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Ty Cummins
Ty Cummins

Lead Product Designer

Actively looking · Member since 11 Oct 2026
Location
Salt Lake City, United States
Desired salary
Confidential
Work preference
Hybrid / Full Time, Contract, Freelance
Experience level
Lead

About

Professional summary

I am a design leader and Lead Product Designer with 15 years of experience building digital products, design systems, brands, and high-performing design practices. I specialize in connecting product strategy, user needs, and scalable design execution.

In my current role at SixFifty, I lead product design for a legal and HR SaaS platform. I took on broader design direction, quality, and brand responsibilities after the VP of Design role was eliminated, and I helped lead the design organization through its 2025 acquisition by Paychex.

I build durable systems that help teams ship faster and more consistently. I created a 50-plus-component design system with a full token architecture, enabling every new feature to ship on a shared foundation while reducing design-review cycles from days to minutes.

I have deep experience designing AI-powered product experiences, including LLM UX patterns, agentic experiences, human-in-the-loop workflows, and trust-focused interactions. I shipped multiple AI features, including a legal Q&A tool with 96% production accuracy that became the platform's most-used feature.

I care deeply about design leadership, mentorship, and organizational clarity. I have created career frameworks, capacity models, and design operating practices; mentored designers; and facilitated cross-functional workshops and reviews.

My background spans SaaS, education technology, media, connected fitness, agency work, and sports branding. I bring strengths in product strategy, UI/UX design, research, accessibility, prototyping, design systems, and collaborative delivery.

Skills

31 capabilities

Tech stack & tools

Working toolkit

Application Hosting

Development

Experience

Career history

Lead Product Designer SixFifty

Lead product design for a legal and HR SaaS platform, including design direction, product quality, and brand responsibilities. Led design through SixFifty's 2025 acquisition by Paychex after assuming the scope of the eliminated VP of Design role.

Built a 50-plus-component production design system with token architecture and established an AI interaction framework. Shipped three AI features, including Ask AI, a legal question-answering tool with 96% production accuracy, while mentoring a junior designer and developing design organization, career-level, and capacity-planning models.

Product Designer Pluralsight

Built the Leader Dashboard from the ground up to address a leading driver of customer churn and protect millions of dollars in annual recurring revenue. Led UX and UI design for the A Cloud Guru acquisition and its integration into the Pluralsight platform.

Co-authored Pluralsight's design career lattice with two directors and facilitated a workshop for approximately 40 designers. Mentored five designers through Pluralsight and the Product Hive community in craft, portfolios, and career development.

UX Designer Deseret Digital Media

Led UX design for the launch of three Homes vertical products at KSL.com: Buy, Build, and Rent. The products created new sponsorable inventory and revenue opportunities.

Established KSL.com's first design system with a shared component library and guidelines. Also led the visual and strategic rebrand of Utah.com and redesigned the Jobs product to pursue higher-value professional roles and premium revenue.

Art Director Number Six

Directed creative work for agency clients across brand identity, digital product, and marketing design.

Provided art direction and coordinated creative output to deliver cohesive client-facing experiences and campaigns.

Digital Designer iFIT

Designed digital assets, marketing experiences, and product-facing interfaces for a connected fitness technology brand.

Supported digital product and marketing initiatives with visual design and UI execution.

UI Designer Eli Kirk Riser

Designed digital interfaces and marketing UI across client accounts.

Created user-facing visual experiences that supported client marketing and digital product needs.

Art Director & Project Manager Sqwak Productions

Directed creative production for digital and video projects.

Managed project delivery while overseeing creative quality, coordination, and client work.

Multimedia Production Manager / Senior Graphic Designer Real Media SLC

Managed multimedia production and performed senior-level graphic design work for the studio.

Led production coordination and delivered visual design assets across multimedia projects.

Graphic Designer Real Salt Lake

Designed brand and marketing materials for the Major League Soccer club.

Created visual assets supporting the club's brand, marketing, and communications initiatives.

Education

Learning history

Art Institute of Salt Lake City

Bachelor of Science, Graphic Design

Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design.

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