About Me

Hi, I'm Shane Mielke

I'm a Creative Director, UI/UX designer, front-end developer, animator, photographer and author living in Southern California. I spent 10 years as Creative Director at 2Advanced Studios, then the next 10 as a design and development asset for agencies around the world, working with clients like Blizzard Entertainment, Riot Games and SpaceX.

Most recently I worked with SpaceX as a Principal UI/UX Designer, helping design and develop the Crew Dragon interfaces NASA astronauts use to fly into space. Along the way I've been lucky to work on 40+ FWA award-winning sites, be part of the NASA/SpaceX team that won an Emmy for Best Interactive Broadcast, and be named one of .Net Magazine's top 50 designers in the world.

For over 20 years, designers, developers and digital creatives have asked me for career advice. So I wrote it down. Launch It collects 300+ things I've learned as a Designer, Developer and Creative Director. The Designer's Journey is a pocket-sized list of 1000+ goals and achievements for designers at every stage of their careers.

This shop is where those books live, along with gear for the people who build the internet: designer and developer tees printed to order, the UI UX Flexfit hat, and gift cards. Launch It comes as an eBook, a paperback and the occasional signed hardcover. Both paperbacks are printed and sold through Amazon. All sales go to my two daughters' college funds, a very important cause.

Thanks for stopping by. Questions, or just want to say hi? Find me on X @shanemielke. You can see more of my work at shanemielke.com.