# Julian P.

> VP of Product Design @ MNTN

Location: Dublin, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/julianp

As VP of Product Design at MNTN, I lead the development of design systems and oversee product design initiatives to support the company’s ambitious roadmap, both before and after its IPO. I focus on building a cohesive design vision that aligns with MNTN's mission to democratize CTV marketing and make advertising accessible to small businesses.  

With over 6 years of experience in usability testing, design systems, and design management, I bring a collaborative approach to creating user-centric solutions. My work emphasizes compassionate management, strategic design leadership, and filling operational gaps to drive impactful results for teams and products.

## Work Experience
### VP of Product Design @ MNTN
Jan 2024 – Present | Austin, Texas, United States
• Leading and building product design across MNTN with vision, filling the gaps, and compassionate management.  
• Coordinating design strategy for MNTN's aggressive roadmap pre and post IPO as we set out to democratize CTV marketing and make advertising accessible for small businesses.
• Leading efforts to introduce a new design system across MNTN's products

### Staff Product Designer @ Dapper Labs
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Lead a team of product designers across multiple products at Dapper Labs, which include NBA Top Shot, NFL All Day and Disney Pinnacle.
• Worked across mobile apps and web engineering teams to deliver end-to-end experiences.  
• Contributed to and created several design system / component libraries across multiple products
• Served as the lead Webflow expert, building multiple CMS and marketing sites.

### Senior Product Designer @ Dapper Labs
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Worked on the NBA Top Shot, NFL All Day and UFC Strike.

### Lead Product Designer @ Popdog
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Santa Monica, CA, United States
• Lead efforts in onsite and virtual user testing and user interview sessions
• Built and maintained a Figma design system that was developed for our web product
• Drove communication and product ideation through rapid design sprints
• Delivered user personas, user flows, wireframes, and mockups for product and engineering collaboration
• Continually incorporated user research and customer feedback into agile design process

### Senior UX Designer @ Wonder
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Venice, California
• Hardware & Software User testing
• User interviews & data analysis
• Prototyping via Marvel, Webflow, and JS
• Wire-framing
• UI Mockups for TV, Android OS, and web browsers. 
• User & System Flows
• Corporate website Construction / Maintenance
• Mailchimp Management and Funnel Analysis

### Lead UX Designer / Product Manager @ UpKeep Maintenance Management
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Westwood, California
• Synthesized analytic data to determine pain points and feature usage patterns to determine what to improve and pivot the product
• Conducted customer interviews and offsites
• Performed competitive analysis and market research to determine new roadmap items
• Planned sprints with engineering teams and project managed iOS, Android, React FE and BE as well as UI designers via JIRA
• Lead and Created UI interfaces alongside junior designers

### Lead Product Designer, UX / UI @ MNTN
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | Culver City, CA
• Lead in planning and conceptualizing solutions to solving user experience needs in the company’s continuously growing line of products.
• Specialized in building low to high-fidelity prototypes with an emphasis on functionality and interaction for presentations to internal teams for future products using InVision, Webflow, Framer.js.
• Translated designs to documentation via user flows, system flows, site maps, wireframes and design specs via an ever-evolving styleguide using Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, Gliffy, and Invision.
• Involved with developing process and strategy alongside Product Managers and Engineer Leads.

### UX Designer & Front End Developer @ blend.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | los angeles, california
• Contributed wireframes, Photoshop UI mock-ups and front-end programming for projects. 
• Conceptualized, designed, and programed various websites from inception to completion.
• In addition to design / dev role, served in various roles in group projects depending on skills needed, including project management, account management, art direction, and branding.

### UI Designer / Front End Developer @ American International Industries
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Commerce, CA
• Responsible for conceptualizing, UI/UX design
• Front-end developing including JQuery, CSS, HTML.
• Handled backend duties and database management.
• Maintained and administered AII Beauty's product imagery database for over 40 cosmetic brands.

### UI Designer / Front End Developer @ UCF Office of Student Involvement
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010
Site-mapped, wire-framed, and served as the front end developer for multiple websites belonging to UCF student organizations.


## Education
### Bachelor of Art in Digital Media
University of Central Florida


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/julianpalhof
- Portfolio: https://julianpalhof.me

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Last updated: 2026-04-13