Case Study: Unsplash achieves better team context and autonomy with Linear

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Unsplash, the photo-sharing company founded in Montréal in 2013, needed a better way to balance autonomy with context as its product team grew past 10 people and the company reached 25 employees. Work and decisions were spread across Github, Trello, Dropbox, Slack, and Figma, making it hard to keep everyone aligned while avoiding too many meetings and handoffs. Linear was the vendor they chose to help solve this challenge.

With Linear, Unsplash centralized work in a flexible system built around Projects, Roadmaps, Issues, and Cycles, giving teams a clear way to capture both short- and long-term context without adding busy work. The result was a simpler, more connected workflow that preserved autonomy while improving visibility and alignment across teams. Unsplash reported that Linear offered a “step function increase in value,” though no specific quantitative metrics were provided.

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Luke Chesser

Head of Product & Co-founder