# AJ Fitzpatrick > Sr Design Manager @ Snowflake Location: Los Gatos, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ajfitzpatrick I'm a UX leader with a passion for designing and building user-friendly software and applications. I am experienced in leading UX, product design, and engineering teams, and my work has spanned a variety of industries, including autonomous vehicles, mobile apps, marketing & e-commerce, data and productivity software. I thrive on driving innovation from concept through delivery, collaborating with partners across the stack, and advocating for user needs. I believe that designers and engineers must equally embrace their role in user experience and collaboration delivers the best products. ## Work Experience ### Sr. Manager Product Design @ Snowflake Jan 2025 – Present | United States I direct the long-term design vision and strategy for critical Snowsight data features, including Data Pipelines, Ingestion, and Lakehouse UX. Leading a team focused on delivering high craft and technical feasibility, we translate complex flows into intuitive interfaces that directly optimize the work of highly technical users, driving design exploration across core integrations and AI enhanced interfaces (such as observability and canvas-based pipeline authoring). As a member of the extended Design Leadership Team, I develop and implement strategic initiatives to evolve the design practice by leveraging new tool adoption and flexible delivery flows, effectively blurring the traditional lines of PM, Design, and Engineering to scale our impact across the organization. ### Product Design & Engineering Manager @ Netflix Jan 2018 – Jan 2025 | Los Gatos Led the Data Experience team, a +10 person team of designers and full stack engineers. Responsible for identifying and understanding user and business needs and delivering critical internal applications that satisfy the productivity needs of data users at Netflix. The suite of apps enable both expert and novice data users through data discovery, governance and security, pipelines and orchestration, and interactive querying with browser based software. ### Design & UX Consultant @ Twitter Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Partnered with the marketing and communications engineering team to build a responsive design system for corporate web properties. I led the team in identifying and producing common design elements and components, which created a cohesive user experience and development process across all products. I also participated in and drove strategy for various ongoing projects, which required workshop facilitation, competitive analysis, and stakeholder alignment. ### Design & UX Consultant @ SpaceX Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco / Los Angeles Designed the Crew Dragon's touchscreen displays, which astronauts use to monitor mission status and vehicle telemetry during flight. This involved hands-on work to establish a first-of-its-kind design specification for the unique conditions of space travel, such as touch targets that are easy to use with astronaut gloves and legibility during extreme screen vibration. I also created and presented wireframes and designs to Crew Dragon astronauts, NASA, and SpaceX stakeholders, created simulation materials for testing, and helped to prioritize design and engineering efforts to align with key program milestones. ### Design & UX Consultant @ Eventbrite Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area Designed the Event Creation product experience. I partnered with in-house design and research teams to optimize user flows and incorporate new features. These features included event listing design and layout controls within a responsive web product. I also created concepts, wireframes, user flows, and screen designs for a socially driven event discovery iOS mobile app. Finally, I presented my design work and concepts to internal leadership and a company board member. ### Design & UX Consultant @ Narvar Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 Created UX and design for a WYSIWYG web-based customization tool that enabled clients to easily customize Narvar hosted post-checkout experiences. In my role I researched, designed, and developed prototypes leveraged by product strategy and sales teams. I collaborated closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to define requirements and execute. ### Associate Design Director @ Sony Corporation of America Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 Managed a team of 5 UX and visual designers while providing direction to 10-14 across strategy, design, content, and engineering to deliver product content experiences in 110 countries and 30 languages through a single platform and design system. Designed browser-based content creation software for internal teams delivering Sony marketing content. Collaborated closely with partners and agency teams across the globe, spending a lot of time working in Tokyo and Istanbul. Also worked on video and photo shoots for consumer electronics from concept to production. ### Senior Art Director @ Sapient Jan 2005 – Jan 2011 | Santa Monica, CA Leading design and technology agency delivering holistic solutions for e-commerce, web, and device. The company partners with Fortune 500 clients in industries such as consumer electronics, travel, and communications. My Role: • Directed design and creative projects for multi-disciplined teams of designers, developers, and copywriters executing large scale e-commerce and web redesigns for enterprise clients • Guided career growth and regular performance reviews for up to 5 direct reports • Partnered with project management to effectively manage team work load and schedules • Presented and pitched projects and design solutions to clients and decision makers • Coached client teams to structure and improve design organization, process, and delivery Notable clients: Sony, Disney, AT&T, Yahoo!, Cisco, Honda, Activision, Vail Resorts, UnionBank ### Designer @ Sequel Communications Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 | Providence, Rhode Island • Assisted studio Creative Directors and Sr. Designers on client projects including poster, print, web, illustration, and book design • Supported EMC Corporation with on-site design services ### Designer @ Brookline Street Design Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 | Providence, Rhode Island Design, illustration, and conceptual directions for a variety of print and web projects ### Packaging Production Artist @ Hasbro Jan 2004 – Jan 2004 Produced physical packaging prototypes used for design presentations and product sales functions. ## Education ### BFA in Graphic Design Rhode Island School of Design ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ajfitzpatrick - Portfolio: http://www.andrewjfitzpatrick.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/ajfitzpatrick JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ajfitzpatrick/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13