About

I DESIGN FOR COMPLEXITY AND CLARITY AT ONCE.

I'm a Lead Product Designer with 8+ years of experience building enterprise SaaS products that serve real operational needs. I specialize in systems thinking: designing experiences where the stakes are high and the edge cases are many.

Currently at LeagueApps, I lead design across two product teams, own the Fieldhouse Design System, and partner with multiple disciplines on AI-assisted tooling that's cut handoff time by 1 to 2 sprints.

Name: Emily Blackwell
Current: Lead Product Designer, LeagueApps
Experience: 20+ years in UX and product design
Education: BA in Studio Art + Graphic Design, minor in Art History
Indiana University. We win. Google us.
Location: Washington, D.C.

I design for the parts of software where the logic gets dense: pricing rules that stack, permissions that differ by role and environment, money that moves in several directions at once. Most of my work for the past decade has been complex B2B SaaS, with a deep specialization in design systems and embedded finance.

I lead through influence more than authority, and I care about the craft and the consequences of how we build, including what AI acceleration costs us.

Away from product work I make things by hand: Risograph and letterpress, small-format painting, compass-and-straightedge geometry, and a long-running interest in etymology and art history.