R Role landing · Russell

Welcome, Russell.

Lead Designer, MemberIntel. Joining the team after Blair’s 2026-05-11 decision to add a dedicated design lead. Initially part-time / contract through Phase 1 with a potential move to full-time as the product surfaces solidify.

This is your view of MemberIntel from the design seat. Read the internal JD for the full role definition, the design references for the live mockup and visual system, and Seth’s Lead Architect JD for the boundary between design and engineering.

Pages for Russell

All content tagged for this role across the spec.

Decision Rights Matrix

A binding contract defining who owns which decisions across engineering, product, compliance, and GTM — keeping Seth and Santiago unblocked as peers without escalating every disagreement to Blair. Updated 2026-05-11 to retire the dedicated Product Lead role (Santiago absorbed the duties) and add Russ as Lead Designer.
Design References

Living index of design artifacts for MemberIntel: the current Claude mockup, the Figma source-of-truth as it lands, and the visual-system conventions documented in docs/design/MemberIntel/CLAUDE.md.
Elevator Pitch — What MemberIntel Is

Plain-language descriptions of MemberIntel for different audiences — a one-liner, an elevator paragraph, and riffs tuned to designers, engineers, friendly outsiders, and curious customers. Use when explaining the project to someone new in under a minute.
Meeting Log — Blair × Seth, 2026-05-11

Full decision log from the Blair × Seth working session on 2026-05-11: friction-points resolutions, team structure changes (Product Lead retired → Santiago expanded; Russ added as Lead Designer), free-tier LLM strategy (local Ollama-class), GCP hosting confirmed, 14-day Pro trial for existing MP members, domain registrations, action items.
Phase 1-2 Friction Points

A companion one-pager surfacing seven decisions where the May architectural commitments conflict with the v1 phased plan. All 7 decisions resolved in the Blair × Seth working session on 2026-05-11 (see /meeting-2026-05-11-blair); resolution summary at the top of this page.
Russell — Lead Designer JD

Lead Designer role definition: owns the visual system, end-to-end product UX, and design-to-engineering hand-off for MemberIntel. Reports to Blair Williams. Decided 2026-05-11 in the Blair × Seth working session — initially part-time / contract through Phase 1 with potential move to full-time as product surfaces solidify.
Santiago — Product + Project Lead JD

Santiago Perez Asis's expanded role definition: combined Product Lead + Project Manager for MemberIntel — PRD ownership, sprint cadence, dependency tracking, risk register, L10 scorecard, and cross-functional coordination. Expanded 2026-05-11 after Blair decided not to backfill the Product Lead role following Cindy's departure.