Jason McLaren

I'm Jason McLaren. I don't make fast cars, but I do make beautiful interfaces. I use my knowledge in human-centred design, systems design, user experience, user interface and product strategy to shape products from 0 → 1.

I'm a Principal Designer at Metalab where I bring product to life, whether that's through blue-sky innovation or helping enterprise giants chase their next big thing. I particularly enjoy working with early-stage startups to shape ideas and define their visions. I stay close to the work where the details are.

  Select work. Some shipped, some shelved. All part of the process. These projects are collaborative as part of a wider team. My contributions are noted; the outcomes belong to the team.

PlayerZero

PlayerZero helps teams ship better software, faster. It learns from every issue, strengthens systems, and stops problems before users ever notice. We partnered on brand and product to design an experience that’s minimal, sophisticated, and unafraid of complexity.

(2025)
Artificial Intelligence

User Experience, User Interface, AI Experiences, Systems Design

PlayerZero
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PlayerZero events dialogue

Taking these really complex concepts and making them approachable—that’s actually the hard part—in 3 months, you’ve taken the scope of the problem and created simplicity out of it. I learned a lot. So thank you.

Animesh Koratana

(founder & ceo, playerzero)

PlayerZero folder

Leading AI Lab

I worked with a leading AI lab on the product experience for a conversational assistant used by millions. I can’t name the company publicly. Contracts and all that.

(2025)
Artificial Intelligence

AI Experiences, User Experience, Visual Design, Systems Design

Leading AI Lab

Midjourney

Midjourney began on Discord, where its early community grew to millions. We worked with their team to design Rooms—a multiplayer creative space built to make collaboration easier as the platform expanded.

(2024)
Artificial Intelligence

USER EXPERIENCE, AI EXPERIENCES, Visual Design, Systems Design

Midjourney
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Midjourney app in a phone balancing on a rock

Ro

We helped Ro evolve from a single offering into a holistic, goals-based healthcare platform—personalised, intuitive, and built to grow. A unified system of components supports long-term success and scales globally across products and teams.

(2022)
E-Commerce, Health

User Experience, Visual Design, Systems Design

Ro

The design system that Metalab delivered is so effective that even our most junior designer can spin up a new vertical page in under eight seconds.

Bobby Saban

(Product manager, ro)

Motion 𐄁 Adrien Joulie

Yahoo! Fantasy

Yahoo! Fantasy is loved by millions, but years of growth made it complex. We partnered with their team to rebuild the experience from the ground up—simplifying the architecture, unifying the design system across all leagues, and giving it a clear, modern voice again.

(2024)
Sport, News

User Experience, Visual Design, Systems Design, Architecture

3D Renders 𐄁 Chris Robinson

Holy cow are these cool. Love it. SOOOOOO EXCITING!

Ryan Spoon

(President, Yahoo! Media Group)

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Select experiences

Metalab
Uber
EA Games
PlayerZero
IBM
Midjourney
Yahoo!
Politico
CNN
Harvard
Goldman Sachs
Amazon
Twitter
Ro
Mychro
Qantas
ADP

Clients & employers