App Design: Seamless Experiences at Your Fingertips

From a membership portal for the San Francisco 49ers to digital tools for ProTec17, a public sector union spanning the Pacific Northwest—Watson designs apps that empower people, not just devices. Whether we’re building for frontline workers or diehard fans, our goal is the same: make the interaction feel intuitive, useful, and human.

Our process blends UX strategy with visual design, tailoring each element to its users, use cases, and real-world constraints. The result? Digital tools that people actually want to use—and keep using.

App Design: Seamless Experiences at Your Fingertips

From a membership portal for the San Francisco 49ers to digital tools for ProTec17, a public sector union spanning the Pacific Northwest—Watson designs apps that empower people, not just devices. Whether we’re building for frontline workers or diehard fans, our goal is the same: make the interaction feel intuitive, useful, and human.

Our process blends UX strategy with visual design, tailoring each element to its users, use cases, and real-world constraints. The result? Digital tools that people actually want to use—and keep using.

UX & Visual Design: Built Around Real Users

Every app starts with people. Who they are. What they need. And how they move through their day. We use persona insights and journey mapping to define the user experience before we ever open a design file. From there, we plan for mobile-first, ensuring the core experience holds up across screens, use contexts, and bandwidth limitations.

We wireframe and prototype for iOS and Android platforms in Figma—giving stakeholders a hands-on view of functionality early in the process. Our UI systems are built to scale, with custom iconography, interaction design, and ADA-compliant visual elements that work just as well in a break room as they do in a boardroom.

Accessibility and performance aren’t checkboxes—they’re requirements. Our design system accounts for contrast, tap targets, load times, and motion sensitivity, making your app inclusive by design.

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App Strategy & Structure: More Signal, Less Noise

Before anything gets built, we map the experience. Feature prioritization, flow modeling, and user onboarding are all defined early—giving your dev team a clear blueprint and giving users a frictionless first impression.

We think about retention the same way we think about acquisition: strategically. That includes onboarding tutorials, push notification strategies, and intuitive user flows that bring people back with purpose, not just pings.

At every step, we ground the experience in brand—from voice to visuals. Our Figma files include detailed design specifications, component libraries, and interaction notes to streamline the dev handoff.

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The wider the lens,
the sharper the view.

By intention, we work across industries—because depth matters, but so does breadth. Range fuels fresh thinking. Creative tension sparks better questions. And curiosity? That’s where the breakthroughs begin.

Development Partnership Model: Collaborative to the Core

We don’t pretend to be an app dev shop. We’re a design and strategy team that partners with best-in-class developers. That means clients get a unified design vision backed by technical excellence.

Watson leads all UX, UI, and strategy work in-house. Then, through our vetted network of trusted partners, we execute the build—collaborating throughout QA, technical handoff, and post-launch support.

The benefit? No gaps between the wireframe and the final experience. Just a seamless, collaborative build process, anchored in design thinking from day one.

It's different here.

From Portland to Bend, Seattle to Sausalito—our teams are spread across the West Coast, nestled between forests, surf breaks, and the occasional volcano. The kind of landscape that fuels bold ideas and creative mischief.

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