Bryan Stifle
Chief Creative Officer (CCO)
Redlands, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBryan Stifle is an award-winning design leader and Chief Creative Officer with 15 years of experience crafting user-focused digital and print experiences for clients ranging from local businesses to global enterprises. He led visual design and design system work at Esri—maintaining pixel-perfect Figma and Sketch libraries and shaping interface patterns used by thousands—before directing creative at Hounder where he oversees web, branding, motion, and icon projects. Known for obsessive attention to detail and accessibility-first thinking, Bryan combines hands-on execution (design systems, motion, icons) with strategic stewardship of brand and product ecosystems. He runs a long-standing freelance studio, Pretty Good Can't Complain Design Co., which keeps him connected to grassroots client needs and rapid-turnaround work. Based in Redlands with roots across the West, he blends enterprise rigor with indie agility and a knack for translating complex technical products into elegant, usable interfaces. An interesting through-line: he pairs high-level system thinking with pixel-level craftsmanship, ensuring components work as well in code as they look in mockups.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Graphic Design, BS, Graphic Design at The Art Institute of California-Inland EmpireMarysville Highschool
Github Skills (28)
accessibility10
typescript10
web-components10
arcgis-online10
esri10
component-library10
ui-components9
javascript9
arcgis9
styles9
design-patterns9
react9
front-end-development8
sass8
css8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Esri/calcite-ui-kits
Jun 2020 - Aug 2021
Build usable, accessible Esri experiences that are approachable by any audience. UI Kits per platform help teams build on-brand Esri products easily and quickly.
Contributions:57 commits, 53 pushes, 2 issues in 1 year 2 months
reactaccessiblejavascriptaudiencebrand
Esri/calcite-colors
Aug 2019 - Dec 2020
Esri's official color documentation repository that is leveraged by Calcite and all other Esri initiatives.
Contributions:3 reviews, 13 commits, 6 PRs in 1 year 4 months
calcite-colorsjavascriptesricalcite
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