Projects by Neil Yarnal
- WeMentor — WeMentor — Find your Circle, 2026. Community & mentorship. A localized peer-to-peer mentorship network — built end-to-end with founder Andrew Bresee. Role: Creative Director & Communal Design Steward. Services: Brand identity, Product design, Design token system, Communal Design facilitation, Marketing & community campaign. Technologies: Figma, After Effects, React, Design tokens. Keywords: WeMentor, Find your Circle, peer-to-peer mentorship, Boulder Colorado, community platform, Communal Design, context pack, single source of truth, Janusha Ventures.
- CU ATLAS — University of Colorado, Q2/Q3, 2026. Higher education · Interdisciplinary research. A unified product surface for an interdisciplinary research institute — built so students, faculty, and outside collaborators can actually find each other's work. Role: UI/X Design & AI FDE. Services: UI/X design, AI forward-deployed engineering, Product design, Research interfaces. Technologies: Figma, React, TypeScript, LLM tooling. Keywords: CU ATLAS, University of Colorado, interdisciplinary institute, AI FDE, research platform.
- EthBoulder — EthBoulder — Fork The Frontier, 2026. Ethereum · Web3 · Events. A first-of-its-kind, fully async build for a decentralized Ethereum gathering in Boulder, CO — assembled by contributors around the world using communal design as the operating system. Role: Brand Track Lead & Communal Design Steward. Services: Brand identity, Communal Design facilitation, Event creative direction, Web design (Webflow), Product design (Schelling Point app). Technologies: Figma, Webflow, React, TypeScript. Keywords: EthBoulder, Ethereum, communal design, decentralized event, Schelling Point, Boulder Colorado, Fork The Frontier.
- ComfortAI — ComfortAI, 2024. HVAC and home services. An omnichannel HVAC monitoring system connecting homeowners, technicians, and field teams across web, mobile, and in-home hardware. Role: Creative Director. Services: Brand systems, Product design, Design systems, AI workflow design, Print and field collateral. Technologies: Figma, React, TypeScript, 3D, Print production. Keywords: HVAC monitoring, omnichannel system, AI virtual technician, field service software, predictive alerts, Kelvin character system.
Projects
Systems shipped, in depth.
Fractional Creative Direction2024
Snapshot
BrightAI
Fractional creative direction through a Series A — brand, product, and go-to-market design.
Problem
Series A team needed senior creative direction without a full-time hire.
Approach
Embedded as fractional CD across brand, product surface, and launch comms.
Outcome
Coherent brand and product surface in time for Series A milestones.
Public Team
- Alex Hawkinson, CEO & Founder
- Golda Hartman, COO
- Kiran Bharwani, CTO
- Jing Jing Xu, CFO
- Nancy Li, VP of Product
- Erin Dudley, Director of Marketing
Our build teams may not reflect management, in present. Early-stage work often requires managerial shifts to achieve proper scale.