Senior UI Designer · Seattle, WA

Hi, I’m Evan. I design products people actually use.

I’m a Senior UI Designer at PDI Technologies, where I work on the Fuel Rewards and GasBuddy apps. I like being involved in the whole process, from research and flows to the code underneath. Most recently I designed and built Gameeba, a board game night companion app, on my own from idea to launch prep.

Evan Russum

About

I got my start in web and database work, then found my way into human-centered design through the City of Dallas's innovation team and went back to school for an M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction. Since 2020 I've been at PDI Technologies as a Senior UI Designer, leading UX and interaction design for mobile reward apps like Fuel Rewards and GasBuddy. Outside of work, I like to build things start to finish. Gameeba is the latest, with a real backend, AI features, and a design system I put together from scratch.

User research Product design Prototyping Full-stack build Claude Code / API Figma

Selected work

UX + UI design · GasBuddy

Dining rewards, from flat cash back to points

I redesigned dining offers around a points model and gave the restaurant screen the details people decide with: hours, distance, photos, and reviews. Shipped and live in the app.

GasBuddy dining points offer detail GasBuddy dining list with ratings and distance
Gameeba live score sheet
Product design + engineering · 2026

Gameeba, a scorekeeper for game night

An app I designed and built myself: live shared score sheets, an AI rules assistant, and a full local-first backend.
GasBuddy Business Pages Create Flash Deal modal
UX + UI design · GasBuddy Business Pages

Flash Deals for the retailer dashboard

I designed a new admin feature that lets convenience retailers launch flash fuel deals, matching an existing dashboard that had no design guide.
Redesigned City of Dallas ePay dashboard
UX evaluation + redesign · City of Dallas

City of Dallas ePay portal redesign

A redesign of the city's utilities payment portal that made it easier to scan, brought it on brand, and finally let residents pay from a phone.

Earlier & academic work

Concept and coursework projects from my HCI studies. Case studies available on request.

Concept product · Case study

Popped Politics

A political news app that pulls from vetted sources and nudges readers across the aisle. From research through a working prototype.

 UX redesign study · Case study

Netflix

Collections, shelves, and schedules to help people organize what they watch. From research through a working prototype.

 UX evaluation + redesign · Case study

Gmail

A team redesign of the desktop inbox to make common controls visible, backed by usability testing.