Curious Who I Am?
This page is a quick peek behind the work, who I am, how I think, and what I’m like to work with.
No case studies, just the human part. If you’re here to get a feel for my vibe, you’re in the right place. You’ll find fun facts, a few FAQs, and a sense of what it’s like to have me on a team (spoiler: I don’t take myself as seriously as I do my work, I make a lot of puns, use a lot of gifs, and I’m probably made of 90% seltzer).
What I Do Well
Collaborative by Default – I ask a lot of questions, adapt quickly, and don’t get stuck on my own ideas.
Visual with a Purpose – I bring polish to products, but always in service of clarity and function.
Calm Under Chaos – POCs? Tight timelines? Curveballs? I like finding a way through it.
Systems Thinker – I help teams organize messy problems into clear flows, reusable patterns, and flexible UI.
A Few Fun Facts
I have a very sweet, very anxious dog. We’re both working on it.
I paint silly things, mostly ghosts.
I climb and lift so that I can open pickle jars.
I love writing tiny “word pebble” poems when something sticks in my head.
I’m a gamer and big D&D fan. Ask me about my current campaign.
🎵Listening to…
Currently obsessed.
🧪Creating…
I'm making a custom tarot deck, ask me about it!
🎮Playing…
Mistakes were made. Game: PEAK
Some kind words
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Frankie is one of the most creative, thoughtful people I have had the privilege of working with. She is incredibly deft and thinks outside the box: indispensable skills for a UX design practice.
We worked together as UX designers for a highly technical product. When our team was tasked with balancing usability and complex technical requirements, I saw her rapidly iterate through potential design interventions all while advocating for the experience of our daily users. Frankie is a divergent thinker and exactly who you want on your side when you need creative solutions for sticky problems. In my experience working with many designers, her skill and speed in refining towards designs are unmatched.
On top of all that, Frankie is an immense joy to work with (and I’m confident you could ask every single person who has ever been on a team with her). Her passion and humor in approaching daily work life bring energy and lightness to the team — an absolute necessity for good work.
— Dan Singer, Senior UX Designer at Paylocity
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You would be hard-pressed to find another visual designer that has an endless sense of curiosity like Frankie. Within the team and myself, she brought out a spirit of exploration that has changed how we approach our work, and made all of us better creatives in the process. Her attitude towards a challenge was always to face it head on, combine that with her ability to learn anything seemingly overnight makes her an extremely valuable addition to any team. Her sense of humor, and laughter brighten up any room and can lift spirits when the weight of a deadline is looming.
— Tony Nguyen, Senior Design Manager @ Ford
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Frankie is one of the most creative and thoughtful product designers I’ve had the pleasure to work with. Her visual design expertise is something I admire as she is one of the few designers to create pixel perfect designs. She can take a nebulous idea and turn it into something to delight users. She is extremely collaborative offering insightful feedback and receiving feedback as we work through the design process. Frankie can go from being scrappy and generating dozens of ideas to heads down delivery mode to hit a deadline. I can’t speak highly enough of her and any company would be much better off with her on their team.
— Matt Schwartz, Head of Design @ Sporttrade
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Let’s chat
Frankie@sylvester.work