Design Humans®️ | Designer-led recruiting

Meet the humans
behind Design Humans

We're builders at heart.

We’re builders at heart.

Our multidisciplinary team brings together experience in design, creative operations and recruiting at companies like Walmart, West Elm, eBay and Nike.

Our creative roots continue to shape everything we do, from how we approach hiring to the experiences and resources we’re building for the design community.

Our multidisciplinary team brings together experience in design, creative operations and recruiting at companies like Walmart, West Elm, eBay and Nike. Our creative roots continue to shape everything we do, from how we approach hiring to the experiences and resources we’re building for the design community.

Our multidisciplinary team brings experience across design, creative operations and recruiting at companies like Walmart, West Elm, eBay and Nike.

Our creative roots continue to shape everything we do, from how we approach hiring to the experiences and resources we’re building for the design community.

Our Founders

Kaylee Yarrow

CEO & Founder

Former Head of Design Ops at Walmart

Carly Clark

Co-founder & Head of Ops

Former Design Ops Lead at West Elm

Our Team

Lindsey Voss

Principal Design Recruiter

BFA in Visual Communications

Danny Luna

Principal Design Recruiter

Former Nike & Walmart

Ava Carroll

Design Recruiter

BFA in UX Design at SCAD

Kyle Schwitzer

New Business Lead

Former Recruiter

Bess Overton

Design Recruiting Intern

UX Design student at SCAD

Bess Overton

Design Recruiting Intern

UX Design student at SCAD

Our Coaches

Cal Thompson

Design Leadership Coach

Fractional CDO, former VP of Design

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Cal Thompson

Design Leadership Coach

Fractional CDO, former VP of Design at Headspace

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Theresa Park

Job Search Coach

Former creative recruiter at Spotify and Apple

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Theresa Park

Job Search Coach

Former creative recruiter at Spotify and Apple

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Built by designers, for designers

By designers, for designers

Our founders began their careers as designers before moving into Design Ops, where they discovered a love for the people side of design.

Working inside design organizations, they saw the need for hiring partners who deeply understand the work and thoughtfully support everyone involved.

Design Humans was created to help fill that gap. We bring design expertise, operational excellence, genuine care and a healthy dose of curiosity to every team, leader and individual we work with.

For us, that work is personal. We feel incredibly fortunate to spend our days supporting the design community we came up in and helping designers navigate their careers.

Our founders began their careers as designers before moving into Design Ops, where they discovered a love for the people side of design.

Working inside design organizations, they saw the need for hiring partners who deeply understand the work and thoughtfully support everyone involved.

Design Humans was created to help fill that gap. We bring design expertise, operational excellence, genuine care and a healthy dose of curiosity to every team, leader and individual we work with.

For us, that work is personal. We feel incredibly fortunate to spend our days supporting the design community we came up in and helping designers navigate their careers.

Like most of our team, our founders started as designers before moving into Design Ops, where they fell in love with the people side of design.

In their time inside design organizations, they saw an opportunity to bring deeper creative understanding and more human support to the hiring experience for both sides of the table. They also saw a need for more thoughtful guidance for designers navigating their careers and considering what comes next.

Design Humans was created to close that gap. We bring design expertise, operational excellence and human connection because we believe the people behind the design deserve the same care as the work itself.