Talking about what I can’t talk about.

The Connected Lab Team (well, like half of us…)

I’ve been here for almost a year now, but I haven’t really spoken about what I’ve been working on at Connected Lab. And if you take a look at our site, I’m sure you’ll still have a bunch of questions.

We have a number of really exciting projects on the horizon, and I really really wish I could speak more openly about our clients and the projects we’re working on. But for a number of reasons, we can only speak openly after NDAs have been signed (and even then, it’s a bit problematic). That said, I’ll do my best to dance around the specifics so you’ll get a better idea of what we’re doing over here.

We’re collaborating very closely with a major product company in Silicon Valley (whose apps are likely on your home screen) on an entirely new product. It’s the kind of career-defining product that we’ll all look back on and say “shit, can you believe we helped create that?”
We just secured a multi-year partnership with a large audio electronics company to help build their next generation of products (everything from in-home products to in-car). You likely have one of their products in your home already.
We’re in the early stages of a research & design project with a large, well-known camera company. We’re helping them understand their customers better while envisioning new products.
We’re doing a number of voice-based projects for a variety of clients. We’re even working on our own voice product (which Amazon described as “absolutely phenomenal”).

And those are just some of the projects we’re working on right now. We’ve also got opportunities to work on new AR/VR products, a huge multi-year automotive project, and an exciting opportunity with one of the world’s best tech companies.

But we can’t start any of these because we simply can’t hire fast enough.

We’re already over 100 people, and at the moment we need to hire at least another 11 designers and 20 engineers, not to mention Product Managers, a QA Manager, and a bunch of other roles.

So if any of this sounds interesting, give me a shout. Visit our website, apply for a job, and come work with us. And then we can really talk about what we’re doing over here.

Jeremy is VP of Design at Connected Lab, and previously a Partner at Teehan+Lax. If you like written content like this, but a lot shorter (and honestly, usually just retweets at this point), you can find him on Twitter.

Originally published on Medium, but republished here as I consolidate my writing on a self-hosted platform.