Stephen Jordan

Product design leader with experience leading teams and shipping B2B platforms used at scale.

D E S I G N B L O G

December 27, 2025

How to fail during your job search

How approaching rejection differently helped me stay steady, learn faster, and find the right fit.

November 13, 2025

Why Hiring Your First Product Designer Is Harder Than It Looks

Hiring a startup’s first designer is one of the hardest early decisions a founder makes. Here’s why it’s so challenging and how recruiters and design leaders can partner to make that first hire count.

October 13, 2025

3 Key Considerations for Designers Reading a PRD

How product designers can use PRDs to clarify user problems, align with partners, and drive better outcomes early in a project.

P R O J E C T S

Building the design team

Scaled the design team by over 2x since 2024, established and maintained high craft standards across 5 different teams, and helped ship countless features in high cadence intervals.

Building the design team

Scaled the design team by over 2x since 2024, established and maintained high craft standards across 5 different teams, and helped ship countless features in high cadence intervals.

Building the design team

Scaled the design team by over 2x since 2024, established and maintained high craft standards across 5 different teams, and helped ship countless features in high cadence intervals.

Redesigning the inbox

Led a design team to help execute the largest product redesign in Front's history within 5 months and established our product as a UX differentiator compared to our competitors.

Redesigning the inbox

Led a design team to help execute the largest product redesign in Front's history within 5 months and established our product as a UX differentiator compared to our competitors.

Redesigning the inbox

Led a design team to help execute the largest product redesign in Front's history within 5 months and established our product as a UX differentiator compared to our competitors.

Visualizing external data

Designed a native integration that helped our target users complete core workflows 20% faster by enabling them to visualize important external data directly in Front.

Visualizing external data

Designed a native integration that helped our target users complete core workflows 20% faster by enabling them to visualize important external data directly in Front.

Visualizing external data

Designed a native integration that helped our target users complete core workflows 20% faster by enabling them to visualize important external data directly in Front.

Modernizing the design system

Led an end-to-end icon system migration within 5 weeks, managed 2 design contractors, and unblocked design system pain points for our internal design team.

Modernizing the design system

Led an end-to-end icon system migration within 5 weeks, managed 2 design contractors, and unblocked design system pain points for our internal design team.

Modernizing the design system

Led an end-to-end icon system migration within 5 weeks, managed 2 design contractors, and unblocked design system pain points for our internal design team.