Hemispheres is the practice of Christina Nizar, a product and design leader and builder with two decades of experience launching beautiful, compelling products at speed.

In addition to running Hemispsheres as a studio, she's currently contracting as Principal Designer at Robinhood , leading the future of global finance. Previously, she was Head of Design at Lettuce Finance, helping freelancers automate their businesses. Her work has earned a Webby Award, with features in The New York Times, Fast Company, Forbes, and more.

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Lettuce Financial

Zero to one: transforming how businesses-of-one do business

Robinhood Social

Redefining social trading. Launching in 2026.

Zeit Try and Apply

Reimagining how companies and candidates find mutual “fit”

Freed AI

Leveraging AI to improve clinican's workflow

Robinhood Stealth

Coming soon. Currently principal designer (contractor) for two major launches as well as international growth toolkit.

Spotify Growth Experiments

Lead design for new concepts and services adjacent to Spotify’s core product.

Zeit Career Pivot Compass

Lead product and design for new product that helped job seekers get clear about where they were headed next.

Aclima

Launch of groundbreaking methane detection product. Defining an innovative way of visualizing methane pollution.

New York Times Growth Strategy

Expanding the NYT readership by strategically leveraging audiences from their hit podcast "The Daily".

New York Times Year in Review

Creative and strategic direction for the year's best stories.

Eberjey Rebrand & Digital Redesign

Branding & e-commerce re-design

True Botanicals Website Strategy and Redesign

E-commerce strategy and design

AbleTo Provider Platform

Spearheaded the re-design of mental health care delivery platform informed by UXR of therapists and coaches to drive better health outcomes and improve usability.

Ignite Brand and Design

Re-launching of tech accelerator, Ignite, a community focused on elevated women tech entreprenurers.

Mario Kando

Branding, e-commerce, and editorial launch

EXPERIENCE

Robinhood
Principal Designer
2025, 2026 - current

Lettuce Finance
Head of Design and Activation
2024 - 2025

Hemipsheres Studio
Founder
2013 - current
Various clients including, BCG Digital Ventures, Spotify, New York Times, and more.

Zeit
Founder, Head of Product
2021 - 2023

The Line
V.P. of E-commerce & Design
2013 - 2015

IDEO
Senior Communication/IXD Designer
2010 - 2013

Pentagram: Michael Beriut
Designer
2010

ABOUT ME

Builds — Products, not just screens.
Experiments — Fast, then ships.
Drives — Growth, not the status quo.
Makes — Beautiful things that perform.
Believes — Craft and holistic design wins.
Owns — The outcome, not just the deliverable.



CONTACT ME

cnizar@gmail.com

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