Jacob Starr

Digital Designer

ServicesProduct Design

Product & App Design

Research, flows and prototypes for early teams. I work alongside your developers, or build it myself when the scope fits.

Three Startups From the Inside

I have been the designer on three startups I cofounded. Dio is a nightlife ordering app in TestFlight beta, with a patent-pending system that batches drink orders by complexity. OtterLoon was a professional networking app that never launched. Clairvista Partners is in stealth, so I can only share the design work.

In a timed field study at a partner bar, Dio cut the wait for a drink from roughly 9.5 minutes to about 3. The baseline was timed during live service, and Dio’s flow in an after-hours simulation.

For the Burt Foundation I designed the grant portal’s interface, and we built it alongside the foundation’s public site.

What I Can Take On

  • MVP Sprints

    Scoping and designing the first version, with evidence behind which features earn their place.

  • Product Audits

    A review of an existing product’s flows, with what to fix first and why.

  • Flows and Prototypes

    User flows, wireframes and interactive prototypes, ready for your developers or for my own build.

  • Design Systems

    Components, tokens and documentation a team can build against without stopping to ask a designer.

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