JB Joshua Ballard

Fort Collins, CO — Founder @ Neon.Computer

Joshua
Ballard

WordPress Products · AI Product Systems · Web Systems

I turn product ideas into polished web experiences, connecting interface design, brand systems, support flows, marketing pages, WordPress implementation, and AI-assisted prototyping.

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200K+ app downloads

Product & UI/UX

Interface design, product flows, landing pages, design systems, and analytics-informed iteration.

WordPress Products

Plugin positioning, admin interfaces, WooCommerce workflows, support paths, and documentation systems.

AI Product Systems

Prompt engineering, AI-assisted prototyping, rapid vibe coding, content systems, and automation workflows.

Web Systems

Responsive websites, brand systems, customer support UX, SEO structure, and practical front-end implementation.

Recent Projects

Zine Maker web publishing interface artwork
Web Publishing Tool

Zine Maker

Built a tiny internet publishing studio for writing page by page, adding images and collage pieces, and sharing a flip-through zine link.

Role: Product concept, UX direction, interface system, web implementation, and AI-assisted prototyping.
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Support UX & Information Architecture

Neon Support Hub

Organized documentation, product downloads, licensing help, billing information, and support requests into a clearer customer experience.

Result: Centralized scattered customer help paths into one support system for multiple products.
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WordPress Plugin Product

N-C Branding Guard

Shaped the product identity, landing page, plugin interface, support path, and free/pro messaging for a WordPress brand governance tool.

Process: Turned a plugin utility into a clearer product story with onboarding and upgrade positioning.
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AI Product Recovery & Launch Systems

App Rescue

Created a productized service for turning broken AI-built prototypes into working apps, dashboards, portals, checkout flows, and business systems.

System: Positioned debugging, cleanup, rebuilds, and launch recovery as a clear service lane for AI-built web products.
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Product Studio & Web Design

Neon.Computer

Designed a clearer product studio presence for WordPress plugins, digital goods, support resources, and web projects.

Scope: Brand system, product navigation, landing modules, web copy, and responsive implementation.
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Game UI & Product World

Witchies Grove

Designed a cozy web game world with account navigation, inventory paths, community areas, marketplace structure, and a storybook-inspired visual system.

Scope: Product concept, interface direction, game-world UX, visual styling, and responsive web experience.
Witchcraft Resource website screenshot
WordPress Recovery & Cleanup

Witchcraft Resource

Restored and improved a resource-based WordPress site through updates, theme repair, trust-page work, sitemap review, and content cleanup.

Impact: Recovered a broken content system and rebuilt trust signals for visitors and search engines.

Selected Work

WordPress Products

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N-C Branding Guard

Brand Governance for WordPress

Designed a WordPress plugin product that helps teams protect brand colors, typography, layouts, and client standards inside Gutenberg, Elementor, and WPBakery workflows.

Role: Product positioning, brand identity, landing page direction, plugin interface framing, free/pro messaging, documentation structure, and support path.
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N.C. External Products

WooCommerce External Product Workflow

Created a WooCommerce plugin direction for building branded product pages from Etsy listings while keeping checkout on the original external marketplace.

Role: Workflow strategy, CSV preview and Quick Add UX, catalog health language, landing page copy, WordPress.org positioning, and support messaging.
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N.C. Decay Scanner / Fixer

Content Decay WordPress Plugins

Built a two-plugin WordPress product system for finding declining content with Search Console data, then turning the best opportunities into supported refresh work.

Role: Product architecture, free/premium split, plugin workflow language, AI refresh brief positioning, safe draft messaging, pricing structure, and documentation path.

UI/UX Design

Roe the Dev Portfolio

UI/UX & Graphic Design

Created a portfolio website for full-stack developer Robert Greene. Work included mockup design, graphic design, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript.

Voyage Trek Website

UI Design

Created mockups, branding, and graphics for startup venture VoyageTrek. Worked with the CEO to develop the site and support A/B user testing.

SR Education Group

UI & Graphic Design

Created the website design for SR Education Group and worked with the development team to implement features. Tasks included mockup design, graphics, and user testing.

Mobile Product Concept, Launch & Marketing

Spellcstr App

Conceptualized, designed, marketed, and maintained Spellcstr, an iOS and Android app created with a developer while building proprietary apps and web projects at Zardoz Creative Studio.

Result: Took the product from concept through launch, app store support, landing pages, and social marketing, reaching more than 200,000 downloads across iOS and Android.

Proof Points

Product Launches

Concept, Interface Direction & Marketing

I conceptualized and produced Spellcstr, an iOS and Android app built in collaboration with a developer. I handled the product idea, interface direction, app store submission support, landing pages, and social media marketing.

Result: More than 200,000 downloads across iOS and Android.

WordPress Products

Plugin UX, Positioning & Support Paths

I shaped plugin ideas into product systems across brand identity, landing pages, free/pro messaging, admin interfaces, documentation structure, and support positioning.

Result: Clearer product offerings with stronger customer help paths and paid upgrade stories.

AI-Assisted Systems

Prompting, Rapid Prototyping & Web Implementation

I use AI-assisted prototyping, prompt engineering, and rapid vibe coding workflows to move faster from idea to interface, support content, landing page, documentation, and working web product.

Result: Faster iteration from strategy to live product surfaces without losing brand and UX polish.

Experience

  1. 2024 — Present

    Founder / Product Designer

    Neon.Computer — Fort Collins, CO

    Founded and developed Neon.Computer as an independent product studio focused on WordPress plugins, digital tools, support systems, marketing sites, and branded web experiences. Used AI-assisted prototyping, prompt engineering, and rapid vibe coding workflows to move from concept to working product, support UX, landing pages, and documentation systems.

  2. 2018 — 2024

    Co-Founder / Creative Director

    byROJO — Los Angeles / Remote

    Designed and maintained web properties for L.A.-based design studio MadeBySuper. Built WordPress, HTML, and CSS websites for multi-vertical clients including the Hawaiian Government COVID Response Agency and The Laugh Factory.

  3. 2015 — 2018

    Co-Founder / Creative Director

    Zardoz Creative Studio — Seattle, WA

    Designed and maintained proprietary apps and web projects, including Spellcstr, an iOS and Android app with 200,000+ downloads, from concept through launch and marketing.

  4. 2014 — 2018

    UI/UX Designer

    SR Education Group — Kirkland, WA

    Used analytics and user feedback to design, code, and maintain education-vertical marketing sites, managing concept-to-design process with data and content teams.

  5. 2011 — 2013

    Marketing Manager / UI Designer

    Guppy Games | Guppy Media — Seattle, WA

    Managed and designed marketing campaigns for digital products, coding landing pages and product UIs, and revising creative based on performance data.

Core Skills

Product Design UI/UX Design WordPress HTML/CSS Responsive Web Design Landing Pages Brand Systems Design Systems Information Architecture Support UX SEO Analytics-Informed Iteration AI-Assisted Prototyping Prompt Engineering Vibe Coding Automation Workflows Web Marketing

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite WordPress WooCommerce HTML / CSS Light JavaScript Analytics Content Management Systems AI-Assisted Product Workflows

Working style: I move from brand and interface strategy into practical web implementation, then refine quickly with feedback, data, AI tools, and vibe coding workflows.

Education

Visual Communications — A.A.S.

Black Hawk College, Moline, IL

Visual Communications

Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL

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About Me

Fort Collins Product Designer

I am a UI/UX and product designer based in Fort Collins, Colorado after several years traveling around the U.S. in an RV.

I am currently looking for new opportunities where I can bring product thinking, interface design, branding, and practical web implementation to a collaborative team.

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