WRITING FOR A BETTER WEB
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Henrique Iamarino
The Writing Lesson Hidden in My Automattic Hiring Trial
My design hiring trial valued clear thinking over perfect pixels—and that priority has shaped my career ever since. The onboarding screens and mockups I designed during those weeks are no longer relevant, but the practice of documenting my reasoning clearly continues to guide how I approach design challenges today.
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Drawing the holiday spirit — Interviewing Cinta Arribas
Based in a small city in Northern Spain, Cinta Arribas is an illustrator and visual artist with over ten years of professional experience. She studied Fine Arts in Salamanca and Kassel (Germany), and recently completed an artist residency in Washington, DC, through a program of the Spanish Embassy.
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Toto Castiglione
Pablo Honey on the “Daring Creativity. Daring Forever” podcast with Radim Malinic
Pablo Honey joins Radim Malinic on the “Daring Creativity. Daring Forever” podcast to explore what it really means to dare creatively.
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leilabyron
Meet DesignEx: Design Operations at Automattic
Design at Automattic is over 70 designers covering dozens of products, supporting an open-source foundation. Our team includes product, brand, motion, and content designers working across 28 countries.
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Toto Castiglione
Automattic designers in Gràffica Magazine
Automattic designers Alicia Blázquez, Cris Busquets, and Jana Hernández are featured in Gràffica magazine, sharing how they design for millions while staying human-centered, and why inclusion and purpose matter in design at scale.
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Meet Marina Matijaca
We recently welcomed Marina to our Automattic Design team. Enjoy this brief interview with her.
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Cris Busquets receives National Design Award
Cris Busquets has been awarded Spain’s National Design Award in the Young Design Professionals category—one of the country’s highest honors in the field.
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Monika Burman
Meet Aurora Pleguezuelo Hernandez
We recently welcomed Aurora to our Automattic Design team. Enjoy this short interview with her.
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Monika Burman
Meet Filippo Di Trapani
We recently welcomed Filippo to our Automattic Design team. Enjoy this short interview with him.
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Monika Burman
Space for life: a sabbatical story
Automattic gives employees a three month sabbatical every five years. Read this reflection from design program manger, Monika, on her recent sabbatical.
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Dominic Camozzi
Year One at Day One
“When I first chatted with Kelly and found out I would join the Day One team, I knew it was the perfect fit.”
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Meet Jonathan Lee
We recently welcomed Jonathan to our Automattic Design team. Enjoy this short interview with him.
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Meet Saul Fougnier
We recently welcomed Saul to our Automattic Design team. Enjoy this short interview with him.
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Monika Burman
Meet Alicia Blázquez
We recently welcomed Alicia to our Automattic Design team. Enjoy this short interview with her.
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The personalized workspaces of Automattic’s designers
Explore how Automattic’s designers craft personalized home workspaces that blend creativity, comfort, and functionality. From sunlit studios to cozy corners adorned with art, this post offers a glimpse into the diverse setups that support their distributed design team’s innovation and well-being.
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Cris Busquets
Year One at Automattic
I distinctly remember when I first talked with @pablohoneyhoney and @kellychoffman. Their passion for the craft and Automattic made me quickly realize that I wanted to work here.
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Monika Burman
Meet Nebojsa Jurcic
We recently welcomed Nebojsa to our Automattic Design team. Enjoy this short interview with him.
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L. Jeffrey Zeldman
Automattic Women: Monika Burman
Welcome to Automattic Women—conversations with some of the remarkable women working all over the world to design and develop Automattic software and make the web a better place. Today’s interviewee is Monika Burman of the Designer Experience team. Who are you, and what do you do? I’m Monika, I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and…
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The many desks of a distributed design team
Check out our designers’ home offices.
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Christy Nyiri, L. Jeffrey Zeldman
Automattic Women: Christy Nyiri
We’ve grown three-fold (!!) since I started two years ago, and I’m proud of how we’ve refined and matured our design processes, and continue to do so, as our team scales.
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Yvonne Doll, L. Jeffrey Zeldman
Automattic Women: Yvonne Doll
“My team is a ton of fun. We’re all true friends and have created a very supportive work environment.”
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Wagner Veloso
One Year at Automattic
I remember when I received an email with this title, “New Design role?” It was Automattic reaching out to me saying they liked my profile and were expanding the design team.
A FULLY DISTRIBUTED TEAM MAKING THE WEB A BETTER PLACE.
Women At Work Podcast
Automattic sponsored the Season 2 of Women At Work, a podcast about female creativity, leadership & feminism.
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