regular visual/accessibility updates, and develop a new interactive documentation site.
"After working closely with him for many months, I can honestly say that Noah is a natural designer. He's collaborative and open minded, and he approaches each problem with an optimistic, easy-going attitude that should be welcome on any team! I sincerely hope I get to work with him again one day."
— Jeff Geurts (Principal Product Designer)

Blank Space Design (Freelance)

Founder, 2020–Present
I've worked on several freelance design projects from branding, to websites, to full-scale product design efforts.
"After working closely with him for many months, I can honestly say that Noah is a natural designer. He's collaborative and open minded, and he approaches each problem with an optimistic, easy-going attitude that should be welcome on any team! I sincerely hope I get to work with him again one day."
- Jeff Geurts (Principal Product Designer)
Education

Wilfrid Laurier University

Honours Bachelor of Design
Four year BDes plus 16-month Co-op; UXD Students Association (Co-Founder); The Carnegie (Director of Design). Communitech Campus Ambassador, Design for Change Mentor.

Laurier's BDes program is the first four-year design degree in Canada. As part of the first cohort, I had the unique opportunity to work on impactful design projects for real clients under the guidance of some incredible industry professionals, and help shape the future of this program for the next generation of talented young designers.
"After working closely with him for many months, I can honestly say that Noah is a natural designer. He's collaborative and open minded, and he approaches each problem with an optimistic, easy-going attitude that should be welcome on any team! I sincerely hope I get to work with him again one day."
- Jeff Geurts (Principal Product Designer)

Like what I do? Reach out!

Hello@noahlach.com