Neil Yarnal — Brand Designer & Creative Technologist

Neil is a Founder, Principal Brand Designer, and Creative Technologist operating at the intersection of brand, systems, innovation and product. His work focuses on how organizations can better structure intent—shaping the processes, frameworks, and decision-making models that define organizations for scale. Through concepts like The Who* Work and Communal* Design, he develops living systems that prioritize identity, alignment, narrative and trust over purely transactional metrics. Today, Neil is co-building a marketplace of modular branded tools & orgs that connect local access, emerging technology, community-driven governance and creativity. He is particularly focused on the role of identity development, brand narrative, legal tech, governance models, and new creative mediums that advance healthier standards for the growing gig economy. Neil loves learning about new projects focused on solving real problems.

Capabilities: Brand systems, Creative direction, Product design, Creative technology, Governance models, Legal tech, Communal design, AI workflow design. Tools and technologies: Figma, TypeScript, React, Design tokens, Motion design, Prompt design, Agent design, Type design, Shader prototyping.

Based in Boulder, CO. Contact: hello@neilyarnal.studio.

Profile

Neil Yarnal

Brand Systems, Product Design, Creative Technology. Helping organizations turn complex ideas into clear brands, useful products, and practical systems for scale.

Founder, Local*

Brand · Product · Scale

EST · 2023

Experience

Brand systems

Identity systems for products, teams, and evolving brands.

Product design

Interfaces, systems, and workflows for modern products.

Creative tech

Prototypes that close the gap between design and engineering.

AI workflows

Practical AI systems for teams integrating automation into daily work.