Leeds
Our original home and headquarters. Strategy, brand and client partnerships.
About the studio
Fifty-plus makers. One obsession: work that moves people.
Our mission is to create innovative digital solutions that drive growth and engagement. Since 2014 we have helped start-ups, scale-ups and household names design, build and grow products their customers love.
What we value
Five values we hire for, review against and actually use.
Creativity
Ideas that make people stop scrolling, rooted in a clear strategy.
Innovation
New tools when they serve the user, never for their own sake.
Quality
Accessible, fast and robust is the baseline, not the upsell.
Collaboration
One team with our clients, with shared tools and shared goals.
Sustainability
Lighter pages, greener hosting and products built to last.
Leadership
The people who will be in the room.
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Maya Lindgren
Co-founder & CEO
Maya founded Northbeam after a decade leading product design at a fintech scale-up. She sets the studio’s direction and still sketches on every new brief.
Speaks regularly on design leadership and inclusive product teams.
Jonah Reyes
Co-founder & CTO
Jonah leads engineering across web and mobile. He champions performance budgets and the studio’s carbon-aware build pipeline.
Previously a staff engineer on large-scale commerce platforms.
Aisha Karim
Design Director
Aisha runs our UI/UX and brand teams, with a focus on research-led design systems that scale across products.
Mentor with two design education charities.
Daniel Brooks
Strategy Partner
Daniel connects customer insight to business cases. He leads discovery on our largest engagements.
Former management consultant in retail and financial services.
Lucas Ferreira
Head of Mobile, Lisbon
Lucas built our mobile practice from two people to fourteen, shipping apps with millions of downloads.
Runs the Lisbon studio’s monthly open engineering evenings.
Hannah Cole
Head of Content
Hannah leads content strategy, UX writing and editorial, making sure every product speaks like the brand behind it.
Editor of the Northbeam field notes newsletter.
Studios & culture
Two studios, nine countries, one way of working.
Four-day focus weeks, a learning budget for everyone and a quarterly week together in person.
Lisbon
Design and engineering hub, and home of the mobile practice.
Remote
Teammates across nine countries, connected by shared rituals and tools.