Nathan
Haynes-Magyar

Product Designer &
Full Stack Developer

  • I'm a product designer and full-stack developer with 8+ years of experience creating gamified, learner-centered tools. I turn complex systems into delightful experiences—from mobile-first interfaces to scalable content platforms. I thrive in fast-paced, mission-driven teams that value experimentation and playful polish.

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    Experience

    University of Michigan Center for Academic Innovation

    Lead Software Developer, previously Senior UX Designer

    2017 - Present

    • Partners with design and research teams to define product roadmaps, sprint scopes, and success metrics.

    • Mentors early-career devs and designers, conducts hiring, and defines internal career pathways.

    • Designed & built a modular CMS interface used to manage 300+ courses and serve 200K+ users, balancing editorial UX with backend scalability. Currently using internal qualitative feedback to deliver the next version.

    • Developed a personalized progress email system that nudges users toward next steps, increasing progression through the app’s core user engagement funnel and driving behavior towards sticky actions.

    • Coordinated multiple workstreams and drove the design/development of a feature that advertises 3rd party content, improving stakeholder satisfaction with internal tooling and positioning for rapid experimentation.

    Twirlmate

    Founder, UX Designer, Developer

    January 2020 - Present

    • Built a consumer-facing multi-vendor platform for competitive baton twirling using mobile-first design principles, serving 1,700+ users in its first year.

    • Designed intuitive, linear account and event setup flows to drive successful onboarding and task completion.

    • Interviewed event organizers, collecting feature requirements and pain points, to create research-informed user experiences that aligned with their mental models of high stakes tasks (e.g., result tabulation).

    Codespec

    Co-Founder, UX Designer, Developer

    January 2021 - Present

    • Designed and built an interactive coding platform with intelligent help features that reduced frustration without inhibiting learning, and scaffolded problem types that boosted learner confidence and engagement.

    • Led the design and development of an e-book authoring system with support for text, media, surveys, problems, and timers—empowering educators and researchers to create adaptive learning experiences.

    Education

    • Master of Science in Information: Human-Computer Interaction (4.0)
      University of Michigan School of Information

    • Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Studies and Spanish (3.9)
      University of Michigan College of Literature, Science & Arts

    • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance Acting (3.9)
      University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance