About me
Hi, I’m Nathan Sanders, a product designer with 15+ years experience specializing in design systems and system thinking. I bridge visual craft and scalable systems thinking by building and maintaining design infrastructure and documentation that lets product teams move faster without sacrificing quality.
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Seeds foundations
Role
Lead designer
Description
Built Figma tooling for Sprout’s design tokens, using Figma variables.
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Seeds components
Role
Solo designer
Description
Built and maintain designer tooling for Sprout’s design system.
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Seeds icons
Role
Solo designer
Description
Audited and replaced a 3rd party icon set by designing a complete branded replacement of more than 700 icons.
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Responsive layout
Role
Solo designer
Description
Designed a responsive layout using a number of new components to handle progressive disclosure patterns that addressed failed accessibility compliance.
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Navigation redesign
Role
Lead designer
Description
Designed and shipped a refreshed navigation system that was validated through user testing and set up a multi product ecosystem.
Gil Lara, ex co-founder @ Sprout Social
“Thank you so so much for bringing so much amazing talent to Sprout ... you are a bar-raiser and such a special and rare breed”
Mig Reyes, head of design @ duolingo
“Nate, you’re an absolute real one. Your love for the details and care for the little things made it such a privilege to get to be your manager”
Pat Phillips, my mom
“Nathan is the best”
