
A design function,
run on
automation.
Three systems did the heavy lifting: an AI brief generator that turns any request into a designer-ready brief, an automated Jira workflow that reads feedback and routes it to the right person, and Canva as a self-serve toolbox so anyone can create on-brand and send straight to approval.
Requesters aren't designers
The people who need design can't always describe it in a way designers can act on. That translation gap, not effort, was the real bottleneck.
The PMM
Knows the business goal, not the visual language. The brief arrives as a loose idea.
The engineer
Something technical to convey, with no visual reference to hand over.
The executive
“Make it pop.” High expectations, ambiguous direction, no time to unpack it.
The bottleneck
Every unclear ask routed through the design team just to be decoded first.
Translate, then automate
An AI brief generator translates the ask into something designers can act on, then a Jira workflow routes it to the right person automatically.
FOUR SYSTEMS, ONE FLOW
Four systems solving four different problems, and together fixing one big issue: design operations.
A guided tool that draws out what someone is actually trying to accomplish, then translates it into a clear, on-brand brief designers can act on.
Every department lead's plan is uploaded, and the model trains on all of it. Then anyone in the org can simply ask about goals, forecasts and objectives. It surfaces the goals from across the company that influence your job, or you can ask it to write goals that ladder up.
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The workflow reads an incoming request or piece of feedback, understands what it's about, opens the right Jira ticket, and notifies the right person automatically, so nothing sits waiting in an inbox and every hand-off is tracked.
The brand guide, templates, styles, themes and libraries all live in Canva as an approved toolbox. Anyone can build their own on-brand design from vetted elements, and when they're done it's sent for approval automatically, taking routine requests off the design team entirely.





Good work, made routine
The system let a lean team produce at pace and freed the designers to spend their time on the work that mattered.