Remote · Open to lead, principal, and senior product design roles
Nina Goluskin
Lead product designer
I turn scattered platforms and big, unfinished visions into one product people can actually use, from research and strategy through shipped UI.
Recent work
- An AI drafting tool for the experts who set federal pay grades
- A partner portal I led from research to launch, which took USAID from one qualified inquiry every two weeks to six to eight in launch week
- A new version of the secure network DHS uses for the Super Bowl, the World Cup, and emergency response
Selected work
U.S. Office of Personnel Management · Federal hiring
Redesigning the federal hiring experience around one unified record
Thirteen million people apply for federal jobs each year across three separate systems. I helped OPM turn years of research into eight principles and one service blueprint for a unified hiring record.
My roleLead UX designer, product vision and service blueprint
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U.S. Office of Personnel Management · USA Class
An AI tool for the people who set federal pay grades
I designed the supervisory path for an AI tool that drafts federal position descriptions, around a rule our team made together: the model may write the document, but it never chooses the grade.
My roleLead UX designer, AI interaction and workflow design
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USAID · Private Sector Engagement
A clear path for companies partnering with USAID
A new portal gave companies an easier way to partner with USAID on international development. In launch week, the team identified six to eight qualified inquiries, up from about one every two weeks.
My roleLead product designer and project lead, research through launch
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Department of Homeland Security · HSIN
Modernizing Homeland Security's network for intelligence sharing and emergency response
More than 55,000 people across federal, state, and local agencies use HSIN to share intelligence and respond to emergencies. I led the research and design for its move off an old SharePoint build.
My roleLead UX designer, from research through accessibility review
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Department of Veterans Affairs · Health Connect CRM
Bringing virtual veteran care onto one platform
The VA set out to bring scheduling, pharmacy, nurse triage, and virtual clinic visits onto one Salesforce platform with a single veteran record. I led the research and design for the first release.
My roleSenior UX designer, starting as the only designer and hiring the second
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What people come to me for
People come to me when a product or service problem needs to be understood more deeply, or when something complicated needs a simple, elegant answer. A lot of my work is untangling complex products and services and unifying them during a modernization. I also help shape product vision and roadmaps.
Most of my projects begin in a room full of people who have been told to build something, before anyone can say what problem it solves or who it's for. I listen for the problem behind the request and make it obvious what there is to win and what there is to lose.
The projects I like best start with a goal and work backwards to the design. I'm hands-on day to day, and I like what I make to be beautiful. I use AI every day, and my own critical thinking makes the final call.