Stacey Nova
Lead Product Designer • Founder of PixelPerfect • Founder of Semiology Studios • Guest lecturer at LSE and Hult Business School • Webby Awards judge
Stacey is the founder of PixelPerfect and a Lead Product Designer who has worked with early-stage founders and global organisations including Mercedes-Benz, Novartis, the NHS, BP and Chanel.
She progressed to Senior Designer within three years, often working as the only designer in the room. That meant learning early how to explain design decisions to non-designers, get founders and leadership behind her recommendations, introduce better ways of working, and connect good design to what the business actually needs.
Since 2018, she has built products from 0→1, introduced design processes and systems into growing organisations, and mentored designers through their own career challenges. She has also lectured at LSE and Hult and serves as a Webby Awards judge.
Her biggest strength is communication: turning design thinking into language that founders, managers and stakeholders understand — and teaching other designers how to do the same.
"I've been the only designer, and the only woman, in the room."
"For much of my design career, I worked in teams where I had to learn how to advocate for design, explain my decisions to non-designers and get people to trust my recommendations.
The biggest change in my own career happened when I worked alongside much more experienced designers. I stopped second-guessing every decision. I learned how to present my work, communicate with stakeholders and operate with confidence when there wasn't another designer in the room.
Today I run PixelPerfect, a community built to give designers access to the kind of support, conversations and experienced people I wish I'd had earlier in my career.
Growth Lab for Women is my way of making that support much more personal.
I won't teach you how to design. I'll help you become more confident in the designer you already are — and make sure other people can see your value too."
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