# Cooper Dawson

> Founding Designer at Class Companion

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/cooperdawson

Product designer with 10 years of experience, specializing in developing UI/UX for startups and early-stage companies. Experienced with building products 0-to-1, establishing design systems, product iteration, and more.

## Work Experience
### Founding Product Designer @ Class Companion
Jan 2024 – Present
Bringing AI into the classroom to change the way students learn.

### Principal @ Cooper Dawson
Jan 2014 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
Design strategy, strategic direction, and production integration services including product scoping, user research, user experience design, and front-end engineering. Led production teams in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Clients include various startups in Silicon Valley as well as the World Economic Forum and INSEAD.

### Founding Designer @ Clerk.com
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States
Employee #1. Designed next-gen devtools for authentication and user management from the ground-up. Grew and led design team from pre-seed through Series B and $50M+ funding from a16z and CRV. Achieved product-market fit with 10M+ users and 100M+ sessions.

### Senior Product Designer @ Busuu
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | London, England, United Kingdom
Joined after acquisition. Designed and launched Busuu Live Lessons, a new eLearning video-chat platform that connects people to language teachers all around the world.

### Senior Product Designer @ Verbling
Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States
Sole designer, led product innovation that helped grow company revenue 40x to multiple millions per year until acquisition by Busuu. Designed and launched several features, including:
	•	B2C and B2B two-sided marketplaces to connect students to language teachers
	•	Revamped branding and marketing efforts
	•	WebRTC video chat platform with integrated educational tools
	•	2 mobile apps

### Design Co-founder @ Daric, Inc.
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Redwood City, California, United States
Co-founded fintech startup in the P2P lending space. Conducted rapid iterative prototyping, user testing, product design, and handled patent applications. Pitched to VCs.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Product Design Engineering
Stanford University
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013

### Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/cooperdawson
- Portfolio: https://www.cooperdawson.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-25