Jak Horner
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Twitter · Live audio · Product design

Twitter Spaces

Spaces is a collaborative audio broadcast where individuals can have intimate conversations together using their voice.

Role

Sr. Product Designer, Design Lead

"There's a layer of connectivity missing on Twitter. That connectivity will be built through the emotion, nuance, and empathy built around voices of people. Listening to those voices and sharing your own will further the public conversation."

Spaces preview in the Twitter timeline Spaces participant grid, start listening state Spaces participant grid with live reactions

Co-hosting

Invite two others to join you in hosting a Space.

Co-host invite banner within a live Space Accept co-host invite modal Guest list showing co-hosts and speakers

Recording & Replays

Extend the value of a Space past the moment it is live.

Record Space toggle when creating a Space Live recording indicator during a Space Setting the start time on a Space replay

Clipping

Bring the best moments of a Space to the timeline.

Clip creation entry point during a live Space Create clip modal with waveform Published clip shared in the timeline

Other Work

Spark

Spark

The Mind Company · Puzzle app · Product design · Creative Direction · Prototyping

Cross Product Discovery

The New York Times · App redesign · Product design leadership

More Projects

Listen Tab

Listen Tab

The New York Times · Audio · Product design

Voice Tweets

Twitter · Voice · Product design

Birthday Scavenger Hunt

Birthday Scavenger Hunt

TwoDots · Live event · Art direction & product design

Wilds

Wilds

Dots · Mobile puzzle game · UX & visual design

Jak Horner

About

I'm a designer with 15 years of experience building products across games, audio, social, and journalism. I'm currently a Staff Product Designer at The Mind Company, building Spark — a game you can learn something from. Before that, I led the biggest redesign of The New York Times app since 2008, was a design lead for Twitter Spaces, and helped shape the brand and design at Dots, the indie studio behind Two Dots, the #1 mobile game in over 100 countries. My work has been recognized with a Fast Company Innovation by Design award, three Webby Awards for Two Dots — Games, 2016, Best Visual Design Aesthetic, 2017, and Best Game Design, 2018 — and Apple Editors' Choice for both Two Dots and Spark.

Experience

  • The Mind CompanyStaff Product Designer — building Spark
  • The New York TimesPrincipal Product Designer — Cross Product Discovery, Listen Tab
  • TwitterSr. Product Designer → Staff Product Designer — Voice Tweets, Spaces
  • DotsVisual Designer → Project Lead — Two Dots, Wilds, Birthday Scavenger Hunt