Hi, I'm Jon.

I'm Jon Haines, a design leader with over a decade of experience turning complicated, high-stakes systems into products people actually trust. I love design because at its best, it's translation. Taking something complicated and making it make sense to someone who wasn't in the room when it got complicated in the first place.

That's the instinct that pulled me toward teaching. I've spent years in the classroom, online, and one on one with individual designers, helping people turn complicated ideas into something they can actually explain to someone else. I still love the craft itself too. I get a kick out of playing with tools like Rive, finding new ways to make an idea move instead of just sit there on a page.

Outside of work, I live in Brooklyn with my wife and our two kids. I play basketball, hike on weekends, love to travel, and have run a handful of marathons over the years.