Microsoft
Over nearly seven years at Microsoft, I had the privilege of helping shape the future of work by designing thoughtful experiences where people, business, and technology meet.
Work
Global Operations
Operating Microsoft’s global campus requires teams to onboard, understand, and manage complex building environments at scale. I helped design agentic onboarding, mapping, and insight tools that gave teams better visibility into their spaces, streamlined operations, and enabled faster, more informed decisions.
Lead designer — Microsoft · cross-functional team across design, product management, research, and engineering · 2025–2026
Two agent-integrated operational dashboards that synthesized information spread across 48+ Power BI dashboards and SharePoint folders — and a foundation for an operational ecosystem of tools serving teams domestically and internationally.
View this case studyRealcomm IBcon 2026 Digie award winners announcementEmployee Experience
Supporting Microsoft’s global workforce requires an ecosystem spanning everything from personal finance and compensation to security, facilities, and workplace services. Across two technology platforms, I helped reduce fragmentation and shape their respective design systems, making employee experiences easier to use and more consistent at enterprise scale.
Junior to Senior Designer — Microsoft · cross-functional team across design, product management, research, and engineering · 2019–2026
I helped Microsoft move toward a more unified employee-experience ecosystem by aligning teams around shared patterns, reusable components, and a standardized design process — contributing to a platform Microsoft later reported at 97%+ employee usage.
View this case studyMicrosoft MyHubMicrosoft Viva ConnectionsThe People Powered Workplace — an Employee Experience Platform analysisAccelerating our cultural transformation at Microsoft with Viva and AI — Microsoft Inside TrackDeploying Microsoft Viva Connections internally at Microsoft — Microsoft Inside TrackGlobal Compensation
Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft offer complex compensation packages spanning cash, stock, and benefits. I helped create a platform that clearly explained total compensation and connected employees to available benefits, helping them maximize their earnings, improve satisfaction, and reduce unused benefits.
Lead Designer — Microsoft · cross-functional team across design, product management, research, and engineering · 2021
I drove the design of a first-party platform that Microsoft continues to use to communicate compensation and benefits to more than 220,000 employees, helping them understand the full value of their package in an increasingly competitive market.
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Let's build something interesting together.
The collaborations that energize me most are the ones where the problem is still a little undefined — where we get to figure out what the thing wants to be, not just decorate what it already is.
- I’m hiring for a design role. The short version: senior or lead individual-contributor work, on a problem still a little undefined. Ask the guide for the longer one.
- I’m building something early-stage. Early and half-shaped is a great place to start — that is where Joel does his best work.
- I run a small business and need product help. Worth a conversation — Joel can usually tell quickly whether he is the right pair of hands for it.
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