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Alex Fortney is a product designer in New York City who's been in the game for over 15 years.

Today, Alex leads the design system at Clay.

She's worked with a lot of other nice folks, too.

Alex Fortney

Some of the cool folks I've worked with

Selected work — 2020 to now

Case Studies

Here's a look at some of the cool problems I've solved over the years.

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Alex Fortney

Alex
Fortney

I'm a principal product designer based in New York City with over 15 years of experience building digital products people actually want to use.

Right now I'm building the design system at Clay, where I work across foundations, components, and the culture that keeps a design system alive.

Before Clay I've worked with PayPal, Hodinkee, Asurion, Spotify, and a handful of others — on everything from enterprise B2B tools to luxury e-commerce experiences to design systems that outlasted my time there.

I care about craft, clarity, and making things that hold up under pressure. When I'm not designing, I'm probably looking at watches.