Women Who Design

Overview

Women Who Design is a Twitter directory dedicated to accomplished women working across the design industry. It gives users a fast way to find and follow talented women in design — something that general Twitter search and follower graphs do not make easy.

The directory is organised by expertise, position, and location, making it practical for hiring managers, journalists, event organisers, and peers looking to connect with specific types of design talent.

Key Benefits

• Browse over 600 listed design professionals across 15 distinct expertise categories.
• Filter by position type — from Freelancers and Founders to VPs and CEOs — to find the right seniority level.
• Locate talent by city, with dedicated clusters for New York (181), Bay Area (190), London (39), Los Angeles (52), and more.
• Nominate women to grow the directory and keep the community representative.
• Access a jobs section connecting design professionals with relevant opportunities.

How It Works

A visitor selects a filter — Expertise, Position, or Location — and clicks a category to view matching profiles. Each profile links directly to the listed woman's Twitter account, so following or reaching out requires no extra steps inside the directory itself.

Use Cases

• Hiring managers at product companies searching for senior product designers or UX designers to recruit via Twitter outreach.
• Conference organisers looking for women speakers across disciplines like illustration, type design, or content strategy.
• Journalists and editors sourcing expert quotes from creative directors, researchers, or design system specialists.
• Early-career designers seeking mentors or role models by browsing founders, directors, and leads in their city.
• Freelance illustrators and letterers building peer networks by discovering others in the same specialty.
• Design educators compiling diverse guest speaker lists across graphic design, engineering, and UX disciplines.

Why Choose This Product

Women Who Design suits anyone who needs a curated, filtered starting point for finding accomplished women in design on Twitter — something a raw Twitter search cannot replicate. The directory is community-powered through nominations, keeping the list current without centralised curation overhead.