MARK URAINE
I build teams that build products.
I bring folks together. Recognizing that successful products emerge from the collective efforts of thoughtful and skilled individuals, I focus on assembling teams with complementary talents and perspectives. I promote open and clear communication, healthy conflict, and accountability. As a Design Leader, my goal is to uplift others, provide design direction, and balance business objectives with the user experience.
ENNEAGRAM TYPE INDICATOR
Type 1: The Reformer
Type 8: The Challenger
AWARDS + RECOGNITION
2023: Podium Top Performer
2022: Forbes 4th Best Startup in America
2022: Featured in ECHOS Design Leadership E-Book
2020: Featured in Balance the Grind
2018: Featured in Glitch’s Looky What We Made
2017: Featured in Adobe Blog
EXPERIENCE
Shopmonkey
Prod Design Sr Manager
2021–Present
WordPress.org
Open Source Team Lead
2015–2020
Automattic
Design Director
2015–2020
He Walks With Us
Founder
2014–Present
Eat Your Greens
Creator
2014–2018
EXPERIMENTS
TALKS
2023: ECHOS Design Leadership Firesession
2020: Disrupting Innovation
2019: Disrupting Innovation
2019: Designing in the Open, Remotely
2019: Panel Discussions: Growing Beyond Gutenberg
2018: Designing with the API
2017: Visual Data Using the WordPress API
2017: Visual Data + Computational Design
2017: Designing in the Open
2016: Design for Telepathy
2016: Design Thinking
WRITINGS
2023: Reducing Clicks and Saving Time
2022: Giving and Receiving Feedback
2021: Thinking in Long Time Scales
2021: Rita, Me, and Computational Literature
2020: Care and Influence: A Theory About the WordPress Community
2019: Disrupting WordPress
2017: Relationships vs. Categories