I’m a designer who approaches creativity as both a feeling and a framework.

2022 — NowMicrosoftProduct Designer

2022 — Now

Frameworks for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, contributing to topics including cloud file ecosystem, collaboration, in-app learning and progressive onboarding, as well as for M365 Office clients across Windows, Mac, and Web.

2016 — NowSelfFreelance Creative

2016 — Now

New York, New York, United States

Award-winning freelance composer, singer, creative producer, and audio professional. As a creative producer I've worked with Pulitzer Prize-, Guggenheim-, Tony Award-winning, and Webby-nominated artists. I leverage my background in musical craft to bring creative projects to the finish line.

Notable projects include:

DC High Volume: Batman (2025): Assistant Editor. Won 7 Signal Awards in 2025 including Best Editing

Du Yun's "And then All is Blossoming" (2021): Assistant Producer

Crystal City (2019): Music Supervisor; listed as one of NBC's "Best LGBTQ-inclusive TV shows and films of 2019", alongside "Pose," "Euphoria," "Schitt's Creek," and "The Politician"

Sheltered Garden (2018): song cycle commissioned by Houston Grand Opera Studio

2022 — 2022Microsoft LeapUX Designer

2022 — 2022

Redmond, Washington, United States

Core Focus▹

Working with OfficeShared /MetaDesign Studio on project relating to information architecture, documentation & frameworks

Highlight of Contributions▹

▸▸ Coordinate and build consensus with cross-product and cross-platform stakeholders

▸ 1 of 19 UX Design Apprentices from all over the US

2020 — 2022UnknownFreelance UX Designer

2020 — 2022

Core Focus▹

Leverage user research and testing methodologies to drive impactful user experience and user interface design.

Highlight of Contributions▹

▸▸ Conducted user research for virtual operatic stage hosted on VRChat using volumetric capture to challenge limitations of physically demanding space and declining audience conversion, working with an XR Engineer, New Media Artist, and Portfolio Artist as part of Re:Naissance Opera's Indie Opera Hackathon (Fall 2021)

▸ Designed wireframes, landing pages, and UI for products including "‘Mindfulness’ for Zoom" and "Ramble"

▸ Built consensus on design decisions between design team and stakeholders

2021 — 2021U.S. Census Bureau Open Data for Good Grand ChallengeUX Designer

2021 — 2021

Remote

Core Focus▹

Leverage user research and testing methodologies to drive impactful user experience and user interface design for Map feature.

Highlight of Contributions▹

▸▸ Collaborated with a team of 10 Software Engineers, UX Designers, and Data Scientists to build a high-impact application focused on reducing single use plastics using open source federal government data

▸ Designed and prototyped wireframes for Map feature, including a filtering system which allows users to find local businesses that could recycle specific plastics

▸ Conducted user testing on mid-fi wireframe

▸ Built and Prototyped in Figma

▸ Handed off materials to engineers, who implemented the product via Vercel and Heroku

Education

2016 — 2018

The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University

Master’s Degree

2016 — 2018

2020 — 2021

General Assembly

Certificate of Completion

2020 — 2021

2020 — 2020

Beth Morrison Projects

BMP: Producer Academy

2020 — 2020

2011 — 2015

Dickinson College

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

2011 — 2015

2007 — 2011

West Morris Central High School

High School Diploma

2007 — 2011

Experience+

Education

Master’s Degree

Certificate of Completion

BMP: Producer Academy

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

High School Diploma