Hi, I’m Josh — a product designer, woodworker, and baker.

I make people’s lives easier with a thoughtful approach to design.

I have 6+ years experience facilitating an end to end design process. That includes product strategy, visual design, interaction design, and everything between. I believe transparency is key to building a strong team, and an even stronger product.

I'm a remote worker building a nature filled life in New York's beautiful Hudson Valley.

I spent the last 6.5 years helping Turo become the world’s largest person to person car sharing marketplace.

Building trust by coaching new hosts on how to take great car photos.

🚀 Shipped November 2019
📱 iOS, Android, and Web

Poor quality photos were hurting growth in smaller markets. We shipped a guided camera experience to help hosts choose and execute the right shots. We reduced low quality photos, and helped boost checkout conversion.

Improving marketplace safety by adding positive friction.

🚀 Shipped March 2018
📱 iOS, Android, and Web

Maryland passed a law requiring quick action to collect new info from hosts. My team went above and beyond the mandate by bringing the practice to our entire US marketplace. We gained better fraud fighting tools and deterred low quality hosts at no cost to revenue.

Allowing hosts to list & earn anywhere by providing alternative address entry methods.

🚀 Shipped March 2018
📱 iOS, Android, and Web

New hosts were being blocked from entering certain marketplaces due to address issues. My team shipped a map based remediation tool. We eliminated complaints about the issues, and boosted international revenue by 25%+.

Working With My Hands

🤚 Things I make without a computer

How I Manage Remote Collaboration

🌎 My approach to collaborating from afar

I’m currently based in Catskill, NY — about 2 hours up the Hudson River from NYC. I share a home with my partner and our two cats, Walter and Llewellyn (good boys with a bad streak). I spend my time free time playing with sourdough (bread, pizza, pretzels etc) or wood (furniture, spoons or other utensils etc). You can see some of that here. I get outside as much as possible too. I’m currently trying to hike my way through the nearby Catskill Mountains.

✨ OPEN TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES✨

I’m currently open to full time, senior level product design opportunities with mission driven companies that are fully distributed or remote friendly. I’m particularly drawn to companies creating a social impact, non-profits, or those in the data privacy space. Take a peek at my resume, and check out case studies of my recent project (see above). You can reach me at jolsen802@gmail.com.