Recent Work History
After winning Mascot Media's employee of the year award as the head of their user experience design department in 2017, I left to accept a position at J.B. Hunt where I've helped build nine of their Platform 360 applications. After working on their Tracking application in 2019, I became the very first recipient of their department wide "UX U-Rock" award. Since then, I have been collaborating with business analysts, product owners, legal teams, copy writers, marketing teams, developers, and UX leadership to reinvent the transportation industry. In May of 2024, accepted a Product Owner role for J.B. Hunt's Consolidation application.
As a former United States Army Captain who served as the Arkansas Army National Guard's 142nd Signal Company Commander (2020 - 21), it's been my privilege to lead our nations best men and women in monthly and annual training and active duty deployments. If your technology company needs a leader with 8+ years of corporate and military leadership experience, don't hesitate to contact me at (479)-841-4000 or bryce.napier@jbhunt.com.
Software design leadership
Software design leadership is more than just knowing your way around frontend and backend code, it's more than user testing, or aesthetic digital design skills, or a knack for organizing and prototyping content, or an understanding how interface components work and when to use them. Software design is highly relational, empathetic, and process oriented. Having built relationships on numerous product teams, leading to success in the development, UX/UI, and Product Owner layers of their applications, I'm a firm believer in this principle - "the best are best at the basics." Software design leaders who (1) build relationships by prioritizing their team members' needs and concerns, (2) intensely document and leverage user feedback, and (3) implement expert design principles [NNG Usability Heuristics] and processes [Double Diamond] will lead product teams to repeated success.
User personas I've worked with in the past 10 years
• Middle school and high school athletes, faculty staff, students, coaches, parents, and fans.
• JB Hunt Fleet Managers, Logistics Coordinators, Asset Manages, Customer Experience Representatives, Outsource Carriers, Capacity Coordinators, Rail Load Managers, Operations Manages
• Amazon product campaign managers
• Amazon product consumers
Duties
• Execute on the product roadmap in an accurate, expeditious, and hands-on fashion while establishing a scalable design methodology for future growth.
• Assume primary role in design and user experience phases
• Make valuable contributions to business discussions around the company's current and long-term mobile and web strategy.
• Assist in initial discovery phase to establish client's needs.
• Effectively collaborate with other developers, mobile and web, to achieve the highest quality output.
• Actively research and pursue new technologies that will contribute to product growth.
• Perform in a task oriented project environment, completing projects in the allotted time.
• Update stakeholders when new information changes project scope
• Actively study and integrate the latest design trends.
• Effectively implement the highest standards of user interface design and user experience. Study the latest techniques.
Skills
• App & Web Design Processes • User testing • Design Systems
• NNG UX Certified • Wire-Framing • UX/UI • Animation Graphics
• Journey Mapping • Experience Mapping • Empathy Mapping
• Aiding Presentations • Site Maintenance
• Sketch • Invision • Adobe XD • Illustrator • Photoshop • FIGMA/FIGJAM • MIRO
• Azure Dev Ops • Visual Studio • EXCEL • Powerpoint • Sharepoint
• AFTER EFFECTS • Premiere • LogicPro-X
• HTML & CSS • Javascript • Google Material • SQL
My Goal
My goal is to craft elegant digital solutions with visual storytelling that optimizes users' ability to navigate content and take action. I'm always open to new opportunities, so feel free to contact me if you're looking for a designer.
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Testimonials
In recognition of my hard work, ability to quickly learn the Security Product, and provide extra efforts for our Security Team, Stuart Scott - CTO of J.B. Hunt, paid me this complement.
Stuart Scott - CTO of J.B. Hunt
"Bryce,
Great video on our Security product. It gave me a whole new appreciation for why it is called a ‘product’ and not just a backend enabling tool. Very impressive feature set!
Thanks, Stuart"
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Carrie Johnson - UX Department Head
"Happy 5 year JBHT anniversary, Bryce!! Thank you for all you bring to the table...including a great work ethic and an amazing heart. You're always eager to learn more, and I love that. Thank you for your contributions over these past 5 years. Thank you for being you, and thank you for choosing JBHT as your home!"
- Carrie Johnson
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Brendan Canty - Senior Director of Engineering and Technology
Big shoutout to Bryce jumping into the complicated world of Security. I’m amazed with how he jumped headfirst on a new project and immediately observed user’s behaviors and pain points, documented his findings and provided workflow recommendations to make Security a more enjoyable experience. Also, he has done a great job vetting ideas and concepts with the product team to ensure concepts are feasible. Thank you for all of your hard work!
- Brendan Canty
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Asha Mathew - Security Product Director
"Appreciate all the work.. We will work on it Q1 .. Loved V5".
- Asha MatheW
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JOHN SEBESTA - UXD III
If you have a challenge, you need Bryce. Let me state that again: Bryce is not going to just toss you a by-the-numbers solution, he is going to thoroughly analyze it, interview users, get to the true heart of the issue, create some of the most polished designs you've ever seen, and deliver an incredibly eloquent and engaging pitch for the solution.
I knew Bryce as a UX Designer, but his tenacity for doing the right thing for the user is exactly what makes him an invaluable Product Owner. I consider myself blessed to know this deeply caring, intelligent, and genuine man."
I knew Bryce as a UX Designer, but his tenacity for doing the right thing for the user is exactly what makes him an invaluable Product Owner. I consider myself blessed to know this deeply caring, intelligent, and genuine man."
- John Sebesta
Email: bryce.napier@jbhunt.com
Phone: 479.841.4000