Hugh Berrymanproduct designer & design engineer
I design and build the layer where people, models, and code have to agree.
At Freeport-McMoRan, I design and build design systems, AI-assisted workflows, and data-intensive products from research through implementation. Previously, I led 10 product designers at Tribal Credit while remaining hands-on in shipped product and design-system work.
- Currently
- Senior Product Designer, Freeport-McMoRan
- Based in
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Structured for
- People, models, web, and print
01Selected work
- 01/042025–26
MDS 2.0 / Prototyping Studio / FORGE
A design system that an AI can read
I designed and coded MDS 2.0's shared workspace, where non-developers generate and review repository-backed prototypes aligned to production components. Agent-readable Skills give coding assistants the same system context, while Figma remains available when it is the right starting point.
My scope
Owned the color foundation, component-state matrices, and button Code Connect mapping; designed and coded the workspace navigation, Prototyping Studio, and Skills experience; framed the experimental modernization pipeline built on top.
Design systemsProduct designDesign engineeringFigma Code ConnectFlutterAI tooling
Read the case study - 02/042024–26
RAMP / Remote Asset Management Platform
Making a five-system alert chain operable
RAMP brings telemetry, alarm logic, SAP APM, and Grafana context into one operating surface for validating alerts, documenting findings, and creating maintenance notifications. I led design from discovery through UAT and production, then extended the work into alert traceability and diagnostics.
My scope
Design lead from discovery through UAT and production across alert triage, mobile and fixed-plant workflows, responsive specifications, and RAMP 360 research.
5
technical layers translated into one alert-handling workflow
Complex workflowsObservabilityEnterprise productInformation architectureResponsive design
Read the case study - 03/042024–25
MIRA 2.0
Making a model's recommendation arguable
MIRA recommends operating changes in a molybdenum leach circuit. After on-site research, I designed a review flow that shows operators the forecast, current setting, and consequence of accepting, adjusting, or rejecting each recommendation.
My scope
Designed the operator-facing experience and information architecture; conducted on-site research at the plant. Data science and engineering owned the model and infrastructure.
~20%
lower recommended fresh-ferric addition than the legacy bleed calculator
Monitored seven-day comparison, internal tracking.
Data visualizationMachine learningField researchInformation design
Read the case study - 04/042025
ServiceNow employee portal
A design system for a platform we did not control
Employees were misrouting support tickets because the portal exposed IT's service taxonomy instead of the language people used. I led research across submitters and service teams, redesigned the catalog around request behavior, and delivered tokens and SCSS primitives that platform developers could apply across ServiceNow.
My scope
Led research on both sides of the ticket, designed the portal, and wrote the token and SCSS guidance used for implementation.
ResearchInformation architectureDesign tokensSCSSEnterprise platform
Read the case study
◇Selected artifacts
Systems, product states, and implementation artifacts from the selected case studies, shown at the proportions that make their details legible.
MINERAL DESIGN SYSTEM 2.0 (MDS) A prototype opened in the responsive review canvas. Designers can resize the working experience, inspect its source contents, review comments, and assess breakpoint coverage without separating the preview from its repository context.
MDS 2.0 The Figma Variables editor with nine collections listed and the TextInput States matrix open: fifteen rows resolving stroke, radius, label, and text roles across five component states.
MDS 2.0 Figma's Code Connect panel reporting Connected, mapping one button component set to five Flutter theme-extension symbols including FilledButton.tonal, above the generated Dart preview.
Colleagues' first names in the page header and a collaborator's presence avatar are blurred.
MIRA Step two of the recommendation wizard. Six impurities are forecast on a shared axis against one spec line, and the accept, adjust, and reject actions each show the setpoint they would produce.
MIRA The job run result, leading with the schedule overrun before the production arithmetic, then eight range-bounded compliance meters that each state an in or out of spec verdict.
A photographic avatar on the attribution chip is blurred.
RAMP The RAMP MVP Figma file zoomed out. Sections map one to one onto Azure DevOps epics and features, 86 layers are marked ready for dev, and four breakpoints exist per screen.
Colleagues' avatars are blurred, as are the Azure DevOps ticket numerals; the words Epic and Feature are left readable.
SERVICENOW The rebuilt employee support portal home page: a ranked catalog of what people actually request, a persistent service taxonomy, and one search field that reaches the whole platform.
A colleague's avatar and first name in the greeting are blurred.
SERVICENOW The redesign file structured as the backlog: one epic spine, seven feature lanes, and a global token sheet authored to compile into ServiceNow-compatible SCSS.
Six multiplayer avatars carrying the same colleague's face are blurred.
↳Earlier work
A few earlier projects connect the resume to the work: Tribal's first design system, a connected expense platform, and a React Native product I co-founded.
Tribal Credit Design system2020–23
Centro
I created Tribal's first shared component and token system. It became the starting point for design-to-code work I later carried into Storybook, Code Connect, and model-readable guidance.
View on Dribbble
Tribal Credit Product platform2020–23
Tribal Platform
I designed the cards, payments, reporting, and navigation workflows that connected Tribal's expense platform across web and mobile.
View on Dribbble
Whoin Design + React Native2019–20
Whoin
I co-founded Whoin, designed the product, and built its React Native app from concept through release.
View on Dribbble
02How it is built
The portfolio is part of the evidence.
Typed content drives the portfolio, printable resume, metadata, and machine-readable routes. The Lab brings its theme, localization, and interface tests into one live viewer.
- 01
One content source
Typed modules feed the home page, case studies, resume, metadata, and machine-readable versions without duplicate claims.
- 02
Localization as a test system
Generated pseudo-copy stress-tests string expansion, ICU placeholders, and logical LTR and RTL layout without presenting machine-made translations as audience-facing languages.
- 03
One system, several readers
The same material renders as web pages, a printable resume, llms.txt, llms-full.txt, and a complete sitemap.
- 04
A repeatable delivery gate
CI repeats the typecheck, lint, and production build on every pull request and main-branch push.
03About
I'm a product designer and design engineer in Phoenix. At Freeport-McMoRan, I work on industrial and enterprise software where interfaces support decisions about real equipment and users need to understand what a model recommends, why, and what to do next. The work rewards clarity without oversimplification.
The thread through my work is turning judgment into systems other people can use. I connect Figma variables to Flutter theme extensions, build repository-backed prototyping workflows, write guidance an AI assistant can follow, and prototype in React and TypeScript. Before Freeport, I led 10 product designers at Tribal Credit while remaining close to shipped product and design-system work.
04Experience
- Tribal CreditDirector of Product Design2022–23Senior Product Designer2021–22Product Designer & React Native Developer2020–21First product-design hire; designed and shipped in React Native, then grew and led a team of 10 product designers2020–23View in résuméRelated evidence: Centro · Tribal Platform
05Recommendations
What leaders, product partners, and designers say about working with me.
Hugh combines a keen sense of strategic thinking with a hands-on approach to design leadership. He doesn't just design; he thinks ahead, aligning every project with our broader business goals while keeping creativity at the forefront.
Chief Product Officer, Tribal CreditManaged Hugh directly
Published on LinkedIn
I've had the pleasure of working with Hugh for almost 5 years, and he has been instrumental in designing customer-centric products that have helped grow our company from seed-stage to Series B with presence across 10 markets. Hugh has always been exceptional in transforming complex requirements into seamless user experiences and products that customers love.
Group Product ManagerWorked with Hugh on different teams
Published on LinkedIn
Hugh played a large role in helping to improve our design system processes. His insights and meticulous approach were instrumental in improving them and strengthening collaboration with engineering. In a short timeframe, he taught the team valuable design system methods that enhanced our workflow and productivity.
Director, User Experience (UX), Symetra InsuranceWorked with Hugh at Symetra Insurance
Published on LinkedIn
Thanks to his guidance, I've grown from a junior designer to leading design for a new product as a Product Designer. Hugh is also a strong advocate of systems thinking and integrating tools like design systems or DesignOps to support others' work.
Product Designer, Tribal CreditWorked with Hugh at Tribal Credit
Published on LinkedIn
06Contact