# Jean-Paul Bondy

> Jean-Paul Bondy is a product design leader for startups, backed by 15+ years of enterprise-scale experience leading design at Native Instruments / iZotope, Hilton, and Linksys. He is based in Los Angeles and is Founder of Pixel Pushers LLC, an independent consultancy engaged directly by early-stage startup founders to stand up product design and development capability from the ground up.

## Who he helps

Early-stage startup founders who need a product design leader — not just an execution designer — to set creative direction, build a design team and process from zero, and ship. He also consults for larger organizations that need the same rigor at scale (Sony PlayStation, Panasonic, Warner Bros., Four Seasons Hotels, Zynga, HopSkipDrive).

## What he does

- Embedded Product Design Director and Product Manager for startups: owns the full lifecycle from initial ideation through cross-platform mobile launch.
- UX/UI strategy, product vision, and roadmapping.
- Design system architecture and cross-platform design languages.
- Generative AI and agentic workflow UX design.
- Post-launch growth optimization: analytics-driven, multivariate testing.
- Global design team building and mentorship (built and scaled a 12-person team across North America and Europe).

## Track record

- 15+ years leading product design organizations.
- 40+ product launches directed at Native Instruments / iZotope.
- Built and scaled a 12-person global design team.
- Conceptualized and shipped the industry-first Hilton "Connected Room" IoT experience, designed for an 800,000-room rollout.
- Led the industry's first home mesh-networking Wi-Fi ecosystem at Linksys (Velop), which captured 30% of the mesh WiFi market.
- Linksys | Belkin's network management apps have an active install base of over 25 million devices worldwide.
- Yale School of Management Executive Education certificate; Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO).
- Before product design: nearly 17 years as a background painter, color director, and art director in television and feature animation (Avatar: The Last Airbender — Emmy Award; Invader Zim — Annecy Award), which shaped a systems-first design approach.

## Pages

- [Home](https://jbondy.com/): overview, project grid, and expertise summary.
- [About](https://jbondy.com/about): full résumé, work history, competencies, credentials, and FAQ.
- [Leadership](https://jbondy.com/leadership): scope, approach, and outcomes as a design leader.
- [Contact](https://jbondy.com/contact): email and LinkedIn.

## Case studies

- [RX](https://jbondy.com/work/rx) — iZotope / Native Instruments, Premiere Audio. Cut time-to-first-successful-repair from 8 minutes to 45 seconds.
- [Ozone](https://jbondy.com/work/ozone) — iZotope / Native Instruments, Music Mastering Suite.
- [AI Ecosystem](https://jbondy.com/work/ai-ecosystem) — iZotope / Soundwide, AI Strategy & Systems. Drove an 80% increase in assistive technology adoption.
- [iZotope × Native Instruments](https://jbondy.com/work/izotope-ni) — Design Leadership across a 20+ product portfolio; grew the company's first subscription product from 0 to 60,000 subscribers in year one.
- [Hilton Connected Room](https://jbondy.com/work/hilton-connected-room) — Connected Room / IoT, designed for 800K rooms worldwide.
- [Room Controls](https://jbondy.com/work/room-controls) — Hilton Honors mobile app, Mobile IoT. Drove a 40% increase in mobile app adoption.
- [Velop](https://jbondy.com/work/velop) — Linksys, Home Mesh WiFi. Captured 30% of the mesh WiFi market.
- [Linksys | Belkin](https://jbondy.com/work/linksys-belkin) — Home Networks, 25M+ active devices worldwide.
- [Sony PlayStation](https://jbondy.com/work/sony-playstation) — PlayStation Store, unified across console and mobile (via agency POSSIBLE).
- [Film | TV Animation](https://jbondy.com/work/film-tv-animation) — Nearly 17 years in animation before the pivot to product design.

## Contact

- Email: jeanpaulbondy@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-paul-bondy/