The formal version.
Twelve years of designing software, edited down. Roles, education, talks, publications, recognition. PDF version available on request.
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Years designing software
Since 2013
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Companies, full-time
Stripe, Linear, Holloway, Northern Tools
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Independent engagements
2023–present
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Conference talks given
Across 8 countries
Independent practice
2023 — Present · Independent
Lisbon, Portugal. Selected clients: Aurora (NYC), Linear (Remote), Stripe Atlas (San Francisco), Letterpress (own product). Engagements typically 3–6 months. Design system rebuilds, product audits, embedded design leadership.
View case studies→Currently available
Booking discovery calls for Q3 2025 onward. Open to consulting (3–6 mo), advisory (ongoing, light), and a small number of speaking + workshop slots.
Start an enquiry→Previous roles
2022 – 2023 · Senior Product Designer, Linear
Cycle planning experience refresh (shipped in v3.4), integrations surface, the v3 onboarding rewrite. Worked closely with the staff design + engineering leads. Remote.
Linear case study→2018 – 2022 · Senior Product Designer, Stripe
Four years across three product surfaces — Atlas (founder onboarding), Issuing (card programs), Connect (Express marketplaces). San Francisco; transitioned to remote in 2020.
Stripe Atlas case study→2016 – 2018 · Founding Designer, Holloway
Reading + reference experience for technical guides. Founding-team designer; designed the platform reading surface, content authoring tools, and the marketing site. San Francisco / Remote.
Holloway case study→2013 – 2016 · Product Designer, Northern Tools
First design hire. Internal tooling, billing, and account management surfaces for an enterprise SaaS. Manchester, UK. Where I learned that the most interesting design problems are the ones nobody is allowed to see.
(Pre-public work)→Education
BA (Hons) Graphic Design, First Class
Manchester School of Art — 2009 – 2012. Final-year dissertation on information architecture in long-form publishing.
Continuing education
RSA Fellow since 2021. Selected workshops: Cooper U Interaction Design (2014), Holloway Editorial Craft (2017), IDEO Storytelling (2019).
Selected talks
A representative slice. Full archive lives at /speaking.
Publications
Unsorted Atlas · Self-published, 2017
A short book (192 pages) on decision-making under uncertainty. Self-published; ~3,200 copies sold. Designed, written, and typeset solo over 14 months. Out of print; revised second edition planned for 2026.
Book page→Long-form essays · Ongoing
Roughly 4–6 essays per year, archived at /writing. Recent pieces have been syndicated to Sidebar, Smashing Magazine, and It’s Nice That. Subscribe via Letterpress for new pieces by email.
Read the archive→Recognition
It’s Nice That · 2024
Featured as an example of editorial-portfolio design. October 2024.
Read feature→SiteInspire · 2024
Site of the Day. Featured for editorial typography + slow-design philosophy. November 2024.
View entry→Awwwards · 2024
Honourable Mention — recognising independent practice + writing-led portfolio approach.
View entry→Wired · March 2025
Profile interview — "The slow design movement". On working independently and the case for slowness.
Read profile→Fast Company · Jan 2025
"Designers who write" group feature. On maintaining a serious writing practice alongside design work.
Read piece→RSA Fellowship · 2021
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) — recognition for design and publishing contributions.
About the fellowship→Skills + tools
What I actually use, day-to-day. The list of tools matters less than I used to think it did.
Product design
End-to-end product design at staff+ level. Strongest in financial tooling, internal platforms, developer surfaces.
Design systems
Design system rebuilds, token reconciliation, deprecation patterns, multi-team adoption strategies.
Editorial + content
Long-form writing, editorial design, typesetting. Self-published a book; run a paid newsletter.
Workshop facilitation
Internal workshops + public courses. Specialist in design-systems and writing-for-makers workshops.
Front-end fluency
Comfortable in Figma, Linear, Notion. Read most front-end code; can prototype in HTML/CSS/JS. Not a software engineer.
Strategy + advisory
Advisory engagements with founders + design leaders. Design-org coaching, hiring, and roadmap pressure-testing.
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