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Demystifying hiring for recruiters

A unified product vision, design system, and brand — giving recruiters clear signals to evaluate fit fast, and the team one shared source of truth to scale.

Role
Product Design Lead
Timeline
Consultant · 2022 — 2024
Hired Find Talent dashboard with recommended candidate matches
Problem

Hiring flows were fragmented — inconsistent components across employer and talent journeys, an aging UI with no shared design system, and no cohesive brand. Recruiters lacked clear signals to evaluate candidate fit quickly.

Solution

I audited what existed, then built 'Highlight' — a design system and brand that unified employer and talent experiences. Recruiters got a dashboard and filtering built around signal over noise, and the team got one source of truth to scale from.

Overview

Hiring flows were fragmented — inconsistent components across employer and talent journeys, an aging UI with no shared system, and no cohesive brand to hold it together.

I audited everything that existed, then built Highlight: a design system and brand that unified both sides and gave recruiters clear signals to evaluate fit fast.

What I did
  • Audited 47 existing assets to establish a baseline
  • Built Highlight — a 34-component design system and brand
  • Designed a recruiter dashboard and filtering built around signal over noise

47

Assets inventoried in the audit

34

Components in the new system

Highlight

Unified design system + brand

Design system audit dashboard with asset and page counts
Find Talent view with an expanded filter panel
Talent account onboarding screen
Employer account creation with role and location tagging
Highlight design system sticker sheet: logo, palette, type, and UI
Brand language exploration comparing two directions

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