Dennis Cortes

@shyboytm
Designer, Musician, Content Creator, Software Tinkerer.
Nashville, TN
he/him

Product Design

Music Producer

YouTuber

Visual Design

UX Design

Software Engineering

Founder

Mentor

Writer

Icon Design

Playlist Curator

Hip Hop

Designer

UI Design

Content Creator

Coffee Lover

Web Design

React

I'm currently the Head of Design @ Northstar, produce music as Cordio, make videos, design for coffee at Taste Notes, make icons at OS Icons, work on ideas at Trademarked, and run my Patreon.

I specialize in product design for both web and mobile apps. My focus is on design leadership, visual design, user experience, and design systems. I also code for the web with a focus on React, CSS architecture, and component systems.

I produce music under the alias Cordio and create tracks for films, shows, and podcasts. Listen to all my music anywhere you stream music or snag some on my Bandcamp.

In my spare time, I stream video games, create videos on design, music production, tutorials, and more! I also curate inspiration through my blogs Illustree and Trademarked.

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I'm open to

speaking on clubhouse,

content creation,

speaking on podcasts,

live streaming,

joining company boards,

and advising companies.

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Resume

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Jul 2021 - Present

Head of Design, Northstar

Dec 2019 - Jul 2021

Lead Product Designer, Mothership

Feb 2019 - Jan 2020

Senior Product Designer, Dave Banking

Aug 2017 - Feb 2019

Product Designer, Metalab

Portfolio

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Today we're releasing our first version of our Net Worth feature at Northstar! Track your assets, liabilities, and net worth under your Accounts at any time, with percent and monetary changes calcu...

Released my first newsletter post under Folder! Read Here →

I’m starting a newsletter as a better medium to share my thoughts, learnings, and failures. This will be a mix of my logs and a main topic 📰 I miss writing. I feel pressured and constrained with ou...

Created the interview process and panel, sourced, and hired a Product Designer for our design team at Northstar. Excited to welcome a new member to the Northstar design team! Big welcome to Samanva...

Cordio Music

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After 4 years, Spotify finally gave me my own “This is” playlist for Cordio showing some of my discography as a musician! Listen here →

2 years in the making, my first full-length album, Sonder, is available to stream now. It's experimental, personal, w/ ambient soundscapes. I'd love for you to give it a listen and let me know what...

New single Existencia by yours truly out now. Hands down one of my favorite songs I’ve ever made, enjoy! Listen here: https://songwhip.com/cordio/existencia

Released a new ambient style single called Dayspring. Listen on any streaming service: https://songwhip.com/cordio/dayspring

Content Creation

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New video! I go over why to adjust nudge amount in Figma to speed up your design workflow. Changing nudge amount is small, but exponentially helpful. Working with grids is easier, consistency is qu...

New video! In this video, I go through how I interviewed for design roles when searching for a new job recently around intros, process, case studies, and more. By no means is this the best way to i...

Created and posted a video where I go over what I personally use each day at my full-time job. Every design job and company is different, but a lot of these tools are industry standards and can giv...

Created and posted a video where I document my business trip to Austin, TX where the Mothership design and product team met up to plan our OKRs for the next year and quarter. We did a lot of blue s...