Jono Young
Designer, Director, and Consultant in Charleston, South Carolina
Jono is a product design leader, strategist and multi-disciplinary creator by degree with more than two decades of experience in UX, product design, front-end development, design systems and multi-channel marketing. His work spans enterprise SaaS, healthcare technology, coaching platforms, education, and startup ecosystems.
He specializes in building systems, frameworks and methodologies that save time, feel good and make money; a practical philosophy he applies to every product, process and team.
Over his career, Jono has led design teams at scale, shaped design systems for complex organizations, implemented design-led methodologies that scale, and delivered measurable outcomes using analytics tools such as Mixpanel. He teaches teams how to think, design and execute with clarity and efficiency, and he continues to create frameworks that help others succeed across web, product and brand experiences.
He is the founder of WePiphany, a design-strategy and marketing methodology solo-venture built to help creators, founders and teams produce high-quality content, systems and repeatable processes. He is also developing a suite of online courses, community programs and proprietary frameworks to empower startups, coaches, and small businesses.
CONFERENCES & SPEAKING
Jono has spoken nationally on design leadership, prototyping, storytelling, UX methodologies and the future of digital experiences. His talks blend practical strategies, behavioral psychology, design systems thinking and real-world implementation.
• The Rising Cost of Failure (CoApt Projects)
MVUX (Revolve Conference)
• Google Material Design (CodeTalk
• MVUX (Charleston UX Group)
• Prototyping for Designers(Geekend)
• Rapid Prototyping & Design Panel (DigSouth)
•Designosophy (Giant Conference)
• NTEN
• AFP
• BBCON
• Barcamp CHS
Writing & Teaching
Jono is a teacher at heart. He builds frameworks that make complex ideas accessible and actionable for creators, founders and teams. His upcoming courses cover design systems, multi-channel marketing, SEO fundamentals, startup design, leadership development and his proprietary I GOT This Framework.