Available for new roles — Q3 2026

Design that ships,
not just shines.

I'm Jordan Ellis — a product designer who prototypes in code. Twelve years turning fuzzy problems into shipped products at startups and two very large companies you've heard of.

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Portrait of Jordan Ellis
12 Years
40+ Products
6 Industries
Selected work

Two case studies, zero fluff

Full history
Code and design work on a laptop

Checkout, rebuilt in six weeks

Fintech

Led design + front-end for a checkout rewrite. Conversion up 23%, support tickets down by half.

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Presenting work in a modern office

A design system 90 engineers use

Platform

Built tokens, components, and governance from zero. Feature teams ship UI 2× faster, drift near zero.

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Recent roles

Staff Product Designer · Nova Pay

2022 — present · payments, checkout, growth

Design Lead · Fieldbook

2019 — 2022 · B2B SaaS, design system, hiring

Product Designer · Various startups

2014 — 2019 · six industries, forty launches
23%Conversion lift, last launch
2×Faster UI shipping
90Engineers on my system
8Designers mentored to senior

"Jordan is the rare designer engineers ask for by name. The prototypes are real code, the specs are real thinking."

Former VP of Engineering
Sam Okafor VP Engineering, Nova Pay
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Let's build something

Full-time roles, fractional design leadership, or a second opinion on your onboarding.

Jordan at the studio window

Currently

  • BaseAmsterdam / remote
  • Notice4 weeks
  • Coffee chatsFridays