Connor Gettel
Design Leader & Builder
Design leader with eight-plus years of experience scaling design teams and systems in high-growth fintech. Background in audio engineering and generative art. I build the infrastructure that makes small teams punch above their weight — career frameworks, design operations, AI-enabled tooling, and governance that compounds over time.
Figma, Design Systems, SwiftUI, TypeScript, Claude & GPT APIs, Agentic AI, Prompt Engineering, Structured Output, DesignOps, Figma Plugin Development
Experience
MoonPay
London, United KingdomVP of Product Design
Sep 2025 — Mar 2026Stepped into the VP role during a period of significant organisational change, owning design strategy and leadership across MoonPay's global product surface.
Director of Product Design
Aug 2024 — Sep 2025Owned design across Consumer, Platform, and Growth. Rebuilt the design system and drove modularisation of core ramp products used across identity, payments, fraud, and trade. Introduced AI-enabled design operations and governance standards to scale quality and efficiency.
Head of Product Design
Sep 2023 — Aug 2024Scaled the team from 4 to 10 designers and redefined how design operated cross-functionally. Established levelling frameworks, rebuilt critique culture, and partnered with engineering to drive consistency and velocity through implementation reviews and design governance.
Staff Product Designer
Aug 2022 — Sep 2023Joined MoonPay to bring structure and systems to an early-stage design function. Introduced partner theming, semantic token architecture, and design documentation standards, transforming the company's visual and technical design foundations.
Curve
London, United KingdomLead Product Designer
Apr 2020 — Jun 2022Promoted during the pandemic to scale Curve's design team from 1 to 6 and help steer the company through Series C growth to nearly 500 people. Built the first career framework, introduced design operations and lightweight research workflows, and evolved design into a strategic partner to product and engineering.
Product Designer
Nov 2017 — Apr 2020Joined Curve shortly after Series A as one of the first 30 employees, stepping into the sole design role during its early hypergrowth. Led end-to-end design for major launches including Amex top-up, P2P Payments, and Insights, and helped shift the product toward a subscription model.
Education
University of Westminster
2016 — 2017MA Interactive Media, Industrial and Product Design
DistinctionSAE Institute
2013 — 2015BSc Audio Engineering
1st Class HonoursThe International School of Kuala Lumpur
2008 — 2010IB Diploma