Thom van der Weerd
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Thom van der Weerd

Design in Netherlands

Building something...

6 months ago

About

Generalist, though with a particular interest in making teams more efficient and effective through process, systems, and tooling. Previously at DuckDuckGo.

Contact

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Work Experience

2014 — 2021
2010 — 2014
Freelance Designer
Remote

Projects

2019

Designed and supported implementation of Maps, which integrates Apple's MapKit and data from sources like Yelp and TripAdvisor to expand DuckDuckGo's private search offerings.

+5
2017

Led the effort to transform DuckDuckGo's legacy mobile app into a true Private Browser, now the most downloaded browser on Android and second most downloaded on iOS.

+3
2015

Led the design effort spanning many projects and teams to modernize and modularize DuckDuckGo's Search Results, optimizing for adaptability and cohesion as well as adoption and retention, now serving >100M private queries per day.

+10

Side Projects

2013

Generate random names for use in designs.

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2013

Invite or get invited to post on Dribbble.

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