# Joseph Woodward — Software Designer

> https://joewoodward.co

Joseph Woodward is a software designer and builder based in New York. Currently Founding Designer at Roam, previously Design Lead at Snapchat and Microsoft Outlook.

## Pages

- [Home](https://joewoodward.co/): Featured work, writing, and contact
- [Contact](https://joewoodward.co/contact): Get in touch

## Projects

- [Roam: Founding Designer](https://joewoodward.co/roam): Roam is an AI-powered virtual office designed for distributed teams. As Founding Designer, I've shaped the platform's br…
- [Snapchat: Design Lead, Systems](https://joewoodward.co/snapchat): Built and shipped Snapchat's design system — the foundation of color, typography, elevation and layout used across every…
- [Microsoft: Design Lead, Outlook](https://joewoodward.co/microsoft): At Microsoft, I worked on design systems and product design for Outlook across platforms. I helped build and ship the Fl…
- [Cabin: Catskill, NY](https://joewoodward.co/cabin): My wife and I are building our Catskill cabin this year on Paradise Lake, right at the foot of the mountain. Our home bl…
- [The Dugout: Side Project](https://joewoodward.co/dugout): An AI-powered football app for your club. Follow any Premier League or Championship team with live scores, match schedul…

## Writing

- [Designing Dark Mode](https://medium.com/microsoft-design/designing-dark-mode-31400530787a) (Aug 28, 2019)
- [Designing for Dark Mode: More Than Flipping a Switch](https://medium.com/microsoft-design/designing-for-dark-mode-more-than-flipping-a-switch-c21fb38722d2) (Oct 31, 2019)
- [Developing an Open Source Icon System at Microsoft](https://medium.com/microsoft-design/developing-an-open-source-icon-system-at-microsoft-b1796315df9f) (Jan 1, 2022)
- [Abstracting the Microsoft Outlook Design Process](https://medium.com/microsoft-design/abstracting-the-microsoft-outlook-design-process-ca811ea5053) (May 21, 2019)
- [Animated keyboards using Facebook Keyframes](https://uxplanet.org/animated-keyboards-using-facebook-keyframes-73dfad98f0a) (Aug 2, 2017)

## Other

- [Photos](https://joewoodward.co/photos): Brooklyn and Hudson Valley life — photography gallery
- [RSS Feed](https://joewoodward.co/feed.xml): Writing feed

## LLM-Optimized Pages

Structured markdown versions of key pages for AI consumption:

- [Home](https://joewoodward.co/llm/home)
- [Roam](https://joewoodward.co/llm/roam)
- [Snapchat](https://joewoodward.co/llm/snapchat)
- [Microsoft](https://joewoodward.co/llm/microsoft)
- [Cabin](https://joewoodward.co/llm/cabin)
- [Dugout](https://joewoodward.co/llm/dugout)
- [Photos](https://joewoodward.co/llm/photos)