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Design Hiring Observations
Companies are absolutely raising the bar. That pressure is real. That said, expecting one person to do everything brilliantly is unrealistic. A technical designer isn't automatically the best craft designer with visual taste.
Craft matters...
Inside an AI-native design team
I am excited to bring you a “behind-the-scenes” look into the product design team at Legora with Anton Reimertz. I first worked with Legora in January 2025 when I placed the Founding Designer, Bert. At the time, they had 20+ people and were...
From Operating to Orchestrating: The future of DesignOps
Design Ops is so important for teams right now. As product development speeds up, the role is evolving to ensure designers can execute quickly while maintaining quality. Over the next couple of years, the industry's biggest blocker won't be...
What is an AI Designer?
I am seeing a lot of demand for AI Designers. They have a weird mix of technical and design skills that don’t naturally fit into a “high craft” product designer.
It’s not just frontier labs hiring for these roles. Seed-stage start-ups thro...
The power of side projects
Someone who has an abundance of incredible side projects is ÌníOlúwa Abíódún.
A few examples include a visual study app she made overnight to pass a citizenship test, an external nervous system in Obsidian that runs her days around ADHD,...
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Founder at Verified, building next-generation design teams. Clients include Lovable, Fin, Attio, Synthesia.
Senior product designer, 15 years. Building in fintech, crypto, and healthtech with Claude Code, Cursor, and MCP. Writing about what these tools change about the craft.
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