Connor is brilliant at bottling a brand into a user experience across digital faces. From information hierarchy to a seamless UX, he brings a design polish, intuition, and attention to detail that's extremely rare. We couldn't have asked for better.

Connor’s leadership is defined by his profound, passionate, persistent patterns of caring.

He is relentlessly comprehensive in his work. More than anyone I know, Connor poetically and appropriately infuses even the smallest details with big ideas, past insights, future ambitions, business objectives and user needs.

He cares deeply about producing quality work, he is always paying attention, and he never misses a consideration.

This deep consideration translates to his relationship with his clients and companies. He balances business acumen, creative innovation, and user empathy when he works, but he always puts people before places or projects. He takes the time to listen, deeply understand things, and respond with curiosity and open-mindedness. I had the pleasure of being directly managed by Connor for 6 years, and I can confidently say that he is the most committed, inspiring, thoughtful and caring mentor I have ever had.

I’ve known Connor professionally since 2011. During that time we’ve been colleagues at a large software company, co-founders of a startup, and partners in creative exploration of the possibilities of technology. He has helped me elevate my own skills and ways of thinking about design and software (as I’ve pursued my own career as a founding employee at Slack).

Connor is one of the most creative, perceptive, and sensitive technology designers I’ve worked with. His aesthetic instincts are exceptional and his sense for “what works” is unfailing. Most of all, I’ve always been impressed with Connor’s ability to distill the essence of a given problem and focus on solutions and opportunities that extend from it, rather than getting caught in the weeds of trends, existing answers, or conventional thinking.

He approaches design with a beginner’s mind and a master’s skill set.

I would recommend Connor unreservedly. He is a talented technology designer, a genuine collaborator, and an innovative thinker.

Connor Lowe does everything you would expect a world-class Design leader to do — he constantly finds new ways to motivate his team, he fosters a collaborative and safe environment to create within, he’s a committed mentor, he obsesses over details, and he raises the bar for excellence. He does these things brilliantly and with a high degree of care. However, in addition to that, there are countless intangible things that Connor does to bring out the full potential of others.

He taps into what truly motivates and drives you as a creative, making you want to do your greatest work for him.

Even remotely, Connor is able to effectively cultivate the feeling of a luxury Design studio, regardless of what Design problem you are tasked with solving.

Connor’s incredibly dedicated leadership and master-level Design skills have enabled teams to create some amazing things. Having had the pleasure of reporting directly to Connor, I can confidently recommend him for any leadership position.

Connor is the most patient and caring leader I’ve ever worked with. He truly accepts each and every human as who they are, does not pass judgement, and teaches this mindset as a way of diffusing any and all conflict around him.

Connor created a design team culture of emotional safety and trust. I full heartedly believe that you could drop him into any design team in need of a cultural overhaul, and see marked improvement.

Connor’s support and generous autonomy enabled me to build a world class user research team and capabilities from the ground up, and deliver tremendous business value as a result, all while being myself.

Connor’s lessons on creativity and humanity are ones that I’ll treasure and reference for the rest of my life.

Connor is a rare type of leader that inspires you to think bigger and differently. He led design while I was working with Aritzia within the Digital Experience team. His leadership style is empathetic and inspired me to take on new challenges within the organization.

He created an environment at Aritzia where world-class designers thrived and built Aritizia's e-comm presence from the ground-up - from the very first sale to the 400m+ in revenue that it supports today.

I would recommend him for any organization that values compelling craft, deep problem-solving, and empathetic leadership.