About Daniel Harvey

I’m a Design director that creates new opportunities for people, brands, and businesses.

For the last six years I’ve led amazing design teams at some of London’s most exciting mission-driven startups. Currently, I’m at Berry Health where we're working to make healthcare judgement-free for people with stigmatised conditions in Ghana. Before that I was at Habito where we helped people find home and Babylon where we provided affordable and accessible healthcare to patients around the world. And earlier still, I worked to democratise the creative industries at The Dots, the LinkedIn for Creatives.

Prior to going inside at startups, I held senior creative leadership roles at top agencies and consultancies like R/GA and Sapient. While there, I created transformative experiences for HBO, The Times, MasterCard, and NatWest.

I write and speak about the impact of design and technology on culture and politics. I’ve written for Fast Company, The Drum, Campaign, Huffington Post, and spoken at SXSW, IxDA, and Mind The Product. My newsletter—20 Minutes into the Future—is a critical look at how big tech is shaping our lives today and what actions we can take for a better tomorrow.

Product Design Director

Habito | London | Oct 2011 – Current
Set and articulate the vision for product design at Habito. Be the voice of and advocate for design across the company. Shape the direction for our design strategy and team. Manage, grow and mentor the product design team. Create an environment where designers can thrive and do their best work.

Founder & Design Director

Blank Reg Ltd | Global | Jul 2011 – Current
Product design and brand strategy consulting that has led to millions in investment and media impressions. Produce high-performing creative concepts with an emphasis on early stage fundraising. Mentor senior management of start-ups, corporations, and governments to develop and manage the launch of new apps, IOT hardware, and mobile operating systems.

Global Creative Director

Babylon Health | London | Mar 2020 – Nov 2020
Design authority for Babylon’s design system, replatforming effort to React Native, and our global future vision and app redesign. Experience strategy team lead providing design thinking to shape commercial deals before the ink is dry and design doing to prototype new propositions to test their desirability in the marketplace. My team also provides centralised service design and behaviour change expertise & support across the business.

Head of Product Design & Brand

The Dots | London, UK | Sep 2017 – Sep 2019
Developed and directed a world-class inclusive design team that created products that boosted key metrics by 25x. Shipped iOS app from concept to completion within three months, 4.6-star rating, and App of the Day. Worked with the board and VCs to deliver on a £4M funding round.

Chief Creative Officer

Zone | London, UK | Nov 2016 – Oct 2017
Doubled the product design team, increased content staff by 30%, and achieved gender balance within the creative department. Directed 60 staff and designed new products and content for Adidas, M&S, and The NHS. Co-founded a voice computing group.

Global Creative Director

SapientNitro | London, UK | Jan 2012 – Oct 2016
Transformed loss-leading information architecture discipline into a 40% profit-margin experience design practice. Designed new products, services, and brands for MasterCard, NatWest, and The Times. Contributed to internal diversity initiatives like the Women's Leadership Network and PRIDE.

Executive Creative Director

R/GA | NYC, USA | Jul 2007 – Jul 2011
Creative direction for over 100 staff on key tier one accounts worth millions. Designed new products, services, and brands for Apple, Google, HBO, and more. Co-founded mobile and prototyping centers of excellence.

BFA (Hons) - Sculpture & Art Education

SVA | NYC, USA | Aug 1992 – Jun 1996
Much of my course work had me working in the New York City public school system. I was fortunate to work with the Met, MoMA, and The American Museum of Natural History. I also worked as an Assistant Director at Room, a gallery in Soho.

Advisor

Creative Equals | London, UK | Sep 2016 – Current
Creative Equals is the gender diversity kitemark of the creative industry. Our vision is for all creative departments to be 50/50, from the bottom to the top. Our mission is to train, sponsor and champion female creative talent throughout their careers.

Visiting Fellow & Lecturer

Various | Global | Oct 2015 – Current
Mentor, lecture, and develop industry talent programs for Birmingham City University, University of Southern California, Kings College, Hyper Island, and more.

Mentor

Techstars | London, UK | Mar 2015 – Current
Provide product & service design guidance for the startups in both the Techstars and Techstars + Barclays financial services accelerators.

Expert

Apps for Good | London, UK | Apr 2014 – Current
Apps for Good unlocks the confidence and talent of young people through creative learning programmes, in which students use new technologies to design and make products that can make a difference to their world.

Co-Chair, Student Design Charette

IXDA | Global | Sep 2018 – Sep 2020
The IxDA Student Design Charette reflects the growing diversity of design education and practice; annually over 100 students compete, from all over the globe. These students represent the best of the next generation of interaction design, product design and service design.