# Dan Carson

> Head of Memberful (a Patreon company)

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/dancarson

I run Memberful, a membership platform built on the belief that creators, publishers, and communities shouldn't have to rent access to their own audiences. We help people build membership businesses they actually own. Payments, data, brand, and all.

20+ years building products at startups, agencies, and everywhere in between (including a winning presidential campaign). Currently focused on what it takes to build something durable in the creator economy.

Girl dad. Trying to have a great time doing all of it.

## Work Experience
### Head of Memberful @ Patreon
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Responsible for the entire business unit and our global, remote team. Oversee Product, Design, Engineering, Marketing, Strategic, and Customer Happiness. Managing the P&L while owning product strategy and delivering exceptional results for the world's best independent creators.

### Head of Product, Memberful @ Patreon
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025
Managed both our engineering and design teams, overseeing product strategy, and shaping the work our teams build on behalf of our customers.

### Director Of Product Design, Memberful @ Patreon
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Led all of product design, product strategy, and team planning.

### Senior Product Designer @ Patreon
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
First design hire following the Patreon acquisition. Led the development of new features and responsible for product design, front end development, and product strategy.

### Head of Product @ Crowdpac
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Hired, developed, and managed product and design teams. Responsible for the product roadmap. Lead designer for both the campaign creator and donor sides of our marketplace.

### Head of Design and UX @ Crowdpac
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, CA
First design hire. Grew the product design team and introduced JTBD thinking as a method for shipping innovative product solutions into the political technology space.

### Senior Product Designer @ Modest, Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Greater Chicago Area
Second full-time design hire. Worked on native mobile app platform, retailer admin tools, and bringing the Modest platform to market. Acquired by PayPal / Braintree.

### Product Designer @ Change.org
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco Bay Area
Designed and launched Change.org for decision makers.

### Product Designer @ Nordstrom Trunk Club
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Chicago, IL
Growth experiments, onboarding, fulfillment tools, marketing site, and iOS app redesign.

### Design Director @ Obama for America
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Greater Chicago Area
Managed design team as we designed legacy materials, documented our work over the previous years, and handed off our work to Organizing for Action.

### Lead Designer @ Obama for America
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Greater Chicago Area
The experience of a lifetime. Designed social organizing platforms, fundraising tools, and data visualizations used by millions of people and raised hundreds of millions of dollars.

### Interactive Designer @ Hornall Anderson Design Works
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011
Interactive design and development, motion graphics and thoughtful UX.

### Interactive Designer - Contract @ MSN
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009
Conception and design of interactive solutions for the advertisers of MSN.com.

### Designer and Flash Developer @ POP
Jan 2006 – Jan 2009
I designed, built, and launched micro-sites, rich media banner campaigns, motion graphics, and 3d work for clients like Nintendo, EA, XBOX, Target, and Ubisoft.

### Designer - Contract @ Smashing Ideas
Jan 2006 – Jan 2006
Designed and built banner campaigns for Nintendo, Disney, Comedy Central, and more.

### Interactive Designer and Developer @ Squad
Jan 2004 – Jan 2006
Designer, developer, and general wearer of all possible hats. We built microsites, music videos, and e-commerce products for all of your favorite bands.


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/okdan
- Portfolio: http://okdan.com
- Portfolio: http://memberful.com
- Portfolio: http://okdan.tumblr.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13