Matt Yow

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With over 15 years of experience, I’ve integrated with teams of all sizes — from startups to publicly traded companies, from internal teams to an array of contractors. My focus is on core brand design systems with a deep regard for powerful brand strategy.

Currently, I am Staff Brand Designer at Netlify.

I live in Richmond, Virginia.

Recently

  • I built an app to catalog my home library.
  • In an effort to customize everything, I also built a site to track books I want to buy. It is To Buy and Be Read.
  • Launched axis.run, Netlify’s agentic experience scoring system (AXIS)
  • I published a font, Ghost Byte. It’s free.
  • I made an Out of Town Scoreboard for today’s MLB games (“today” only) that uses Ghost Byte.
  • Lettering for a shirt for Counter, a brand and type studio in Orlando. See it here.

Featured Work

Experience

  • Netlify, 2025–current
    Staff Brand Designer
  • Census (acquired by Fivetran), 2021–2025
    Principal Brand Designer
  • Focus Lab, 2020–2021
    Designer
  • Vela, 2019–2020
    Head of Brand
  • Intercom, 2017–2019
    Senior Brand Designer
  • Twin Forrest, 2014–2017
    Founder, Design Director
  • Focus Lab, 2011–2014
    Designer
  • Red Antler, 2011
    Design Intern
  • Savannah College of Art and Design, 2015
    Bachelor’s of Fine Arts, Graphic Design

Clients & Collaborators

  • Adobe
  • Apple
  • BambooHR
  • Chick-fil-A
  • Hewlett-Packard
  • Intercom
  • Lyft
  • Microsoft
  • Monotype
  • Red Antler
  • SeatGeek
  • The Savannah College of Art and Design
  • Tiny Wins
  • Treehouse
  • University of California Berkeley

Elsewhere

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Typography is Triptych by The Pyte Foundry. Site built by me. All errors are intentional.

I am available for contract work — or say hello!