The New York Times · App redesign · Product design leadership

Cross Product Discovery

Lead design for the NYT app's biggest redesign since its launch in 2008, bringing the full bundle of NYT to readers' fingertips. Defined strategy, managed stakeholders, and led collaboration with sub-brand teams — Cooking, Games, The Athletic, Wirecutter, and Audio.

Role

Principal Product Designer

Cross Product Discovery
Jak Horner

About

I'm a designer with 15 years of experience building products across games, audio, social, and journalism. I'm currently a Staff Product Designer at The Mind Company, building Spark — a game you can learn something from. Before that, I led the biggest redesign of The New York Times app since 2008, was a design lead for Twitter Spaces, and helped shape the brand and design at Dots, the indie studio behind Two Dots, the #1 mobile game in over 100 countries. My work has been recognized with a Fast Company Innovation by Design award, three Webby Awards for Two Dots — Games, 2016, Best Visual Design Aesthetic, 2017, and Best Game Design, 2018 — and Apple Editors' Choice for both Two Dots and Spark.

Experience

  • The Mind CompanyStaff Product Designer — building Spark
  • The New York TimesPrincipal Product Designer — Cross Product Discovery, Listen Tab
  • TwitterSr. Product Designer → Staff Product Designer — Voice Tweets, Spaces
  • DotsVisual Designer → Project Lead — Two Dots, Wilds, Birthday Scavenger Hunt