Proudcloud
A Manila software studio building web and mobile products for startups abroad. Product design on every project, with the founders, through to front-end code.
- Years
- 2010–2012
- Role
- Lead product designer
- Setup
- Manila software studio
- Scope
- Product design for client startups, design and engineering hand-offs, front-end engineering
- Platform
- Web
The company
Proudcloud is a Manila software studio, founded in 2009, that builds web and mobile products for startups in North America, Europe, and Australia.
The work
I joined in August 2010, when Proudcloud was a Ruby on Rails shop. I was its lead product designer until June 2012, and its only one: every client project came through my desk. I worked directly with the clients’ founders and with Proudcloud’s engineers, and led the product design on each engagement.
I also wrote front-end code, which made the hand-off to engineering shorter.
What carried over
At a studio, the fastest design review is a working page in front of the founder. I still show work that way.