Delightful, impactful,
human-centered design.

Delightful, impactful,
human-centered design.

Delightful, impactful,
human-centered design.

As a designer, I'm driven by a passion for creating products that are both beautiful and functional. I believe that good design can make a meaningful difference in people's lives, whether it's improving their financial well-being, enhancing their health, or simply bringing them brief moments of joy. I love solving messy, complex problems and the satisfaction of shipping real and tangible things into the world.

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Derek Glazier
Senior / Staff Product Designer

10+ years designing for adoption and retention in emerging technology, spanning VR, AI wearables, and blockchain. I specialize in turning unfamiliar, high-friction experiences into products people genuinely resonate with and want to come back to. My work across onboarding systems, identity frameworks, and social features has driven measurable growth in 0-1 environments across hardware and software. I bring systems thinking and strong cross-functional collaboration to complex, ambiguous problem spaces, with a focus on helping people discover value quickly and build lasting habits with new technology.

Experience
Senior Product Designer, AI Wearables and VR
Jun 2024 - Present
Meta - Reality Labs

Shaping the flagship multi-modal AI experience for an unreleased wearable launching globally, designing how voice, visual, and biometric inputs work together to anticipate user needs across multiple devices.

Owned end-to-end onboarding for hardware-software ecosystem Meta Quest VR, driving 108k+ MAU annual growth through redesigned account creation and cross-platform profile setup flows.

Designed LLM-powered social graphing and matchmaking systems to create vibe-fit interpersonal connections, increasing reciprocal connections and +7 minutes average session length.

Led New User Progression design, creating educational, logic-driven pathways that guide users through platform discovery, building connections, and finding community.

Boosted headset onboarding completion by ~30% by streamlining complex account creation and pairing processes with more intuitive entry points and trust-building educational videos.

Lead Product Designer
Oct 2023 - Jul 2024
Motto - LGBTQ+ Dating App (Grindr founder)

Designed virtual social rooms to foster safe, inclusive connection, averaging 181 unique users per session and peaking at 260 concurrent users.

Optimized new user onboarding flows driving +150.5% increase in first-time conversions through streamlined profile creation, automated verification systems, and friction reduction.

Founding Product Designer
Jan 2023 - Jul 2023
Soho.xyz - NFT Investment Tracking App (Acquired)

As the sole designer, played a pivotal role in the acquisition by Sound.xyz shortly following its launch on iOS and Android.

Built and scaled the product and design system from 0 to 1, including user profiles, communities, discovery feeds, watchlists, and social features.

Designed blockchain-native social features including Stories, increasing engagement from 15.3 to 25 min per user, achieving ~15k MAU.

Product Designer, Growth and APIs
Jul 2021 - Oct 2022
Meta - Business Messaging (Instagram, Messenger, Facebook)

Led design of conversational onboarding features including Instagram Suggested FAQ chat icebreakers, reducing message initiation drop-off by 44% and increasing profile adoption by 190%.

Shipped 16 Business Messaging features reaching 200+ million Professional users globally, expanding market reach in the EU, Africa, and Asia.

Lead Product Designer
Oct 2019 - May 2021
Beyond - Digital Product Design Agency

Designed interfaces for AI-powered, 3D modeling software that transformed complex medical imaging into interactive visualizations. Led UX improvements driving adoption across 30+ new markets.

Led design partnerships with Google to launch 2 API-driven business growth tools for global SMBs and an internal training platform for Google Marketers.

What I bring to the team

What I bring to the team

What I bring to the team

Notable experience

My design superpowers

What gets me excited

Notable experience

My design superpowers

What gets me excited

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My design superpowers

What gets me excited

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My design superpowers

What gets me excited

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My design superpowers

What gets me excited


"Design is not just about aesthetics, it's about creating an experience that resonates with people."

- Debbie Milman

"Design is not just about aesthetics, it's about creating an experience that resonates with people."

- Debbie Milman


"Design is not just about aesthetics, it's about creating an experience that resonates with people."

- Debbie Milman


"Design is not just about aesthetics, it's about creating an experience that resonates with people."

- Debbie Milman

"Design is not just about aesthetics, it's about creating an experience that resonates with people."

- Debbie Milman

Derek Glazier

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