Summary
Leban Hyde is a seasoned Sr UX Designer based in Kansas City with over 13 years of hands-on experience designing cross-platform, mobile-first product experiences and leading UX teams at enterprise-scale companies. He has helmed end-to-end discovery and delivery efforts—authoring mobile guidelines, service blueprints, and design system components—while driving measurable product adoption such as a reporting app with 1,000+ daily users. As founder of a boutique studio, he pairs brand and visual identity work with pragmatic product design, making him equally fluent in marketing sites and complex enterprise workflows. Known as a mobile design SME, he organizes communities of practice and mentors designers to raise team craft and consistency. Leaning on a BFA in Graphic Design, he blends visual rigor with human-centered research to translate ambiguous problems into scalable solutions.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts (A.A.), General Studies, Associate of Arts (A.A.), General Studies at Penn Valley Community College
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Graphic Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Graphic Design at Missouri State University
Italian, English, Spanish