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.

LinkedIn Portfolio

2021 — NowDatadogStaff Product Designer, Design Systems

2021 — Now

New York, New York, United States

2019 — 2021DatadogFounding Designer + Team Lead, Design Systems

2019 — 2021

New York, New York, United States

2018 — 2019DatadogSenior Product Designer

2018 — 2019

New York, New York, United States

2015 — 2018DatadogProduct Designer

2015 — 2018

New York, New York, United States

2013 — NowBlue is the LandFounder & Owner

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:

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Designing the prints themselves

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

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Email marketing

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Maintaining complex integrations with Shopify, CloudFlare and Zapier

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Print production

Education

2002 — 2006

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Bachelor of Arts

2002 — 2006