Charles Honig
Product Designer at Microsoft. Crafting experiences with purpose & polish.
Transit Stats App
As a daily Chicago CTA rider, I wanted to track my own transit data accurately, but nothing existed to do it. So I built Transit Stats, the first app designed to turn public transit rides into meaningful personal analytics. From concept to App Store launch in four months, I designed the brand, all the UI/UX, and website while writing the backend code as well as the frontend code with the help of AI tools.
- Years
- 2025-2026
- Role
- Founder, Product Designer
- Scope
- Strategy, UI/UX Design, Branding
Microsoft Give
Working at Microsoft, I helped launch ‘Give vNext,’ a charity platform that connects over 200,000 employees to a world of giving. As the primary designer on the platform, my role was to create an intuitive user experience and user interface, making charitable contributions easy and fostering a spirit of giving within the company.
- Years
- 2024
- Role
- Lead Product Designer
- Scope
- Strategy, UI/UX Design, Branding
Microsoft Contracts
Microsoft’s platform for managing over 1 million contracts had become outdated and hard to navigate, forcing teams to spend significant manual effort just to find what they needed. I redesigned the entire experience end to end and introduced an AI agent to make finding and managing contracts fast and intuitive, now serving 30,000 visitors a month.
- Years
- 2026
- Role
- Lead Product Designer
- Scope
- Strategy, UI/UX Design
BragBook
Documenting your accomplishments is tedious and easy to deprioritize, so the work that drives promotions and raises often goes unrecorded. As the founder and lead product designer, I created BragBook, a tool purpose-built for tech professionals that makes capturing them effortless and quickly turns everyday work into clear proof of your impact.
- Years
- 2025-2026
- Role
- Founder, Product Designer
- Scope
- Strategy, UI/UX Design, Branding
Microsoft ITM
Microsoft lacked a centralized way for employees to explore internal roles, so people often left for growth opportunities elsewhere. I led UI/UX design for the Internal Talent Marketplace, a platform built to keep that talent in-house by making internal mobility effortless.
- Years
- 2023
- Role
- Lead Product Designer
- Scope
- UI/UX Design, Strategy
Play
Here are some assorted visual design explorations, traditional graphic design work, and anything else I thought looked nice.
My Story
I’m a product designer with 7+ years of experience and a background in visual design, working at creative agencies and in-house designing solutions across industries including technology, healthcare, real estate, and consumer goods.
I currently work at Microsoft, where I lead design on enterprise employee experience software, turning complex problems into scalable, user‑centered experiences that drive real results.
Experience
Microsoft
Product Designer 2
(2022 - Present)
Microsoft
Product Designer 1
(2021 - 2022)
Traffik Creative Agency
Visual Designer
(2019 - 2021)
OluKai/Roark
Graphic Designer
(2019)
Awards
FY26 Q1 Beacon Award
Microsoft
CELA Litigation Hold Management Platform
FY25 Q1 Beacon Award
Microsoft
CELA LegalEase platform design
FY24 Q1 Beacon Award
Microsoft
Give vNext platform design