John Voss

@jovo
San Francisco/ Sea Ranch
He/him

Social Impact

LGBT+

Design Leadership

Pinko

Design Systems

Remote Worker

Community Builder

DEI Advocate

ADHD

Activist

Writer

Mentor

Speaker

Interaction Design

Visual Design

Product Design

Product designer. Gay. Crazy.

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I'm open to

guest lecturing,

speaking at events,

and speaking on podcasts.

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Resume

Oct 2022 - Present

Staff Product Designer, Design Platform, Squarespace

Jun 2019 - Present

Co-founder, Queer Design Club

Jul 2019 - Sep 2022

Senior Product Designer Manager, UI Design & Design Systems, Stitch Fix

Portfolio

www.jovo.design

Founded the UI & Design System Team at Stitch Fix From our team charter: The UI Design & Design Systems (UI&DS) team partners with Product, Design, Brand Creative and Engineering to ensure a best i...

Hiring a Lead Designer, Design Systems at Stitch Fix As Lead Product Designer on the design systems team, you will evolve the cross-platform (web, iOS, Android) design system that powers our custom...

Started role as Sr. Design Manager, UI Design & Design Systems

Speaking engagements

Spoke at Clarity 2021 I gave my talk “Dysfunctional Systems: Digital Products and Addiction” to design system practitioners at Clarity 2021.

Articles and blogs

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Reflections from Clarity 2022

Token Queers: LGBTQ+ Pride, gay greed, and the Blockchain Web3 is reaching out to the queer community in the language of inclusion and the spirit of affinity fraud. We cannot let these projects—eve...

Guest curated the Strands of Genius newsletter I assembled this collection of thought starters for creative folks with an inclusive and socially responsible twist.

Dysfunctional systems: why are we designing for addiction? Harmful patterns of thought, become harmful patterns in UI, become harmful patterns of behavior Based on my Clarity 2021 talk