About LibertyAustin, Texas

I care about how things work, how they feel, and whether people can understand them.

Liberty Sky Carlin standing outside a pink vintage trailer

Design was part of how I learned to look at the world. I traveled from a young age, then moved to New York at 17 and started interning at Paper Magazine. I fell in love with the way a story could be shaped through type, image, spacing, and point of view.

Editorial design eventually led me to product design. The medium changed, but the instinct did not. I still think like an editor: finding the structure, making the complex feel clear, and caring deeply about every detail. Craft is not something I add at the end. It is how I move through the work.

Outside of work, I travel with my husband, Cass, and our son, Otis. We spend as much of life outdoors as we can. Cass is an avid fly fisherman, so conservation and the health of our water are not abstract ideas in our house. That shapes how I think about AI, too. I'm excited by it as a tool, but I don't believe in using it simply because we can. I care about applying it where it genuinely helps people, while staying honest about its cost and impact.

Things I keep coming back to.

Color, craft, humor, ephemera, and evidence of the human hand.

Handcrafted colorful sandal from the Carven Spring 2018 collection
A collection of softly worn erasers in warm colors
A home vignette filled with folk art, garlands, and colorful objects
A handmade sun costume casting a large shadow
A person flying a geometric red kite in a field
A layered collection of vintage transit tickets
Tamar Cohen collage made from printed ephemera and orange dots
A sculptural green number five
A sculptural weathered red Kawakawa chair
Printed exhibition material sealed inside a clear plastic bag
A pale blue embroidered invitation tucked into an envelope
A pink menu punched with small stars and circles
An orange sculptural sign shaped like two eyes
A woman looking upward in a vintage film still
A child holding oversized googly eyes over their face
A handmade stone earpiece tied with cord

Where I've shaped products and systems.

01

LTK

Dec 2023 to Present

Senior Product Designer
Design systems / Brand platform

I joined LTK as a product designer, then found my way back to design systems after a major refresh of the brand platform. Working closely with the systems team showed me how much I love connecting product, brand, and craft at scale.

02

Twilio

Nov 2022 to Dec 2023

Senior Visual Product Designer
Design systems / Voice experience

I was the liaison between design systems and Brand, making sure Twilio's point of view showed up clearly across the platforms we acquired. The work was equal parts systems thinking, collaboration, and protecting what made each product useful.

03

T3

May 2022 to Nov 2022

Product Designer
Digital products

Designed digital product experiences from early concepts through detailed interfaces, bringing brand strategy and product thinking into the same process.

04

AT&T

Nov 2019 to May 2020

UI Product Designer
Enterprise tools

When the pandemic pushed our team fully remote, we learned how to stay close and ship some of our best work without sharing a room. Figma became the place where we worked through problems together, made decisions, and kept the collaboration moving.