Vol. 04, 2026 A working portfolio

JP Holdsworth.

A product designer who leads, ships craft, and writes the code. Currently Staff PD at BioRender, building multiplayer canvas. Previously Calendly and Allē by Allergan.

Currently

Designing and shipping the realtime collaboration layer at BioRender, the visual language used by 4M+ scientists. Open to conversations.

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§ 01, Field notes

Designer-builder, on purpose.

Disciplines

Product design, design leadership, growth, design systems, front-end engineering.

Industries

Scientific software, scheduling SaaS, aesthetic medicine & loyalty.

Tools

Figma, Next.js, TypeScript, React, Framer Motion, Claude Code, pen & paper.

Education

BBA, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Recognition

[TBD: awards, talks, or features you'd like listed]

For most of my career the line between designing something and shipping something has felt strangely policed. Designers handed off. Engineers picked up. The work crossed a border. I never loved that border. So I spent a decade trying to unbuild it. Closer to the work, faster between the idea and the artifact.

Today that means I'm a Staff Product Designer at BioRender, where I design and write the code for the realtime collaboration layer of a tool used by four million scientists. Before BioRender, I was Senior PD at Calendly, and before that I led the design teams at Allē by Allergan behind the Wallet and Pay Over Time products, first as Lead Product Designer, then as Manager of Product Design.

"Designer-builder isn't a brand exercise. It's how I think the role is moving."

Field notes, 2026

If you're hiring for a design leader who still does the craft, or a staff designer who can hold a room of execs, that's the conversation I'd like to have.

§ 02, Case studies
01
BioRender 2026 · in flight

Multiplayer canvas

Designing and shipping the realtime collaboration layer for BioRender's canvas. The visual language used by 4M+ scientists to communicate research. Working across cursor presence, selection sync, conflict resolution, and the design of the multiplayer state itself. Code by me, design by me. [TBD: shipping milestone, beta numbers, or specific outcome you want to surface]

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Realtime Canvas Code & design
02
Point.me 2025 · Design consultant

Point.me design

Design consulting for Point.me, the points and miles award search service. [TBD: 2 to 3 sentences on the engagement, what you shaped or shipped, and the outcome. Same shape as the other entries on this page.]

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Consulting Travel Consumer
03
Allē by Allergan Aug to Dec 2022 · Lead designer

Allē Pay Over Time

A financing experience inside the Allē app that lets patients apply, get pre-approved without a credit check, and use payment plans at the provider. Designed for three audiences at once: patients applying on their own, providers texting a link, and the in-clinic surface for processing payments.

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Fintech Consumer Multi-surface
04
Allē by Allergan Aug to Dec 2022 · Lead designer

The Allē Wallet

A foundation rebuild for the loyalty wallet behind BOTOX® and JUVÉDERM®. Cut support tickets by 38%, lifted provider leads 17%, and quietly enabled every wallet feature shipped after, including Payment Plans, enhanced rewards, and a full rebrand, with no structural changes.

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Loyalty Foundation Consumer
05
Calendly 2021 · Senior PD

[TBD title]

[TBD project description. You said you'd share more on this one. Slot it in here: what was the problem, what did you ship, what was the outcome. Suggested length: 3 to 4 sentences.]

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§ 03, Archive

Everything else, filed by year.

§ 04, Contact

Let's make
something
together.

I'm Staff Product Designer at BioRender, and I'm always open to a conversation about hybrid leader-who-ships roles, growth design, multiplayer canvases, or the slow craft of making digital things together. Send a note about what you're working on. I read everything.

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