About

Designing products people actually love to use.

I'm Lee Gordon—a product designer with 15+ years building things people actually use. I've worked my way through agencies like R/GA and DigitasLBi, in-house at Nokia and Covetrus, and most recently led design at Fold. Fintech, IoT, airlines, e-commerce—different industries, same question every time: what's the actual problem, and what's the right thing to build? I don't stay in one lane. UX research for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, design systems at global scale, getting into the code when a prototype isn't cutting it—I've always moved between strategy and execution depending on what the work needs. Right now, my focus is agentic interfaces. AI is changing how products get built and how they behave at runtime. I think the most interesting design problems for the next few years live at that boundary—and I'm building there.

Career Timeline

Independent Contracting

Product Design and AI Interface Design

2025 – PRESENT

Reimagining what interface and product design are in the age of agents and vibe coding.

Fold

Head of Design

2022 – 2025

Led design team of 2, built design system, led redesign, and drove 3x improvement in onboarding completion for Bitcoin rewards app.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

UX Researcher (Contract)

2021 – 2022

Led deep UX research initiatives to identify core user needs and drive strategic product decisions.

Lightning Labs

Product Designer

2017 – 2021

Humanized complex Lightning Network protocols through intuitive product design and brand evolution.

Nokia

UX Director

2016 – 2017

Directed UX for Nokia Smart Home IoT platform, achieving 94% setup completion rate.

DigitasLBi

Senior UX Designer

2015 – 2016

Led digital experience design for enterprise clients including Qantas Airlines.

R/GA

UX Designer

2012 – 2015

Crafted connected product experiences and digital campaigns for global brands.

IE Agency

Designer

2010 – 2012

Built digital experiences and brand identities for emerging and established brands.

R/GA

Junior Designer

2008 – 2010

Started career at one of the world's most innovative agencies, learning the craft of digital product design with clients like Nike and Verizon.

Skills & Expertise

Design

Product DesignUX ResearchDesign SystemsPrototypingVisual DesignInteraction Design

Leadership

Design Team ManagementDesign StrategyWorkshop FacilitationStakeholder AlignmentMentoring

Tools

FigmaClaudeOpenClawCursor

Technical

HTML/CSSReact BasicsTailwind CSSDesign TokensAccessibility (WCAG)

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