diff --git a/.ci/run.sh b/.ci/run.sh
index a3a0faaba..80433f6fe 100644
--- a/.ci/run.sh
+++ b/.ci/run.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ echo "PR url: $PR_URL"
 for dir in $CHANGED_DIRS
 do
     font_count=$(ls -1 $dir*.ttf 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+    is_designer_dir=$(echo $dir | grep "designers")
     if [ $font_count != 0 ]
     then
 	echo "Checking $dir"
@@ -27,6 +28,10 @@ do
 	    echo "Fonts have not been modified. Checking fonts with Fontbakery only"
 	    gftools qa -f $dir*.ttf --fontbakery -o $OUT/$(basename $dir)_qa --out-url $PR_URL
 	fi
+    elif [ ! -z $is_designer_dir ]
+    then
+        echo "Checking designer profile"
+        pytest .ci/test_profiles.py $dir
     else
 	echo "Skipping $dir. Directory does not contain fonts"
     fi
diff --git a/.ci/test_profiles.py b/.ci/test_profiles.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd33c985f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/test_profiles.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import pytest
+import sys
+import os
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+import requests
+from fontbakery.designers_pb2 import DesignerInfoProto
+from google.protobuf import text_format
+
+
+# TODO this could potentially be a fontbakery profile
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def profile_dir():
+    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+        print("Usage: python test_profiles fonts/catalog/designers/designerprofile")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    return sys.argv[-1]
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def proto_info(profile_dir):
+    info_file = os.path.join(profile_dir, "info.pb")
+    with open(info_file, "rb") as info:
+        text = info.read()
+    return load_info_proto(text)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def bio(profile_dir):
+    bio_file = os.path.join(profile_dir, "bio.html")
+    with open(bio_file) as html:
+        return BeautifulSoup(html.read(), features="lxml")
+
+
+def load_info_proto(text_data):
+    message = DesignerInfoProto()
+    text_format.Merge(text_data, message)
+    return message
+
+
+def test_profile_dir_exists(profile_dir):
+    assert os.path.exists(profile_dir)
+
+
+def test_profile_dir_has_bio(profile_dir):
+    assert "bio.html" in os.listdir(profile_dir), "bio.html is missing"
+
+
+def test_profile_dir_has_info(profile_dir):
+    assert "info.pb" in os.listdir(profile_dir), "info.pb is missing"
+
+
+def test_profile_has_correct_img(profile_dir):
+    assert not any(f for f in os.listdir(profile_dir) if f.endswith((".jpg", ".jpeg")))
+    assert any(
+        f for f in os.listdir(profile_dir) if f.endswith(".png")
+    ), "Profile is missing png image"
+
+
+def test_profile_info_image_link_is_correct(profile_dir, proto_info):
+    img_path = proto_info.avatar.file_name
+    assert img_path in os.listdir(profile_dir), "info.pb: image path is incorrect"
+
+
+def test_info_link(proto_info):
+    link = proto_info.link
+    assert (
+        "plus.google" not in link
+    ), "Google+ links are no longer supported. Please replace."
+
+
+def test_info_link_works(proto_info):
+    link = proto_info.link
+    if "instagram.com" in link:
+        return
+    assert requests.get(link).status_code == 200, "info.pb: link is not producing a 200 status code"
+
+
+def test_bio_links_work(bio):
+    urls = bio.find_all("a", href=True)
+    urls = [u["href"] for u in urls]
+    for url in urls:
+        if "instagram.com" in url:  # these have a habit of raise a 4xx status code
+            continue
+        assert (
+            requests.get(url).status_code == 200
+        ), f"{url} is not producing a 200 status code"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index c7e668112..a95f9574e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt install libharfbuzz-dev libharfbuzz-bin libfreetype6-dev libglib2.0-dev libcairo2-dev
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install gftools[qa]
+          pip install gftools[qa] pytest
       - name: Check fonts
         env:
           GF_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.GF_API_KEY }}