Julie Chabin

Julie Chabin
is a French design engineer and product lead. Previously Head of Product Design at Product Hunt and Deezer; now working on AI experiences.

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Product Hunt

I spent eight years designing Product Hunt, first as a senior product designer, then as Head of Product Design from 2018 to 2023.

With a design team that never grew past a handful of people, I worked on almost every surface of the product: the homepage, launch pages, product pages, onboarding, topics and search, the Chrome extension, streaks and badges, and yearly moments like the Golden Kitty Awards. The constant across all of it: keep a product used daily by millions simple, playful, and fast to ship.

Year
2015 - 2023
Type
Web, iOS, Chrome Extension…
Collaborators
Collaborators: Kyler Philips, Dan Edwards, Kyle Frost, Kai Gradert, Chad Whitaker
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The homepage feed, with recommended and featured launches side by side.
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The featured feed, reduced to what matters: icon, tagline, topics, and one big upvote button.
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The Chrome extension: every new tab shows your streak, quick links, and the day's launches.
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Product of the Day, Week, and Month: the laurel badges makers embed everywhere.
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Golden Kitty Awards 2021: event branding plus embeddable finalist and winner badges.
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Onboarding: a warmer sign-up that asks what brings you here.
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Streaks: a small rainbow progress line that rewards showing up daily.
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The topic selector, with search and one-tap follow.
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The upvote button. The most-tapped pixels on the site.