• 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.

  • Prototype testing
  • Interaction design
  • UX process
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

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

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Selena walking up a broad staircase.