Hello, my name is Sean. I'm a designer and musician obsessed with form, function, and feeling. On nights and weekends, I make arcane pop music under the name Former Lives.

I'm driven by an endless curiosity for our world and its potential. My background in sociology strengthens my understanding of people, how we think, and how our environments affect how we show up in the world. I believe in fostering inclusive environments where the best ideas drive progress, not the most powerful voices in the room. Where we can collaboratively do work that makes us proud, sustainably.

Most recently, I was a Head of Design at Mercury, connecting the dots between product, brand, and marketing. Before that, I worked at Instrument, where I helped Google improve their brand and products, communicate philanthropic initiatives, and develop future concepts for flagship products. My design work there earned patents for user experience innovations driven by agentic AI (like US20230169967A1). I also designed Instrument's first company-wide internship program and a recurring community outreach program with public schools in Portland, OR.

I cut my teeth working at design agencies and startups. I even started my own that was inspired by the DIY ethos of bands like Fugazi.

Portfolio available on request.