About Halftone Digital
What is Halftone Digital?
Halftone Digital is a fully remote digital product design studio. The homepage tagline reads: "We're a digital product design studio dedicated to creating inclusive & meaningful user experiences." The team is, in their own words, "a design studio made up of UX/UI-ers, animators, illustrators, and design system gurus" — passionate about craft, clients, and "maintaining a healthy work/life balance." Halftone Digital LLC is also a veteran-owned business (acknowledged on the live homepage).
The service portfolio is six-pillar: Interface Design / User Experience / Motion Design / Prototyping / Design Systems / Branding. The working model is intentionally flexible: "Our working model varies from project-based to fully embedded staff augmentation. Above all, we prioritize flexibility, empathetic design solutions, and creating lasting, trusting client partnerships."
Marquee client work is anchored at Adobe. Verbatim testimonials from the homepage:
- Gabi Duncombe (Senior Staff Experience Designer, Adobe): "Partnering with Halftone has been an incredible experience for our design team. Their designers quickly ramp up on new projects and consistently deliver high-craft UX/UI/prototyping work with a positive, collaborative attitude and a growth mindset. I highly recommend Halftone for anyone looking for top-tier design expertise!"
- Christopher Azar (Group Design Manager, Adobe DVA Team): "Working with Halftone has felt like a true partnership and an extension of our team. The engagement, responsiveness, and ease of our working relationship are all among the best I've had in my almost 20-year career working with freelancers and creative agencies. I appreciate the talent and professionalism that they have brought to the table since day one."
The studio's blog index references its own 4-day-week origin story posts ("We're moving to a permanent 4 day work week 🎉" and "A Year in Review: Our Experience with a Four Day, 32 Hour Work Week") — these posts' titles are visible on the live blog index page even though the linked URLs currently return 404.
Where will I work?
Halftone Digital is fully remote, with Minneapolis (612 area code) roots and a US team. Contact: [email protected] / (612) 440-7683.
What is the Halftone team like?
Twelve named team members on the homepage: Mike (Founder & Owner), Shelby (Director of Operations), Paul (Creative Director), Sarah (Designer & Animator), Aaron (Sr. Designer), Andres (Motion Design Lead), Amy (Sr. Visual Designer), Christine (Sr. Designer), Lucia (Sr. Product Designer), Olena (Product Designer), Mike (Product Designer), Anna (Senior Designer & Animator). The team profile mix — animation, motion design, product design, design systems — reflects the studio's capability range from brand storytelling through to enterprise-grade design system delivery.
The studio also publishes a sustained design education blog (Figma Config recaps, Adobe After Effects tutorials, Figma-to-Webflow walkthroughs, visual accessibility deep-dives, JSON exporting from After Effects, Pandemic-impact reflections, "Why am I here?" career posts) — a deliberate investment in the broader design community beyond billable client work.
Work-Life Balance
Halftone Digital is listed in our directory as operating a 4-day, 32-hour work week at 100% salary. The studio's blog index displays announcement titles for the permanent 4DW move and a year-in-review of 32-hour weeks, but the underlying full-text blog posts currently return 404. Verify current schedule details with the studio before applying.
Perks and Benefits
Live homepage does not publish a detailed benefits list. DB has historically tracked unlimited PTO, healthcare, dental, 401k/pension, equipment, and yearly company retreats (e.g. Mexico 2023) — but the original blog posts documenting these specifics are no longer accessible. The studio invites direct contact for project work and speculative applications via [email protected].