Darnell Jones

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Design Manager, LinkedIn - Figma · data visualisation · information architecture

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San Francisco, CA · PT (UTC-8)
10+ years experience
Yale University
English
Co-founderOpen to work
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Overview

Design Manager at LinkedIn, focused on B2B dashboards. Brought the enterprise flows to WCAG 2.2 AA. Before that: Expedia Group and Lyft. Kannada theatre fan.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in B2B dashboards
  • People who want to build this with me
  • Second opinions on information architecture decisions
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Working sessions on Figma
Please don't message about
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • SEO and link-building offers
  • Courses and coaching offers
Skills
information architectureFigmadata visualisation
Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
closes in 3 months

Looking for a design-minded co-founder for API security for Indian SMBs

The idea
API security for Indian SMBs
Stage
Early revenue
I bring
4 years in B2B dashboards
Looking for
Technical co-founder who has shipped B2B software
Commitment
Full-time after funding
Location
San Francisco or remote

I bring 11 years of B2B dashboards (currently LinkedIn). Ideally you've shipped B2B software. Have a working prototype and design partners.

San Francisco, CA · remote OKdata visualisationfigmainformation architecture
Open
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Design Manager in marketplaces, San Francisco or hybrid

Target roles
Design Manager
Level
Senior
Industries
Fintech, Consumer apps
Work mode
Remote
Available
Immediately
Work authorization
Authorized to work in the CA
What I'm looking for
Hands-on work on Figma with room to mentor.
Not interested in
Agencies and outsourcing firms

11 years in B2B dashboards. Strongest at Figma and data visualisation. Can start in about six weeks.

San Francisco, CAinformation architecturefigmadata visualisation
Open

Experience

  1. Design Manager
    Jul 2025 - Present
    LinkedIn · 1 yr 3 mo · Contract · San Francisco, CA
    • Shipped the enterprise redesign that lifted task completion 18%.
    • Brought the enterprise flows to WCAG 2.2 AA.
    • Built a component library 87 engineers ship with every day.
  2. Product Designer
    Feb 2024 - Jul 2025
    Expedia Group · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
    • Built a component library 86 engineers ship with every day.
    • Cut support tickets about enterprise by 33% with clearer copy and states.
  3. UX Researcher
    Mar 2022 - Feb 2024
    Lyft · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
    • Shipped the enterprise redesign that lifted task completion 31%.
  4. UX Researcher
    Oct 2018 - Mar 2022
    Salesforce · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
    • Brought the enterprise flows to WCAG 2.2 AA.
    • Ran 43 usability sessions and turned them into a research repository.
  5. UX Researcher
    Mar 2017 - Oct 2018
    Zoom · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
    • Built a component library 55 engineers ship with every day.

Projects

Open-source Figma toolkit
2026

A small library for B2B dashboards that 486 developers star on GitHub.

Conference talk: lessons from enterprise
2026

What went wrong and what worked while scaling B2B dashboards.

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Education

  1. Yale University
    BA, Psychology
    2011 - 2015

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