# Isabelle Bilmes

> Founder @ PrettyClever |  Designing for technical founders

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

Hey there, I founded PrettyClever after years of working closely with startup founders and seeing their frustration with traditional design teams and agencies. Some of their frustrations being: time-consuming outdated processes, crazy costs, and boring meetings.

The worst part? Most traditional brand agencies and studios don’t even think about the Product or user experience when developing their guidelines. Product is somehow forgotten about...

With that being said, at PrettyClever we have a modern approach to full-stack design that thinks about the whole design process end-to-end.

## Work Experience
### CEO & Founder @ PrettyClever
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
The lean startup approach—as a design studio

Working with startups backed by leading VCs such as a16z, Greylock, Accel, Wing VC, Tiger Global, and many more.

What we offer: 
• Brand Design 
• Web Design + Build 
• Framer Maintenance
• Product Design

### Design Partner @ Makora (formerly Mako)
Jan 2025 – Present

### Design Partner @ MAXIMIZE
Jan 2024 – Present

### Product Design @ Tango
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Product Design @ Tango

### Lead Product Designer @ Fast
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

### Product Design @ Coinbase
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
Worked on Onboarding and Internal Tools

### Advisor @ atSpoke (Acquired by Okta)
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Los Angeles, California, United States

### Senior Product Designer @ atSpoke (Acquired by Okta)
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Los Angeles, California, United States
Focusing on User Delight to enhance our user's experience on our core Product

### Senior Designer @ atSpoke (Acquired by Okta)
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Founding Designer @ atSpoke (Acquired by Okta)
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
atSpoke is backed by Accel Partners, Greylock Partners & Felicis Ventures among others.
• First full-time design hire
• Working on all product design
• Running brand and visual design
• Working with multiple teams—Product, GTM to maintain all the design needs.

### UI/UX Designer (Consultant) @ Salt Branding
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked on a freelance UI/UX project for Google AdWords Academy.

### Product Design (Consultant) @ Fyusion, Inc
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked on the Fyuse app redesign.
• Worked on the whole re-branding for brand and product.
• Completely re-designed and shipped the redesign.

### UI/UX Designer @ Fantasy
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked on the website design for https://restaurant.opentable.com/ at OpenTable.

### UI/UX Designer (Consultant) @ Airbnb
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Worked on creating the Airbnb Open website.

### Designer @ SketchDeck
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016

### Designer @ Hairdoo, Inc.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Greater Los Angeles Area
My responsibilities included: 

Mobile UI/UX, rebranding, marketing material, banners, promo cards, web-site UI/UX, UX Stretegy.

### Intern @ Reflect
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
https://reflect.io/


## Education
### Fine Art
Atelier Maui
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/isabelle-bilmes
- Portfolio: https://www.prettyclever.ai/

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Last updated: 2026-03-25