# Dennis B.

> Photographer and Designer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/dennis

I live in San Francisco. I enjoy family camping trips, motorcycling, classic films, and photography.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ Forage
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
• Designs new features for a large user base
• Collaborates with fellow designers to modernize our UI/UX
• Spearheads the design and maintenance of an internal Figma design system
• Works closely with engineers to deliver clean, accessible, and scalable designs
• Provides code examples to developers as needed to ensure polish and design fidelity
• Conducts user tests to refine user interactions

### Senior Product Designer and Developer @ AMI
Jan 2017 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Established an internal design system, ensuring consistency and efficiency in product development
• Designed and developed responsive features for a mobile-first web application, catering to a large user base
• Designed visually engaging storefront pages showcasing products from over 2000 brands

### Founder, Editor and Designer @ Pantaloon Press
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Built a side project focused on publishing niche newsletters

### Design System Engineer @ Radius Intelligence
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Worked with fellow designers and engineers to craft a consistent and responsive UI for a data-centric web app

### Designer / Front End Developer @ Workday
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Designed interfaces and interactions as a member of the Insight Applications team
• Constructed data visualizations to streamline data interpretation and decision-making processes

### Designer / Full-Stack Developer @ Identifed
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Acted as the point person for the overall visual experience of a complex recruiting app
• Facilitated user interviews and card-sorting exercises to gather user feedback effectively
• Led workshops on design and front-end development topics to share expertise and foster team growth

### Print and Web Designer @ Dennis Best Design
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 | Madison, Wisconsin, United States
• Thrived as a contract designer for ad agencies and other clients
• Created print layouts, animations, album covers, and logos
• Learned to design with code, learning what works (and doesn't work) on the Web

### Associate Publisher, Blogger, Webmaster @ The Progressive Magazine
Jan 2004 – Jan 2008 | Madison, Wisconsin, United States
• Transformed web presence from a static website into a feature-rich CMS
• Organized special events
• Implemented fundraising software and practices
• Contributed blog articles


## Education
### Philosophy
Missouri State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dennis-best
- Website: http://dennisbest.photo

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Last updated: 2026-02-23