Chris Halaska

I’m Chris. 20 years in design, six at Google. I work directly with a limited number of teams at a time to design the right thing, the right way.

I grew up in Australia and started my career in creative advertising. Since then I’ve worked between San Francisco, Singapore, India and New York, including six years at Google on Google Photos and other consumer products. I’m currently based in Dubai.

Since Google I’ve designed for crypto, AI and fintech companies. Trading interfaces, AI tools, consumer apps, design systems. Different industries, same job: take the vision a team has for their product and make the real thing live up to it.

How I work is simple: you work with me. I’m in your TG/Slack, in your Figma, and on the calls where the product decisions get made.

I work AI-first, and I design in code as much as in Figma. That means you get prototypes you can launch and test with real users, and improvements that can ship straight into your product, not just mockups waiting on a build.

AI speeds up how I research, explore and build. The judgement about what’s right for your product stays with me.

Some teams bring me in for a specific project. Others have me embedded a few days a week as their senior designer.

I work with a limited number of teams at a time, and I’ve got room for one more.

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I also offer coaching ($299) and mentoring (free) sessions for other designers.