Qa'id Jacobs
Senior Product Designer at Channel Affairs
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolQa'id Jacobs is a Senior Product Designer based in Amsterdam with 11 years of experience crafting human-centered digital products across Europe and the US. He blends strategic thinking and hands-on execution—leading research, prototyping, and design systems work while guiding development teams to ship polished interfaces. As founder of Constellation Design and a product consultant at African Puzzle and Channel Affairs, he helps organizations turn user insights into roadmaps and measurable outcomes. At Hudl he continues to shape product experiences at scale, and he mentors aspiring UX designers through Designlab, demonstrating a commitment to growing the discipline. His background spans startups and large platforms (including Booking.com) and combines visual, interaction, and front-end know-how rooted in cross-disciplinary collaboration. Outside of design he’s a DJ and father, a detail that informs his rhythmic approach to creative problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Music, Music & Finance, Bachelor of Music, Music & Finance at New York UniversityThe George Washington University
French, Spanish
Github Skills (60)
static-site8
desktop-application8
ember-addon8
nodejs7
ios7
letter7
jekyll7
windows7
linux7
android7
flux7
jekyll-theme7
firefox7
react7
html6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
NIPOSoftwareBV/fabricator
Jul 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:30 PRs, 84 pushes, 36 branches in 1 month
cssstyle-guidestyleguide
african-puzzle/online-resources
Dec 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:16 PRs, 60 pushes, 15 branches in 1 year 5 months
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