JQ Sirls
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Lead Product Designer
"I worked with JQ at Harness-first as a peer and later as his manager. He's a truly imaginative product designer who excels at concepting, creative divergence, and storytelling, opening up fresh directions and framing why they matter with users' emotions and goals at the center. JQ is a naturally curious person, comfortable exploring the frontier of new tools and continually levelling up his design skill set and nudged his team and peers to do the same. He brings a human, comfortable, and often fun sensibility to even complex flows. He also put real care into making design reviews inclusive and energizing, which lifted the quality of discussion, feedback, and outcomes."
– Caroline Lukins, Director of Product Design - Harness Wealth
"JQ invested extensive effort to understand our clients and staff to design interactions that build trust through every product touch point. He approached discussions with honesty and reflection to improve the current experience, iterated on feedback, and clarified workflows to meet client expectations."
— Lee-on Pedahzur, Director of Business Operations - Harness Wealth
At Harness Wealth, I led design for an integrated client portal aimed at simplifying tax filing for clients navigating equity compensation and other complex financial events. I focused on reducing onboarding friction, clarifying the user journey, and creating a more unified experience between self-serve tools and human advisor support. The result was an early product direction that made a complicated financial workflow easier to understand, easier to act on, and more valuable to the business over time.
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