Human-centered design for geospatial products

Complex location data shouldn’t feel complicated. I help mission-driven organizations bridge the gap between technical innovation and user needs, designing intuitive tools that make geographic information clear, actionable, and accessible.

Sitka Landslide Risk Forecast

Decision-focused landslide risk forecasting app

DistrictBuilder

Free redistricting app for drawing fair electoral maps

TextureMap

Open-source resources for designing accessible cartography

Earth Index

Empowering environmental defenders to find anything, anywhere

Coming soon

GroundWork

Satellite imagery labeling tool for creating training data for machine learning projects

Coming soon

Digital Pathology Platform

Image reading and workflow management software for medical R&D

NDA—Contact for Details

About

Photo of Jeff Frankl

I’m a designer with 15+ years of experience in product design, user research, and frontend engineering. I’ve worked on a wide range of projects, from electoral redistricting and risk forecasting to watershed modeling and satellite imagery analytics.

Currently, I’m at ProPublica, where I help build user-centered applications for journalists and the public. I lead design work across the board—from UX strategy to information design to rapid prototyping—while also helping our team work better together by building systems for design sprints, user research, and crits.

Previously, I specialized in geospatial web applications as a product designer at Azavea (now Element 84). I also spent two years teaching a Web Development for City Planners course at the University of Pennsylvania. I studied Sociology at Haverford College.

Outside of work, I enjoy long walks, chasing toy birds with Olive, tinkering with unusual keyboards, and refining my All Genres, All Decades Running Mix.