Nathaniel O.

Designer / Design Engineer

Product designer building real products with LLMs. Currently Lead Designer at HookSounds, US, with 10+ years across product, brand, motion, and design engineering.

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My designs

My Projects

A collection of products I’ve designed and built end-to-end with AI-assisted development. Each began as a real problem worth solving and continues to evolve through real-world use.

refindbox – never lose your inspiration

HookSounds – royalty-free music

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Built a web app and Chrome extension that automatically organises, label and tag visual inspiration. Users can search their inspiration by any detail they remember.

sole designer / maintained design system / product ui/ux / user interviews / motion / graphics / emails templates / pitch deck / framer / design systems

baretodo – align goals with todos

HookSounds – royalty-free music

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AI-powered todo app that automatically connects your daily work to short/long-term goals, helping you understand whether your time matches your priorities.

sole designer / maintained design system / product ui/ux / user interviews / motion / graphics / emails templates / pitch deck / framer / design systems

Work

HookSounds – royalty-free music

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sole designer / maintained design system / product ui/ux / user interviews / motion / graphics / emails templates / pitch deck / framer / design systems

HookSounds – royalty-free music

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sole designer / maintained design system / product ui/ux / user interviews / motion / graphics / emails templates / pitch deck / framer / design systems

ProjectSet – education platform

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lead designer / ui/ux design / brochure design / email template / pitch deck / icon design / gamification

ProjectSet – education platform

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lead designer / ui/ux design / brochure design / email template / pitch deck / icon design / gamification

ShortCap – AI-powered captions and voiceovers

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product designer / experience / branding / motion / artificial intelligence / content economy / voiceovers

ShortCap – AI-powered captions and voiceovers

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product designer / experience / branding / motion / artificial intelligence / content economy / voiceovers

Dev Sandbox

FAQ component – interactive accordion

vercel • threejs • component

Responsive footer for HookSounds — svelte quick study

svelte • footer component

Manually-coded alternate portfolio page

nextjs • react • frontend • content management backend

Writings

Design System: Create-As-You-Go Method for Small Teams

Keeping designs consistent without killing • 2025

Is AI art actually art?

A case for AI art and artists in this modern world • 2025

AI in Chat – Augmenting Conversations

Improving Communication Without Getting in the Way

Select Enterprise Experience

As part of agency engagements, I partnered with product teams at the organizations below to design enterprise software, internal tools, and AI-powered experiences.

ServiceNow (United States), via agency

Designed end-to-end UX for AI-assisted enterprise features; interfaced directly with the leadership; led a team of 2 designers and 1 developer.

Edward Jones (Canada), via agency

Designed investment dashboards; translated brand system into scalable product UI following rebrand

Apple Supplier Care(United States), via agency

Dashboard and workflow design for internal procurement.

Dell Technologies (United States), via agency

Designed end-to-end UX for A I-assisted enterprise features ; facilitated stakeholder alignment ;

shipped dev-ready specs.