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Independent Product Designer
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Specializing in Product Design, Branding, and Websites
Currently: San Francisco
Hi, I’m Zadé. I’m a product designer and founder of Studio—Breakfast.
If you wanna see a small-time indie designer’s journey to greatness, let’s connect!
Timeline
Currently
I'm focused on building cool things with cool people. Here's what I'm working on now:
(my design agency)
How It All Started
1994
Born.
2014
Selling art on t-shirts led me into the world of branding, marketing, and website design. I worked multiple jobs and freelanced a bit to hone my skills.
2018
Secured my first job as a full time UX/UI designer at a fin-tech startup called iMobile3. I'm professional now. Right?
2019
iMobile3 went from being a 100 person company, to being part of a 20,000 person global corporation when it was bought by TSYS and then Global payments. What a wild ride!
At the end of 2019 my team and I were let go due to redundancies.
2020
What was I going to do now? Start my own design business, of course. I secured a large contract with a prop-tech startup where I helped build their brand, product, and marketing from zero to one.
2022
Fast forward two years, I’m traveling the world. I met my partner. Went to Portugal. Then Mexico. Then Colombia. Then Costa Rica. Then Paris, Slovenia, Vienna, Thailand, Singapore, Japan. Whoa. Business is great. Life is great.
Or was it?
2023
Working for yourself has some crazy ups and downs. For example: Jan of 2023 a client that made up about 65% of my income ran out of money💥.
Ultimately, this event freed me up to work on a wider range of clients and projects. I've had the fortune to work with everything from fin-tech and web3 startups to real-estate companies and even an alcohol brand!
Where I'm Going
Today, I'm building cool things with cool people. In addition to running my design business, I have a couple passion projects coming to an appstore near you. If you want to find out more, hit like and subscribe. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
