# Adam Syed > Designing AI | Prev at Twitch, MrBeast, Meta, Tesla | National Fencer, DJ Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/adamsyed Adam is a Product Designer based in CA. He has 8+ years of experience having worked at Twitch, MrBeast, Meta, Linkedin, Tesla. Based in Los Angeles and San Francisco, bridging the worlds of technology and entertainment. Also, training for LA Olympics 2028. hello.syedadam@gmail.com Projects: https://www.syedadam.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/advmsyed ## Work Experience ### Founder @ Skywalker Jan 2024 – Present At Skywalker Studios (design agency), I lead branding and product design at the intersection of interface and the human OS shaping entertainment-driven digital experiences that feel intuitive, emotional, and human. Designed products used by millions, working with MrBeast, Palo, Ando, Cluely, and LinkedIn across livestreaming, gaming, consumer, and emerging tech. DM me, if you’re interested in working together. ### Principal Product Designer @ favorited Jan 2025 – Present | Los Angeles, California, United States (backed by a16z & HF0) — Leading design across livestreaming, short-form content, and social gaming experiences. ### Senior Product Designer @ MrBeast Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 Drove AI-powered discovery and short-form design initiatives on stealth projects within Beast Industries. ### Lead Product Designer, Discovery @ Twitch Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States Discovery & Ads. Products include Feed, Stories, Reactions, Search. ### Product Designer, New Ad Formats @ Twitch Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 ### Product Designer, Feed @ Twitch Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 ### UX Designer @ Tesla Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Fremont, CA $TSLA Digital Experience (www.tesla.com) Products: Tesla Shop, Order, Dogecoin ### Product Designer @ Facebook Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Menlo Park, CA Pre-Meta | Brought transparency and control over data privacy for 2.95+ billion users across the FB family of apps including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger. ### Product Designer @ UCSD Design Lab Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 Designed and researched with Don Norman to create an interactive web experience for the Design For a Better World product release. 2022 – 2023 ### Visual Designer @ Oculus VR Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 Partnered with Adwave Agency to produce high-fidelity visuals, animation, and marketing material for NSAC sponsored by Meta Quest (previously Oculus™). ### Kleiner Perkins Design Finalist @ Kleiner Perkins Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 ### Contrary Fellow (CF21) @ Contrary Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 Invited by Contrary's Head of Engineering to join the fall 2021 cohort of the Contrary Fellowship. Contrary is a highly selective, diverse community of the top early-career engineers, designers, and product minds working in technology. Members gain lifetime access to career-making opportunities, funding for the companies they start or join, mentorship from industry leaders, and much more. Previous Contrary investments include companies include Ramp (valued at $7.65B), Zepto (valued at $5B), Replit (valued at $1.16B), Anduril (valued at $14B). ### 2020 Tokyo Olympic Qualifiers @ International Olympic Committee – IOC Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 Nationally ranked first in Malaysia and was selected to represent Malaysia at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Qualifiers. ### National Fencing Athlete @ NCAA Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 Qualified for the 2019 NCAA National Fencing Championship for UC San Diego Division I team. Competed and won against Stanford, Princeton, Penn, Yale, etc. ### National Fencing Athlete @ National Sports Council of Malaysia Jan 2014 – Jan 2021 | Kuala Lumpur, MY 2x National Fencing Champion, World Team, 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games qualification tournament. SEA Games Thailand 2025 Silver Medallist. ### Product Designer @ Sony Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Diego, CA Partnered with Sony’s Human Factors team to research human-centered design practices on how technologies can help individuals stay connected while being physically apart. (Partnership with UC San Diego Design Lab) ### Product Designer @ TH Experiential Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | New York, NY Designed virtual experiences for companies and brands such as Adobe, Hasbro, and San Francisco 49ers from research to high fidelity prototyping. ### Product Designer @ Tarski Technologies Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Dallas, TX Blockchain | Led designs to create incentivized employee engagement and recognition platform on Hashgraph. ### Industry Relations & Web Developer @ UCSD Design Co Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 Grew a community of 300+ designers at UC San Diego by hosting designathons, workshops, and industry-partnered events. If you're interested in collaborating, send me a message. March 2020 – June 2022 ### Product Designer @ Long Story Studios Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Diego, CA Created wireframes, interactive prototypes, user flows for 2D action platformer – Unit 108. Worked collaboratively across multiple teams to bring the product into development. ## Education ### B.S. in Cognitive Science, Design and Interaction UC San Diego ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/syedadamemirputra - Website: https://syedadam.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/adamsyed JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/adamsyed/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-08