Summary
Steven Achord is a Lead Product Designer and front-end engineer with a decade of experience crafting empathetic, user-centered web experiences from concept through delivery. Based in New Orleans, he blends hands-on development skills with UX research, information architecture, and team leadership, having led development workflows and design systems at agencies and startups. His background spans interactive development, motion graphics, multilingual site builds, and digital strategy for clients including municipal and federal organizations. Steven has a track record of improving team practices—creating workflow standards and guiding agile development—while staying deeply involved in prototyping and usability testing. He thrives at the intersection of technology and design, turning complex requirements into clear, usable products. An often-overlooked strength is his long-running experience combining social and interactive strategy with front-end implementation, giving him a rare end-to-end view of product impact.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
University of Louisiana at Lafayette