Josh Rubenoff
Hey there! I am a product designer and organizational culture enthusiast who lives in Oakland, CA.
Most recently, I was a design lead at San Francisco Digital Services. Before that, I worked at a series of enterprise software companies, most often as the first designer.
I believe I can make the most impact by building tools that improve the whole team’s chances of shipping great work. To that end, I spend a lot of time thinking about culture, process, and design infrastructure.
Work
Shortcuts in Screendoor
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Building a better form‑builder
Creating design tools for government
DOBT Style Guide
A company-wide design system
Other case studies
Product design work, 2010–2015
Résumé
A list of everything else
Design writing
Professional pasts and futures
How I describe my work
Naming (and renaming) design tasks
How to remember what you cared about last week
Project management tools and creative thinking
Comment threads are linear, but design is messy
The co-option of UX
If everything is UX, then nothing is
Other writing
How DOBT worked remotely
A handbook for a small remote startup
The resilience of remote teams
On cultural trade-offs
Resolutions
Reflecting on a severe blind spot
How to become a more adventurous filmgoer
Get out of your comfort zone
Brittle dude
I’ve broken a lot of bones