Derek Howles

Derek Howles

Derek Howles

Staff Product Designer, Design Systems at Datadog

I'm a staff product designer for Datadog in New York City, where I’ve worked for over 10 years. I founded our design system (called DRUIDS) as well as the Design Systems team, which I managed for its first several years.

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Experience

DatadogStaff Product Designer, Design Systems

2021 — Now

2021 — Now

New York, New York, United States

DatadogFounding Designer + Team Lead, Design Systems

2019 — 2021

2019 — 2021

New York, New York, United States

DatadogSenior Product Designer

2018 — 2019

2018 — 2019

New York, New York, United States

DatadogProduct Designer

2015 — 2018

2015 — 2018

New York, New York, United States

Blue is the LandFounder & Owner

2013 — Now

2013 — Now

New York, New York, United States

In charge of, well, everything for blueistheland.com, an online retailer of one-of-a-kind city maps and other geography-focused art prints.

Specific responsibilities include:

Designing the prints themselves

UI/UX/visual design, copy writing and all frontend development for blueistheland.com

Email marketing

Maintaining complex integrations with Shopify, CloudFlare and Zapier

Print production

Education

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Bachelor of Arts

2002 — 2006