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Josh Whitehead

Work

The foundation: fifteen years of product design.

What I actually did, stated plainly. First designer to Head of Design, twice. A principal seat on the Flutter side of Google's world. It's the judgment underneath everything I now build with agents.

01Spin (Ford Mobility)

Spin

First product designer at the micromobility company. Built the design function from zero and led it through partnerships with Apple and Google, then an acquisition.

1 → team
first designer to Head of Design
WWDC 2020
App Clips with Apple, featured at the iOS 14 launch
Google Maps
find, rent, and reserve from the map
Acquired
merged into Bird

Senior Product Designer → Head of Design · 2019 – 2022

Open case study
Three phones showing the Spin rider app: the map, scanning a scooter's QR code, and an active ride

02Hush (backed by Kleiner Perkins)

Hush

First product designer at a social-commerce startup. Owned the app, brand, and site, and rebuilt the product as it scaled past a million users.

3.5 → 4.8★
App Store rating, ~200 reviews → 50,000+
~30%
of revenue from the Android app I designed and shipped
1M+
users as the product scaled
Acquired
first designer in, left as Head of Design

Senior Product Designer → Head of Design · 2017 – 2019

Open case study
A 3D cartoon hand swiping up on a phone showing a Hush skincare post

03Very Good Ventures — client engagement

Very Good Ventures

Principal designer at the leading Flutter studio. Designed a Flutter design system adopted across VGV and Google teams, and a generative-AI game shown at Google I/O 2023.

Principal
Product Designer at the leading Flutter studio
VGV + Google
Flutter design system adopted across teams
Google I/O 2023
generative-AI card game, demoed on stage
$1M · $3.4M
contracts and raise the engagement sat inside (context, not my number)

Principal Product Designer · 2022 – 2023

Open case study
Three phones on royal blue showing the Very Good Ventures mobile site and blog

Also on the bench

The years that built the muscle.

More screens

A vocal-effects editing screen on a phone, teal controls on black
Auto-Tune — vocal effects on the phone (contract, 2024).
A business-finance app showing revenue and credit scores, purple
Nav — revenue and business credit at a glance.

Clients and employers

Apple, Google, Ford, Coca-Cola, Lime, Bird, Webflow, Kleiner Perkins, Saucey, Spin, Hush, NationBuilder, Differential, Very Good Ventures, Boneyard.

Selected client work — through studios and agencies including Differential, Very Good Ventures, and Boneyard.

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