Hello, I'm Christian!
I’m a product design & UX research leader in Raleigh, NC, driving clarity, craft, and culture in high-growth companies creating intelligent products.
About
I'm currently working remotely as the head of design at Iterable, a marketing automation platform, where we help brands better communicate with their customers. It's an exciting space, with all sorts of interesting challenges around AI, big data, and tools for creation. I love getting to work with technology that's human-centered, makes people's jobs easier, and amplifies their creative potential.
At Iterable, I've scaled the design team, built our research and design systems practices, led complex AI and modernization efforts, and helped shape a multi-year product vision.
Prior to that, I was the design director at thoughtbot's Raleigh studio, where we built custom web and mobile applications for our clients around the Southeast.
I'm a full-stack generalist with a bias for clarity, momentum, and thoughtful systems. I care deeply about craft, continuous learning, and building cultures where people feel empowered to do their best work—especially in distributed environments.
Contact
- hello@christianreuter.io
- @christian-reuter-b8ab371b3
Work
A few nice things colleagues have shared
“Christian is a seasoned leader who takes initiative before any is requested. He has stepped into very ambiguous strategic conversations with great confidence. Through his leadership and facilitation we are able to come to critical clarity. I believe Christian is one of the most thoughtful partners across the org when it comes to distilling key components of strategic thought specific to our platform and in collaboration across the org.”
“Christian helps me feel more confident and inspired to take more risks in my work”
“Over the past year, Christian has done a uniquely impressive job steering Iterable toward the future. He led our new design system creation, spearheaded scaling our user research approach, led new product concepts design sprints, championed product design principles. He keeps the team aligned, cuts through ambiguity, approaches challenges with a smile and kindness for everyone around him. He's a secret weapon, and we're lucky to have him.”
“There are so many areas where I feel Christian truly excels in his role, but the number one thing has to be his ability to empower the people he manages. As director of product design, his ability to empower the product design team is what has made all of the UI/UX improvements possible and it's why we continue to see an influx of customer compliments about our product's usability. His leadership and genuine care for the people and products he oversees comes through in every meeting and every decision he makes. Even through our current turbulent times, where he's having to manage more than ever, he continues to excel and pushes us all to be better each and every day. Iterable is lucky to have Christian and I'm lucky I get to work with and learn from him.”
“You are the most thoughtful and talented design leader I've worked with yet—truly a design role model. Your ability to care deeply about both the work and the people behind it is something I'll carry forward. I'll be leaving with so many lessons from you—about craft, leadership, and the impact of design at an organizational level.”
“Christian, your ability to lead, critique, design, and produce is incredibly impressive. There is no doubt that you're at least 50% of the success of the office.”
“Christian's superpower is his ability to genuinely listen to ideas coming from other folks, and give them a fair shake-even if they don't work out, or if he doesn't agree. He's so good at making people feel seen and heard-not because it's some kind of trick he's good at, but because he's genuinely interested and curious in ideas that aren't his own.”