Julia Chesbrough

About

If you’re a trailblazing entrepreneur with a wild idea, you’re gonna want to hear this. Dreaming of having a designer join your team, know your company inside and out, and bring your product to life? With my design subscription service, you get to have it all! A revolutionary new way to work with a designer, a subscription gets me embedded in your team for as long as you need me. It’s simple, accessible, super flexible, and created for founders just like you.

Experience

• Head of Design · Needle Music07-01-2023

  As Head of Design, responsible for leading the design team, overseeing design projects, and ensuring alignment with company goals.

• Freelance Product UX/UI Designer · Julia Chesbrough08-01-2021

  To the rule-breakers, the change-makers, and the trailblazers: you’re ready to disrupt the world with your idea. You’re ready to innovate; to create; to shake up the status quo. The only problem? You and your team don’t have the expertise, time, and energy to design an app that’ll bring your wild idea to life. You want to bring someone on who knows their stuff and can guide you through the whole process – someone who’ll act like part of your team (but without the commitment of a full-time hire). Seems too good to be true? It’s not – I’m Julia Chesbrough, and it sounds like we’re a match made in heaven.

• Principal Product Designer · Prelude04-01-2022 – 05-01-2023

  As Principal Product Designer, led design initiatives, collaborated with cross-functional teams, and contributed to product strategy.

• Lead Product Designer · Glossier, Inc.11-01-2021 – 03-01-2022

  As Lead Product Designer, managed design projects, mentored junior designers, and ensured design quality and consistency.

• Product Designer · Spotify05-01-2020 – 07-01-2021

  As Product Designer, contributed to the design and development of user interfaces and experiences for Spotify's products.

• Product Designer · Hinge10-01-2016 – 05-01-2020

  - Spearheaded the research, user testing, and full circle product design process for major differentiation features. Some notable features include We Met (a post date survey), Most Compatible (top recommended match), Gender Inclusive Options, Reporting Bad Actors Flow, The Undo Feature, and the Pause Feature. - Overhauled the illustration style guide and assumed responsibility for the creation of all in-product illustrations.

Education

• University of MichiganBachelor's degree, Psychology
• ShillingtonCertificate, Graphic Design

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