• Strategy
  • Branding
  • UX Design
  • Visual Design
  • Accessibility
  • Development

Making the complex
feel simple.

I’m a hands-on web designer who loves translating complex business needs into clear, converting websites and interfaces!

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Selected work.

Sango homepage presented in a single browser mockup on navy.

Sango Pool & Spa Site Design + Build

Full branding and a WordPress Elementor build, from concept and proposal through launch.

  • Brand systems
  • Product journeys
  • Custom code
Hammer homepage presented in a single browser mockup on charcoal.

Hammer Metalworks & Coatings Brand + Build

Full branding, proposal, design, and strategy, built on WordPress Elementor.

  • Industrial branding
  • B2B UX
  • Form design
Two ParkZen phone screens on blue: horizontal parking cards to compare nearby lots, and the arrival screen with walking directions and a Scan parking QR action.

ParkZen UX Case Study

A focused parking feature concept for Apple Maps, shaped by testing how people find parking and follow a route.

  • User research
  • Usability testing
  • Interaction design
Best of Clarksville homepage presented in desktop and mobile mockups on cobalt blue.

Best of Clarksville Site Design + Build

A two-week sprint working within a legacy brand and consulting stakeholders, for an event whose needs change all year.

  • Information architecture
  • Evolving needs
USGS EarthExplorer search screen with its map and search criteria panel, presented in a browser mockup on burnt orange.
Currently working on

USGS EarthExplorer UX Case Study

Researching how to make the U.S. Geological Survey’s satellite imagery tool easier for the earth scientists who rely on it, toward a speculative redesign.

  • Web application
  • UX research
  • Technical domain
  • Government design system

Tools of Trade

Take a peek inside my toolbox. I love learning new website builders, design software, and front-end skills. Right now, I’m deepening my JavaScript knowledge and exploring motion design.

Portrait of Selena Brown
Probably thinking about cake.

Hi, I’m Selena.

Multidisciplinary digital designer. UX at heart.

I trained in UX and love working across brands, websites, and app experiences. I know accessibility matters, so I make sure my builds follow the guidelines. And I love building what I design: learning to code has meant I can take an idea all the way to a working website.

I enjoy connecting different disciplines, learning new skills, and making thoughtful work with other people. Working at a small agency, I’ve also written proposals, scoped projects, and talked with clients directly, so I’m comfortable on that side of the work too.

It started with a magazine.

I founded ARTIFACT at New College Franklin and led the student arts magazine, in print and online, for four years, with a changing team that grew to 12 people. It introduced me to design and still shapes my love of editorial layouts.

My time as a cake decorator is part of that story, too. I’ve always loved making things, whether that means arranging a page or finishing a cake.

ARTIFACT Volume 2, No. 3 cover: a weathered barn in a mountain landscape.
ARTIFACT · Volume 2, No. 3

Life Together

A complete issue of the arts magazine I founded. Design direction by Selena Brown; writing, photography, and artwork credited throughout.

Flip through the magazine
ARTIFACT Summer 2024 cover: a Gothic stone window framing trees and greenery.
ARTIFACT · Volume 2, No. 1

Mythology

An earlier issue of the magazine, with poetry, essays, photography, and artwork. Contributor and design credits are preserved inside.

Flip through the magazine

Cakes I’ve made.

  • Three-tier white wedding cake with cascading dahlias and greenery.
  • Tall white cake with a chocolate drip, whipped rosettes, fresh strawberries, and chocolate shavings.
  • Chocolate cake with a glossy drip, piped chocolate rosettes, and chocolate shavings.
  • Round birthday cake piped “Happy Birthday Melanie” with fresh strawberries and pink candy pieces.
  • Sage green cake with white script reading “happy birthday” and small piped hearts.
  • Chocolate cake ringed with piped rosettes and peanut butter cups, lettered “21 years of monkeyin’ around.”
  • Vintage-style white cake with ruffled piping, piped swags, and small pink hearts on a wooden stand.

Let’s talk.

Have a role or project in mind? I’d love to hear about it. I’m based in Annapolis, Maryland.

selenabdesigns@gmail.com LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)

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Selena walking up a broad staircase.