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Harold Herb

@haroldherb

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Founder and product designer building brands, systems, and user experiences.

Zimbabwe

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead product and design strategy end-to-end—building brand-to-UX systems, improving design processes, and shipping experiences with research-backed decisions. I thrive where I can hire talent, set direction, and turn prototypes into production.

I’m a Founder and Product Designer who blends brand identity, product design, and user experience into work teams can ship with confidence. My career spans from early product and design execution to leading design organizations and building repeatable design systems.

In 2024, I founded an international advertising agency and entertainment studio, creating brand identity and flagship products while supporting multiple short films recognized across major qualifying film festivals. Through this work, I’ve focused on disciplined creative direction—translating vision into deliverables that perform.

As Head of Design (2018–2020), I oversaw art direction and project management across product design, brand identity, user experience, and websites. I hired and managed four designers, then created and implemented design processes, documentation, systems, and libraries to make quality consistent at scale.

Earlier roles strengthened my craft across UX and front-end translation, from Senior Product Designer work on a Zillow group platform to Lead Designer responsibilities at Hired.com. I bring hands-on strengths in user research, design sprints, prototyping, and implementation-ready UI (Figma, HTML5, CSS3), plus AI-enabled workflows for prompt engineering and experimentation.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Founder & Product Designer

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Harold Herb

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 4 months)

Founded an international advertising and entertainment studio with 25 film festival nominations and 7 wins to date, across Oscar-qualifying festival circuits including Cannes and Tribeca. Created brand identities and flagship products for Relic, Island Global Company, ATLS, EMP, and Reality Theater.

Product Design Brand Identity UX Design Art Direction Project Management Design Systems User Research Figma Prototyping Typography

Head of Design

O(1) Labs

Jan 2018 - Jan 2020 (2 years)

Oversaw art direction and project management across product design, UX, and website work, and hired and managed four designers. Created and implemented design processes, documentation, and reusable systems and libraries.

Design Leadership Art Direction Product Design UX Design Website Design Design Systems Process Design Documentation Team Management

Co-founder & CEO

Notorii

Jan 2014 - Jan 2019 (5 years)

Co-founded a multidisciplinary design consultancy providing identity, product, and user experience work for technology clients. Led strategy and execution across design deliverables from concept through delivery.

Client Management Brand Identity Product Design UX Design Design Strategy Prototyping User Experience

Senior Product Designer

Zillow

Jan 2015 - Jan 2016 (1 year)

Designed brand, product, and user experience for a new Zillow group platform, delivered within an 8-month timeframe. Collaborated with a project manager and five engineers on information architecture, wireframes, prototypes, design sprints, user testing, and deployment.

Product Design UX Design Information Architecture Wireframing Prototyping Design Sprints User Testing Collaboration Deployment

Founding Lead Designer

Hired.com

Jan 2013 - Jan 2014 (1 year)

Joined the founding team as Lead Designer, driving product design, marketing design, visual identity, web design, and packaging. Conceptualized and executed the rebrand of Developer Auction to Hired.com across digital and physical media in 12 weeks.

Visual Identity Product Design Marketing Design Web Design Packaging Design Typography Execution Planning

Front-End Designer

MESS

Jan 2011 - Jan 2012 (1 year)

Worked as a Front-End Designer at MESS, a creative agency contracted by Flipboard, translating high-end print experiences to Flipboard iOS and Android apps. Collaborated with the Flipboard team and publishers to adapt content for mobile reading experiences.

Front End Design HTML5 CSS3 Typography Layout iOS Design Collaboration