CrowdRiff Creators From Operational Glue to Product Layer

Role

Senior Product Designer

Mode

Direct Engagement

Scope

Brand-Side Web App

Creator-Side Mobile App

Licensing & Co-op Sharing

Access Controls

Timeline

October 2025 — Ongoing

“When Denys joined, we had a rough prototype and a brief that kept shifting under us. He didn't wait for us to figure it out — he asked the right questions, came back with proposals, and told us straight when an idea would hurt the product. A few months later I had something I felt good walking investors through”

— John Middleton, Founder








CrowdRiff Creators From Operational Glue to Product Layer

Role

Senior Product Designer

Mode

Direct Engagement

Scope

Brand-Side Web App

Creator-Side Mobile App

Licensing & Co-op Sharing

Access Controls

Timeline

October 2025 — Ongoing

“When Denys joined, we had a rough prototype and a brief that kept shifting under us. He didn't wait for us to figure it out — he asked the right questions, came back with proposals, and told us straight when an idea would hurt the product. A few months later I had something I felt good walking investors through”

— John Middleton, Founder








CrowdRiff Creators From Operational Glue to Product Layer

Role

Senior Product Designer

Mode

Direct Engagement

Scope

Brand-Side Web App

Creator-Side Mobile App

Licensing & Co-op Sharing

Access Controls

Timeline

October 2025 — Ongoing

“When Denys joined, we had a rough prototype and a brief that kept shifting under us. He didn't wait for us to figure it out — he asked the right questions, came back with proposals, and told us straight when an idea would hurt the product. A few months later I had something I felt good walking investors through”

— John Middleton, Founder








CrowdRiff Creators From Operational Glue to Product Layer

Role

Senior Product Designer

Mode

Direct Engagement

Scope

Brand-Side Web App

Creator-Side Mobile App

Licensing & Co-op Sharing

Access Controls

Timeline

October 2025 — Ongoing

“When Denys joined, we had a rough prototype and a brief that kept shifting under us. He didn't wait for us to figure it out — he asked the right questions, came back with proposals, and told us straight when an idea would hurt the product. A few months later I had something I felt good walking investors through”

— John Middleton, Founder








Case Study

Brand-Side UI

Creator-Side UI

Case Study

Brand-Side UI

Creator-Side UI

Case Study

Brand-Side UI

Creator-Side UI

Case Study

Brand-Side UI

Creator-Side UI

The MVP-Shaped Product

CrowdRiff Creators connects travel and tourism brands with vetted creators who shoot content on assignment. A brand posts a request, a creator picks it up, content comes back, gets rated, gets downloaded. By the time I joined, all of that worked — the two-sided exchange was live across a brand-side web app and a creator-side mobile app

The MVP-Shaped Product

CrowdRiff Creators connects travel and tourism brands with vetted creators who shoot content on assignment. A brand posts a request, a creator picks it up, content comes back, gets rated, gets downloaded. By the time I joined, all of that worked — the two-sided exchange was live across a brand-side web app and a creator-side mobile app

The work that surrounded the exchange was a different story. Whenever a request moved past the simple path — two organisations splitting one shoot, a new creator joining, a brand wanting certain creators kept out — the next step wasn't on screen. It happened by hand, on the back end. The product team had already decided which of those steps belonged inside the product. Six projects over seven months were about designing them in

The MVP-Shaped Product

CrowdRiff Creators connects travel and tourism brands with vetted creators who shoot content on assignment. A brand posts a request, a creator picks it up, content comes back, gets rated, gets downloaded. By the time I joined, all of that worked — the two-sided exchange was live across a brand-side web app and a creator-side mobile app

The work that surrounded the exchange was a different story. Whenever a request moved past the simple path — two organisations splitting one shoot, a new creator joining, a brand wanting certain creators kept out — the next step wasn't on screen. It happened by hand, on the back end. The product team had already decided which of those steps belonged inside the product. Six projects over seven months were about designing them in

The MVP-Shaped Product

CrowdRiff Creators connects travel and tourism brands with vetted creators who shoot content on assignment. A brand posts a request, a creator picks it up, content comes back, gets rated, gets downloaded. By the time I joined, all of that worked — the two-sided exchange was live across a brand-side web app and a creator-side mobile app

The work that surrounded the exchange was a different story. Whenever a request moved past the simple path — two organisations splitting one shoot, a new creator joining, a brand wanting certain creators kept out — the next step wasn't on screen. It happened by hand, on the back end. The product team had already decided which of those steps belonged inside the product. Six projects over seven months were about designing them in

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