Glenn Hitchcock

Glenn Hitchcock

Brand, Product & Process in Lichfield, UK

About

Started out tearing apart CSS and making forum signatures. Now setting product vision, leading designers and improving the way in which we work.

Work Experience

2024 — Now
2022 — 2024
Lichfield, UK

Crafted the future of Vercel.com and Nextjs.org. Spearheaded site design for Vercel Ship and Next.js Conf events. Enhanced the Dashboard and Documentation experience, and elevated the Design System to bring consistency and knowledge to designers, and cross pollinate skillsets. Lead the Design Engineering department.

2019 — 2022
Lichfield, UK

Shaped new product ideas and brand vision. Founded design systems and process. Directed the design team, and lead on three pillars: design systems, collaboration and prototyping.

2011 — 2019
London & New York

Creativity for enterprise and startups alike, during the app store goldrush of the 2010s. Built a design team, culture and process.

Projects

2023

A new story for the entire Vercel marketing site.

2023

A redesign of the React framework for the Web.

2021

An initiative started as a redefinition of Sketch's direction as an organisation, and grew into a project that changed our brand, web platform and daily processes.

Side Projects

2014
Plug

MacOS player for The Hype Machine streaming network.

Speaking

2024

Podcast interview about the role of Design Engineering philosophy at Vercel and its relationship to the tech industry.

2024
AI at Vercel at Microsoft Summit

Lightning talk about v0, Vercel AI SDK and the future of Generative and Zero UI.

Education

2005 — 2008
BSc (Hons) Computer Science at University of East Anglia
Norwich, UK

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