Gavin Nelson

Gavin Nelson is a product, interaction, and icon designer currently working as a Designer at Linear, a software company.12 He specializes in shaping native mobile apps and crafting app icons for various clients.2

Professional Experience

Gavin's career highlights include:

• Designer at Linear (2024 - Present)3
• Senior Product Designer at GitHub (September 2022 - 2024)3
• Product Designer at GitHub (May 2021 - September 2022)3
• Product Designer at Fitbod (May 2020 - May 2021)3
• Product Designer at wikiHow (September 2017 - May 2020)3

He has also been working as a freelance Product & Icon Designer since 2014.3

Education

Gavin holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Science, Technology, and Society with a minor in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University (2013-2017).3

Skills and Expertise

Gavin is known for:

• iOS and macOS app icon design1
• Interaction design and prototyping1
• 3D rendering for product interfaces14
• Product and UI/UX design3

Notable Projects

Some of Gavin's recent work includes:

• iOS interaction prototypes for Linear (2024)1
• Linear homepage renders (2024)14
• Contributions to GitHub projects like GitHub Copilot, Navigation Shortcuts, and Achievements1

Personal Interests

Outside of his professional work, Gavin has been a Rubik's Cube speedcuber, ranking as high as 2nd in North America and 14th in the world.3

Gavin Nelson is based in San Diego, California, and can be contacted at gavin@nelson.co.3 His portfolio can be found at www.nelson.co.3