George Otsubo

George Otsubo

Product Designer in New York

About

I'm George, a multidisciplinary designer with over a decade of experience in the tech industry.

Currently, I'm at ClassPass, deeply aligned with the brand’s mission to empower individuals to lead healthier, happier lives.

Projects

2024
Business detail at ClassPass

Layout improvements for a more cohesive design including a decluttered navigation bar, dedicated area for action buttons, and visual enhancements for improved readability.

2024
Upcoming card at ClassPass

Improvements to map and location marker in addition to business thumbnail, clearer icons, and buttons for a more intuitive user experience.

2024
Search tab at ClassPass

Redesigned to enable quick entry points for saved places, interactive map view to discover nearby businesses, and shortcuts into popular categories.

2024
Style guide & Design system at ClassPass

Contributed styles, tokens and design components for the ClassPass mobile design system.

2023
Phrase search at ClassPass

Introduced phrase-based search (i.e., search by any arbitrary text), multi-location search, and other improvements through a series of experiments and feature flags.

2021
Plan management at ClassPass

New plan management page to allow users to immediately upgrade along with plan merchandising capabilities to help reduce plan churn.

2020
Availability Calendar MVP at ClassPass

New calendar view to allow appointment-based businesses to understand daily availability by service & practitioner.

2019
Corporate Dashboard MVP at ClassPass

Summary metric view of the corporate wellness program to show adoption and usage of enterprise ClassPass customers.

2018

0 to 1 design for ClassPass Live which featured unlimited live, real-time interactive workout classes using chromecast for mobile and desktop.

Work Experience

2021 — Now
Principal Product Designer at ClassPass

Lead design for the Activation and Search teams focused on early life acquisition, trial experience, search and expansion into new verticals.

2019 — 2021
Lead Product Designer at ClassPass

Lead growth design initiatives across core channels ranging from consumer and corporate sign up, referral flows, reactivation and plan management.

2017 — 2019
Senior Product Designer at ClassPass

Lead the marketing and product design for ClassPass Live which featured unlimited live, interactive workout classes on mobile and desktop.

2013 — 2016
Co-Founder at Kanvas

Founding Designer for Kanvas Labs. Developed creative apps that allowed users to express themselves visually through live broadcasting with real-time filters, text, stickers and drawings.

2011 — 2013
Design Lead at Tracks

Helped lead the design for a photo app that allowed users to share group photo albums based on interests and themes.

2011 — 2011
Visual Designer at K2 Media Labs

Lead the design for B2B and consumer apps at K2 incubator labs.

Education

2002 — 2006
Communication Design at Fashion Institute of Technology

Contact

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