The Great Design Lead Podcast

Claudia Cafeo is the founder of Floxies, an international community of female designers and developers. She is also a UX/UI designer and Webflow developer, herself. Listen to the story of a fiery scorpio who moved to London to start a new life. There, learned about user experience design and went on to become a global advocate for UX women. Contact Guest: Claudia Cafeo Email: claudiacafeo@gmail.co...

Jessica Cruz-Abalos is the Creative Director at JPW Communications. Listen for a story of how a childhood Hello Kitty obsession collided with an Adobe Flash class (and a lot of hard work) to blossom into her decade-long career in graphic design, web design, and development. Contact Guest: Jessica Cruz-Abalos Email: jess@jcruz.design Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jraecruz/ Twitter: https://t...

Tom Sommerseth is a ​​Full Stack Designer and Partner at Sommerseth Design. Listen for a story of how a 16 year old from Tromsø, Norway, paved a way for himself, self taught, over the course of a 20 year career throughout the world of graphic design, web design, and no-code. Contact Guest: Tom Sommerseth Email: tom@sommersethdesign.no Website: https://www.sommersethdesign.no/ Facebook: https://www...

Jocelyn Lecamus is the CEO of Utsubo, a technology-first creative studio, in Osaka, Japan. Listen for the story of a boy from the south of France who made his way to Paris to study at Gobelins, L'École de L'Image, and now is running a creative design studio, Utsubo, in Osaka, Japan. Contact Guest: Jocelyn Lecamus Email: lecamus@utsubo.co Personal Site: www.ocelyn.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/o...

Josh Stewart is a UX Designer at Think Company, photographer, and creative problem solver. Listen for stories about art, empathy, growing up in a small town, and being true to yourself. Contact Guest: Josh Stewart Email: me@jshstwrt.com Website: www.jshstwrt.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshstewart0016/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jsh.stwrt/ Contact Host: Emily Giordano Email...

Em Gilpin is a South African UX designer with an industrial design background. Listen for stories about product design, toys, costumes, Amsterdam, and a cool coffee cup. Nimuno Loops: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/nimuno-loops-the-original-toy-block-tape#/ Contact Guest: Em Gilpin Email: helloemgilpin@gmail.com Website: www.emmagilpin.com Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/emma-gilpin-designer Ins...

Francesco Castronuovo is an Italian Webflow Designer & Developer who runs his own web design company and also works as a Webflow Developer at Kultur Studios, an American brand development agency. Listen for stories about life, ego, risk, Webflow, and swans. Contact Guest: Francesco Castronuovo Email: hello@francescocastronuovo.com Website: www.francescocastronuovo.com Webflow Profile: www.webf...

Marta Kovalova is a graphic design senior at Drexel University and a social media content creator. Listen to her story of moving from Kyiv, Ukraine to Washington, DC, studying fine art in high school, and moving to Philly to study design in college. Contact Guest: Marta Kovalova Email: marta.kovalova2015@gmail.com Website: https://martakov.com/ Instagram: @marta_kov - https://www.instagram.com/mar...

Waldo Broodrÿk is the Director of User Advocacy at Webflow. Listen for his story of coming to the US at 8 years old from South Africa and spending time with family, community, and longboarding along the way to becoming a key leader in the no-code movement. Contact Guest: Waldo Broodrÿk Website: https://youfoundwaldo.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/waldobroodryk Dribble: https://dribbble.com/wald...

Connor Finlayson helps people build their own online marketplaces and is also the founder of The Unicorn Factory, a freelance marketplace in New Zealand and Canada. Listen for a story of growing up in Germany, attending college in New Zealand, and a series of chance encounters, struggles, and hard work that led him to where he is today. Contact Guest: Connor Finlayson Linkedin: https://www.linkedi...

Lazar Odalovic is a Serbian music composer and graphic designer. Listen for a story about music, Japan, art, and web design. Contact Guest: Lazar Odalovic Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lazar-odalovic-07601919a/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svidjoljubivi/ --- Webflow Affiliate Link --- https://webflow.grsm.io/GDLPodcast Contact Host: Emily Giordano Email: emily@greatdesignlead.com W...

Shannyn Lee is the director of coaching at Win Without Pitching, the business development training firm founded by Blair Enns, the author of The Win Without Pitching Manifesto. Listen to hear about her life growing up training horses to now as she coaches creatives to understand their worth and be meaningfully different. Contact Guest: Shannyn Lee Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannyn-lee-...

Kelly Micca is a Philadelphia based oil painter who recently graduated from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art. Listen for a conversation on art, Italy, sculpture, hiking, yo-yo competitions, friendship, and the combination of long distance biking with oil painting. Contact Guest: Kelly Micca Email: kellymicca@gmail.com Instagram: @kellymicca - https://www.instagram.com/kellymicca/ Website: http...

Benedykt Celinski is a UI/UX Designer and Webflow Developer. Listen for a conversation on music, belonging, design, and some advice on life. Contact Guest: Benedykt Celinski Email: celinskiben@gmail.com Website: https://www.bencelinski.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedykt-celinski/ -- Webflow Affiliate Link -- https://webflow.grsm.io/GDLPodcast Contact Host: Emily Giordano Email: em...

Tom Falzani is a Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Lula. Listen for a conversation on graphic design, software engineering, blockchain, and building a company. Contact Guest: Tom Falzani Email: tom@luladelivery.com Website: https://www.luladelivery.com/ Instagram: @get_lula  - https://www.instagram.com/get_lula/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-falzani/ -- Webflow Affiliate Lin...

Mary Kate Henry is a graphic designer working at Pentagram. Listen to how the winner of the most artistic award in preschool grew up to become a graphic designer at the world’s largest independent design consultancy.  Contact Guest:  Mary Kate Henry  Email: marykatehen@gmail.com  Website: https://marykatehenry.com/  Website: https://resource-resource.co/  Instagram: @...

Emily Hurley is a Product Designer at Rent The Runway, the closet in the cloud. Listen for a conversation on her journey as a designer from college to post-grad life and beyond, and the “why” behind design.  Contact Guest: Emily Hurley  Email: ehurleydesign@gmail.com  Website: https://www.emilyhurleydesign.com/  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-hurley-5662b940/ ...

Ryan Mowery is an Associate Design Director of User Experience Design at EY Design Studio. Listen for a conversation on art, music, design, friendship, and the limitless industry of user experience design.  Contact Guest: Ryan Mowery  Website: http://www.rymow.com/ Instagram: @rymow  - https://www.instagram.com/rymow/  Twitter: @_RyMow - https://twitter.com/_RyMow  Medium:...

Payton Lynch is a Senior Product Manager working for The Walt Disney Company. Listen for a conversation on Disney magic, leadership lessons, love and loss, and the personal story behind her new book, Rise from the Ashes, about the surviving children of 9/11 victims. Contact Guest: Payton Lynch Instagram: @paytonmeetsworld - https://www.instagram.com/paytonmeetsworld/ Website: https://paytonmeetswo...

Courtney Sabo is a senior product designer at Canvas as well as a co-founder and chief product officer at Kopa. Listen for a conversation on design school, web design, fair access to opportunities, and founding a company. Contact Guest: Courtney Sabo Email: courtneysabo@gmail.com Website: https://www.courtneysabo.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtneysabo/ -- Webflow Affiliate Link --...

Andrew Johnson is a freelance graphic designer and writer who is currently writing a novel and designing his own board game. Listen for a conversation on design, friendship, games, world building, and medieval blacksmithing. Contact Guest: Andrew Johnson (open to work) Email: andrew.johnson2417@gmail.com Website: https://andrewjdesigns.myportfolio.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewj...

Nelson Abalos Jr. is a user experience consultant, the founder of The Pixel Geek Community, and a customer support specialist at Webflow. Listen for a conversation on love, space, Webflow, and life. Contact Guest: Nelson Abalos Email: nelson@pxlgk.com Website: pxlgk.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonabalosjr/ Instagram: @pxlgk - https://www.instagram.com/pxlgk/ Twitter: @thepixelgeek...

Benjamin Delin is a recent Sustainability Studies graduate of Muhlenberg College and is currently studying for his masters in Environmental Law and Policy at Lehigh University. Listen for a conversation on conservation, tourism, tidal energy, religion, and environmental problem solving. Contact Guest: Benjamin Delin - (open to work) Email: bfd321@lehigh.edu Blog: Turning the Tide on Energy Linkedi...

Matthias Cordes is a web designer and developer living in Hamburg, Germany. Listen for a conversation on creative technology, freelancing, deep work, meditation, and life. Contact Guest: Matthias Cordes Email: mail@matthiascordes.com Website: www.matthiascordes.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthiascordes/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MatthiasC94 --- Webflow Affiliate Link ---...

Heather Waroff is a senior user experience designer at Microsoft while running her own consultancy on the side. Listen for a conversation on user experience, user interface, and interaction design as well as leading a team, traveling the world, uncertainty, and running your own consultancy.  Contact Guest:  Heather Waroff  Email: heatherwaroff@gmail.com  Portfolio: http://www.h...