Dariss Harris — Senior Product Designer

I help define what’s
worth building—and
align teams to get
it shipped.

I do this by clarifying the problem, defining the right product bet, and shaping focused MVPs that teams can actually ship and learn from.

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About

Most of my career has been spent stepping into complex environments, learning the system quickly, and helping teams turn ambiguity into momentum.

Growing up in Los Angeles, my world revolved around basketball and skating. The seeds of design were planted early by church mentors creating graphics for youth ministry and the main church. Later, leading a Pan-African student union and documentary film club at Santa Monica College broadened my perspective and deepened my appreciation for how people from different backgrounds connect and collaborate.

Today, I’m a product strategist and design lead working across AI products, enterprise software, marketplaces, workflow tools, and consumer applications. I enjoy operating at the intersection of strategy and execution—helping teams define direction while staying close enough to the craft to bring ideas to life.

Outside of client work, I’m the founder of OGT Labs, where we’re building One Good Thing, a daily reflection app designed to help people notice and celebrate the positive moments in their lives.

I’m serious about the craft, but I don’t take myself too seriously. I believe the best products don’t just solve problems—they become an invisible part of our daily rhythm. The strongest experiences anticipate needs, reduce friction, and fit so naturally into people’s lives that they almost disappear.

Selected Work

Value Hypothesis

If creators are given structured tools to launch and monetize challenges—and users are guided into clear post-purchase experiences—both engagement and revenue will increase.

Solution Hypothesis

Constrained MVP loops across creator setup, purchase, and post-purchase experiences can validate whether structured challenges drive repeat engagement and creator growth.

MVP Scope

  • Creator tools for launching and managing challenges
  • Structured onboarding and purchase flows
  • Post-purchase experience connecting users to challenges, community, and content
  • Community loops designed to reinforce participation and retention
Solin system map showing creator, challenge, purchase, and community flows

Mapping the marketplace as a system—connecting creators, challenges, purchase, and community to identify where structure was needed to drive engagement and monetization.

Solin product ecosystem showing community, explore, and challenge experiences

Designing the product as a connected ecosystem—where discovery, participation, and community reinforce each other after purchase.

Solin post-purchase product experience

Translating marketplace structure into a usable product—so users could move from purchase to participation with clarity and minimal friction.

Results

  • Improved activation by connecting purchase directly to structured challenge participation
  • Validated creator-to-user engagement loops across challenges and community
  • Reduced friction across onboarding, participation, and repeat usage

Reflection

The core challenge wasn’t designing features—it was structuring a system where creators could monetize and users had a clear reason to stay engaged.

How I Work

My process is simple: understand the problem, create clarity, and help teams move forward with confidence. Whether I’m joining an existing product or building something new, I focus on six things:

Clarify the problem — Understand what’s actually preventing progress.
Define the bet — Identify the assumption worth testing and the outcome that matters.
Map the system — Understand the people, workflows, constraints, and incentives involved.
Test what matters — Validate the riskiest assumptions before investing heavily.
Align the team — Create shared understanding across design, product, and engineering.
Design for what comes next — Solve today's problem without blocking tomorrow's opportunities.

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Contact

For opportunities, conversations, or project work:

darissharris@gmail.com

Los Angeles, California