# Anand Almal

> UX Design Manager at Google

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/anandalmal

A seasoned design leader with 20 plus years of global experience in consumer and business products. Enjoys building and supporting high-performing design teams; partnering with product managers and engineers to build products users love.

## Work Experience
### Senior Manager, UX Design @ Google
Jan 2022 – Present | Mountain View, California

### Product Design Manager @ Facebook
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Menlo Park, California
Led design for Ads Manager Platform at Meta supporting a team of product designers and managers - modernizing, automating, and personalizing the experience for millions of advertisers of all sizes, driving a majority of the company's revenue.

### Director, Product Design @ Yahoo
Jan 2014 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
I led design for Search and Inbox Commerce products at Yahoo. Mail-triggered-assistance, Bots on Messaging Platforms, QnA App, Web Search, Local Search and Maps, Search Distribution and Monetization.

### Senior Design Manager @ Yahoo
Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area
Responible for managing the product’s user experience; work with product managers to define product roadmaps and requirements; work in an agile setup to design new features or improve existing ones; iterate and specify the design using user-flow diagrams, wireframes, visual mocks and specifications; collaborate with the developers to ensure the design is optimal and the feature is built as desired; continuously improve the user experience by tracking traffic and usage data, user feedback and industry trends; lead and manage a team of six designers (direct-reports); interview and induct new hires; consult on interaction design for UED teams from other offices like Jordan and Taiwan; organise hack events

### Senior Interaction Designer (Lead) @ Yahoo
Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 | Bengaluru, Taipei, Amman
I led design for following 'emerging markets' products (India, APAC and the Middle East):

Yahoo Cricket on pc, iPhone app, Android app, Blackberry app, Windows phone app, feature phone apps, SmartTV app; fantasy cricket game; prediction game
Yahoo Stars – a website for fans to follow updates from their favorite celebs.
Yahoo Digu – a blogging and social networking platform for the Asia Pacific.
Yahoo Bentelhalal – a dating platform for the Middle East.

Organized Emerging Markets Design Summit and Hackdays.

### Principal UI Designer @ Infosys Limited
Jan 2003 – Jan 2008
User experience consulting and delivery; scoping, estimation and planning of design effort; interviewing and inducting new recruits; coaching junior designers; evangelizing user experience across the organization and to clients; managing teams and projects.

Clients: 
Walmart / ASDA, UK
MLC, Australia
Telstra, Australia
World Economic Forum, Geneva
CVS Pharmacy, RI, US
Hallmark Cards, KS, US
Microsoft, WA, US
Mellon Bank, PA, US
StateStreet Corp, MA, US
SunGard, NJ, US
Texas Instruments, US

### Associate User Experience @ Sapient
Jan 2002 – Jan 2003
Worked on the design of flights search result page for opodo.com, online trading application for NY-ISO

### Experience Architect @ Netkraft
Jan 2000 – Jan 2002
Defined the role, activities and deliverables for the 'creative' track in the context of web solutions development.

Corporate branding and website design


## Education
### Professional Education Program in Graphic Design
National Institute of Design


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/anandalmal
- Portfolio: http://www.yahoo.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13