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Signal Engine™

The Signal Engine™ is my framework for turning user research into confident product decisions — without slowing teams down.

14 years. 300 million users. A few YC companies along the way.

I'm Tayler Hughes — a product design consultant who helps startups shape ideas into products people actually want to use.

Product Management

User Experience

Product Strategy

Visual Design

Tayler quickly demonstrated strong product design instincts and a genuine commitment to understanding our users and problem space. Even in a short engagement, he integrated seamlessly into our team and contributed thoughtful, high-quality design work. He approached the work with care, curiosity, and professionalism.

Robert Ross

Angel & LP Investor

Tayler is one of the best Product Designers I've worked with in my many, many years of leading Digital Product workstreams. Tayler worked with us on client work on behalf of the business. Not only is he incredibly talented from a design standpoint, but he is also very personable and able to work collaboratively even in tough circumstances. We trust Tayler to lead independent workstreams on behalf of us with clients, which is testiment to his professionalism and skills. I would not hesitate to recommend Tayler to anyone who has a Digital Product Design need. He is top-tier.

Pete Gatenby

Partner · Mar 2026

Jagex (RuneScape IP)

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