Summary
Daniel Scrivner is a design leader with 13 years of experience building product, brand, and creative teams across startups and large tech companies. Based in Denver with roots in Boulder and San Francisco, he currently leads product design, copy, brand, marketing, video, and illustration at ClassDojo, serving a global community of over 50M users. He’s a founder and investor who co-created Ligature: The Design VC to embed design into the DNA of early-stage companies and has advised Designer Fund and multiple startups on design-driven growth. His background includes leadership roles at Block and Digit and early design work at Apple, giving him rare fluency across product, creative storytelling, and business strategy. Daniel blends hands-on craft with portfolio-level thinking—he not only scales teams but also shapes how design influences fundraising, go-to-market, and culture. Outside product work he’s engaged in global startup ecosystems as an Edmund Hillary Fellow, reflecting a practiced eye for cross-border opportunity.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer