About

DESIGN

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DESIGN

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Bio

I am a Los Angeles based designer - with 12 years experience working across digital and physical product design and branding.

For the past ten years I’ve worked as an human interface designer in the field of connected product design, specializing in wireless audio products. I’ve been lucky enough to work with some of the best designers in the world, and I thrive in a curious and collaborative design team.

Philosophy

I firmly believe that Value to User = Value to Business. A brand’s product thrives only when it meets a cultural tension strong enough to create demand and relevance. That starts with a deep understanding of the target user, clear alignment with stakeholders, rigorous and unbiased testing of hypotheses, and the willingness to pivot when needed. It means embracing both data and intuition—crunching the numbers, learning from the field, and trusting your gut. When delivering the product, it’s making sure we maintain not only the kernel of the idea - but it’s emotional resonance.

At its core, a product should be simple in purpose, beautiful in execution, and true to the values of its brand.

Clients

Skills

— Design Strategy
— Design Direction & Leadership — Interaction Design
— Digital Product Design
— Visual Design

— Design Research
— Interaction Design
— Digital Product Design
— Visual Design

Experience

Apple Inc.

Lead HI Designer - Home, Beats and Ecosystem
5. 2021 — 7. 2024 / Culver City, CA.

– HI DRI for True Wireless products: Delivery of Beats Fit Pro, Beats Studio Buds and Beats Solo Buds to market. Creation of detailed UX specifications and prototypes to guide engineering.

– Collaborated with iOS engineers on integrated iOS features.

– UX and Visual Design DRI for the Beats App for Android - launched in 36 languages across the worls.

– Daily collaboration with internal and distributed EE, HW, SW and QA engineering teams on all aspects of Beats products.

Lead HI Designer - Beats by Dre Product Marketing
8. 2017 — 5. 2021 / London, UK & Culver City, CA.

— Managed a team of 5 designers for the UI/UX design of the Beats App for Android.

— UX for True Wireless products: Delivery of PowerBeats Pro, Beats Solo Pro and Beats Flex to market.

– Collaborated daily with Product management to determine trends, technologies and behaviors in the audio marketplace.

– Led design strategy for all Beats product ranges, covering everything from planning product ranges to out-of-box experience and daily use.

– Led in-home interviews across APAC, EMEA, and the U.S. to uncover how music fits into daily life—delivering key brand opportunities and insights to executive leadership.

Payne Studio

Director / Product Design Manager
11.2016 - 8.2017 / London, UK

BCGDV - Led the 0→1 UI design of Shell Accuport, a real-time platform enabling ship owners to track lubricant usage—streamlining logistics, cutting costs, and optimizing global inventory flow.

Zone Digital – Digital Product design and prototyping for and Electrolux D2C shopping app, UX Design of onboarding process to Boxt - fixed price heating system supply and installation.

Monokoto

UX and Visual Design Lead
05.2013 - 11.2016 / London, UK

— Lead Visual Designer on the Beats by Dre account, specializing in audio product interfaces including the Pill+ iOS and Android apps, Studio 2 Wireless, iconography, and packaging/out-of-box experience.

— Collaborated closely with in-house hardware and software teams, reporting directly to the Director of UX and Director of Product Management

— Physical and Digital UI design for Naim on the Mu-So wireless speaker, the Naim app, and the Naim/Bentley in-car HMI.

Monokoto

Product Design Consultant
3.2009 - 2.2013 / London, UK

Recipe Design –
Design of a connected Blood Glucose monitor App

Conran & Partners –
Design and branding of a smart energy monitoring physical product and desktop interface

AKQA –
Senior designer on Nike Global - working on the first contract with Nike Japan

Saint London (RKCR Y&R) –
Managed the digital design of multiple pitch wins for multiple brands

Sapient Nitro –
Art Director on banking apps, Desktop, Mobile and interactive touchscreens

Rapp –
Lead UI designer on the Skype account. Flash concepting through to digital production.

Extended experience can be found on LinkedIn

Say Hi

Based in Los Angeles, Ca.
(213) - 448 - 4880
hello@harrypayne.com
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