Stefan • Designer

// SR. PRODUCT DESIGNER (7+ YRS)

Hi, I'm Stefan.

I'm a designer who learns, iterates, and polishes the final 5%.

Stefan Rhoades

// off the clock

Plays guitar

Climbs rocks

Originally from England

Loves the Rolling Stones

Eats breakfast tacos

Colorado, USA

// case studies 03 PROJECTS

// what it covers

Authentication at 1Password

Making signing in & saving credentials fast & seamless

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Onboarding at 1Password

Getting new users set up quickly & confidently.

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// what it covers

// what it covers

Startup · design lead

Multi-product unification at Helium

Unifying an ecosystem into one platform

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// open source 02 PROJECTS

01 / 2026 / v1.0

NotBot

Type your message, save, then send a link as proof.

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// what it covers

Keystroke capture

Proof of authorship

Zero backend

// what it covers

Git for designers

Scoped editing

Annotated PRs

02 / 2026 / v0.3

Beacon

A Mac app dev tool built to catch AI agents before they touch what's outside the front end.

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// about

Kindness.ai

Sr. Product Designer2026–Present

1Password

Sr. Product Designer2020–2025

Helium

Lead Product Designer2025

Ackerman McQueen

UI/UX Designer2019–2020

Senior product designer with 7+ years across early stage startups and multi-billion dollar enterprises. I've led 0→1 projects and enterprise scale iteration end to end. I work close with developers and the code to ensure designs ship to production exactly as intended. I care as much about measurable outcomes as I do about the last 5% of polish, across B2C, B2B, and B2B2C.

Product strategy Interaction design Design systems Prototyping Research 0→1 products Cross-functional leadership