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Mark Pabustan

About

A quick introduction.

UI/UX designer with a background in cybersecurity and front-end development, based in New York.

Philosophy

"Good design should feel inevitable, like it was the only way it could have worked."

How I got here

The pull toward design wasn't boredom with code. It was noticing where my attention actually went. Fixing an API integration or getting a layout to render right felt good, but briefly. The design process, working through why something should look or function a certain way, is where I lost track of time. Looking back, the throughline was already there: security is about how people get fooled or protected, and front-end work is about what experience actually reaches them. I just hadn't named it design yet.

Background

  • B.B.A., Computer Information Systems & Mathematics, from Baruch College
  • Google UX Design Certificate
  • UI/UX Bootcamp at Columbia Engineering
  • Cybersecurity & front-end development at Cimpress/Vistaprint, Intrigue Core

Tools & skills

Figma HTML & CSS UX Research API Integration AWS Accessibility Prototyping
Open to full-time roles & freelance projects