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Hi, I’m Scott R. Cook, a design leader with 15+ years of experience spanning product design and agency creative direction. I’ve led product design at O’Reilly (Safari Learning) and PGi (GlobalMeet) and currently run Righteous, a Webby-winning studio shipping AI-integrated product and web work. I translate ambiguous strategy into shipped products, build design systems and scalable teams, and pair brand-grade craft with hands-on front-end fluency in Webflow, Framer, and React-adjacent stacks.…Hi, I’m Scott R. Cook, a design leader with 15+ years of experience spanning product design and agency creative direction. I’ve led product design at O’Reilly (Safari Learning) and PGi (GlobalMeet) and currently run Righteous, a Webby-winning studio shipping AI-integrated product and web work. I translate ambiguous strategy into shipped products, build design systems and scalable teams, and pair brand-grade craft with hands-on front-end fluency in Webflow, Framer, and React-adjacent stacks.

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Hi, I’m Scott R. Cook, a design leader with 15+ years of experience spanning product design and agency creative direction. I’ve led product design at O’Reilly (Safari Learning) and PGi (GlobalMeet) and currently run Righteous, a Webby-winning studio shipping AI-integrated product and web work. I translate ambiguous strategy into shipped products, build design systems and scalable teams, and pair brand-grade craft with hands-on front-end fluency in Webflow, Framer, and React-adjacent stacks.…Hi, I’m Scott R. Cook, a design leader with 15+ years of experience spanning product design and agency creative direction. I’ve led product design at O’Reilly (Safari Learning) and PGi (GlobalMeet) and currently run Righteous, a Webby-winning studio shipping AI-integrated product and web work. I translate ambiguous strategy into shipped products, build design systems and scalable teams, and pair brand-grade craft with hands-on front-end fluency in Webflow, Framer, and React-adjacent stacks.

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Hi, I’m Scott R. Cook, a design leader with 15+ years of experience spanning product design and agency creative direction. I’ve led product design at O’Reilly (Safari Learning) and PGi (GlobalMeet) and currently run Righteous, a Webby-winning studio shipping AI-integrated product and web work.

I translate ambiguous strategy into shipped products, build design systems and scalable teams, and pair brand-grade craft with hands-on front-end fluency in Webflow, Framer, and React-adjacent stacks.

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Principal & Design Director at Righteous

September 1, 2022 - Present

Independent product design & creative direction practice. Built the studio’s own site, winner of two 2026 Webby Awards (Webby Award + Webby People’s Voice). Advise growth-stage and brand clients on product design, design org build-out, websites, and AI-integrated workflows. Lead end-to-end product and web work for clients — strategy and IA through high-fidelity design and front-end build in Webflow, Framer, and Vue/React-adjacent stacks. Build AI-integrated design workflows (Cursor, Figma Make, v0, internal LLM tooling) that compress prototype-to-stakeholder-review cycles.

Design Director & Designer (Freelance) at Righteous / Scott Cook Consulting

September 1, 2022 - Present

Provide executive design leadership across product strategy, UX/UI, and end-to-end delivery. Coordinate cross-functional teams to ship high-fidelity products and bridge design with front-end implementation. Translate ambiguous business problems into ship-ready product solutions; lead discovery and stakeholder alignment; partner with engineering to ensure 1:1 design-to-development fidelity.

Creative Director, Digital Product at Hathway-Bounteous

May 1, 2021 - April 30, 2022

Directed digital product design across multi-channel brand engagements; partnered with executive leadership to align design output with business KPIs. Led and mentored a team of Art Directors and UI Designers, set design standards, ran critiques, and coordinated with Product and Engineering on concurrent client initiatives.

Creative Director at Hathway-Bounteous

May 1, 2021 - April 30, 2022

Directed digital product initiatives across multi-channel brands; established creative standards and KPIs; mentored art directors and UI designers; collaborated with Product and Engineering to deliver cohesive experiences; translated business goals into design outputs and shipped measurable results.

Senior Product Designer at onX Maps

January 1, 2021 - Present

Designed Activity Modes (Trail, Water, Snow) and created a flexible query-card system with elevation profiles and data models to aid field decision-making. Built Discover/Nearby and weather UI flows integrated into core navigation, collaborating with product and engineering to ship features.

Senior Product Designer at OnX Maps

September 1, 2020 - May 31, 2021

Designed core navigation systems for OnX’s outdoor app suite, including 'Activity Modes' (Trail, Water, Snow) with mode-specific overlays and a flexible 'Query Card' pattern for elevation and data layers used in field decision-making. Shipped 'Discover / Nearby' flows that surface adventures and reduce friction to first action.

Product Design Lead at O'Reilly Media (Safari Learning)

February 1, 2017 - August 31, 2020

Led product design for the global learning platform; redesigned B2B and B2C experiences; established and governed a living design system that standardized UI patterns and accelerated development; mentored a team of UI/UX designers; facilitated Lean UX and Agile ceremonies to ship weekly updates for ORM Learn.

Creative Director, UX & Product at PGi (GlobalMeet)

July 1, 2014 - January 31, 2017

Led UX and product design across platforms, aligning design output with business goals and customer needs.

Creative Director (UX / Product) at PGi (GlobalMeet)

July 1, 2014 - January 31, 2017

Directed UX/UI design for the GlobalMeet collaboration suite; managed creative output across web, iOS, and Android; ensured high-fidelity execution within an Agile framework; oversaw the product line’s visual identity and coherence.

Lead Product Designer (Contract) at The Weather Channel

June 1, 2013 - February 28, 2014

Led mobile art direction and UI design for flagship iOS app; collaborated with engineering to ship major version updates; improved navigation and data visualization.

Founder & Creative Director at Driftlab

February 1, 2007 - February 29, 2012

Founder & Creative Director of an award-winning interactive studio, delivering creative and product design work for a range of clients.

Founder & Creative Director at Drift Lab

February 1, 2006 - February 1, 2012

Founded and scaled an award-winning interactive studio, managing strategy through execution for global clients; selected clients included GM, Mercedes AMG, Ford, Sony, Disney, Quaker Oats, and Pepper Floors; successfully negotiated ownership transfer and exit in 2012.