Steven Vanden Heuvel
UX Designer building thoughtful, user-centered experiences across consumer and enterprise products.
Selected Work
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PayPal, 2025 - Present
Merchant Checkout Optimization
Making the PayPal checkout process more prominent and easier to use across merchant sites.
Plate
Plateonline.com Redesign
Award-winning website redesign built around how restaurant professionals actually work.
Plate
Blackbird Interactive Oral History
Immersive digital storytelling experience with user-centered navigation through long-form content.
Alt-Meat
Alt-Meat Brand and Digital Experience
Brand identity and audience-specific user flows for an emerging alternative protein company.
What I bring to the work
Design Focused on Customer Experience
I design with real users in mind. Whether it is simplifying a checkout flow or restructuring a complex dashboard, I focus on making interactions feel clear, natural, and grounded in research.
Always Learning, Always Adapting
I stay sharp by working across the full design stack, from Figma and prototyping to front-end code and design systems. I pick up new tools quickly and bring that range to every project I join.
Working Across Teams and Products
I have worked across consumer apps, merchant tools, editorial platforms, and brand systems. I know how to align with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to ship work that holds up.
Open to new opportunities.
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