# Brad Aldridge

> AI and Wearable Design Systems at Meta Reality Labs | ex-Google

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/bradaldridge

Design leader and creative strategist based in San Francisco Bay Area. Currently leading Product Design projects at Meta Reality Labs. Previously exploring AR and Ambient Computing at Shopify and Google.

## Work Experience
### Senior Staff Product Designer — Reality Labs @ Meta
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Creative Direction, Design Systems Leadership for Meta Ray Ban Display — and future Wearables products.

### Senior Staff Product Designer — Instagram @ Meta
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
Product design craft on Instagram core surfaces, innovation in video and in-feed formats. First in-app AI integrations with "Add yours."

### Senior Staff Product Designer @ Shopify
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Design lead on AR/XR in the Shop app (Product sunset July 2022).

### Design Lead — Ambient Computing @ Google
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Creative Direction on Google's work in Ambient Computing.

### Sr. Visual Designer — Fuchsia @ Google
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Leading creative strategy for Fuchsia project.

### Sr. Visual Designer — Google Account @ Google
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led Visual Design within Google's Identity and User UX teams: Lead Visual Designer for Google Account redesign, Google Privacy Policy, Security Checkup, and other projects helping bring thoughtful, trustworthy UX to critical settings and controls experiences across Google's ecosystem.

### Principal Designer @ Butchershop
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, California, United States
Creative direction, design, and strategy for clients including:  Campari, Microsoft, Alphabet/Verily, Okta, The Battery, IBM / Bluewolf, Haufe, Lennar, Juvo, CMG Partners, Stevenson School, Big Rock Farms.

### Creative Director @ The Contemporary Jewish Museum
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area
Established the museum's design department and centralized all creative work through my team, including: Exhibitions and environmental graphics, Marketing and Communications, Catalogs and Publications, apps and websites. During my tenure, we were recognized twice by Communication Arts for Excellence in Exhibition and Environmental Graphics.

### Designer @ The Contemporary Jewish Museum
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area

### News Layout and Graphic Designer @ The Mercury News
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Principal Designer @ Brad Aldridge Productions
Jan 2007 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area
Sole proprietor creative design and consulting for digital, print, and environmental graphics projects. Clients included The Oakland A's, the New York Times, the City of Berkeley, UC Berkeley, Airbnb.

### Artist @ Unknown
Jan 2007 – Jan 2012 | Berkeley, California, United States
I maintained an art studio producing kinetic and multi-media sculptures, videos and installations.

### Production Manager @ The Daily Californian
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 | Berkeley, CA

### Web And Print Designer @ Genii, the Conjurors' Magazine
Jan 2002 – Jan 2008 | Washington D.C. Metro Area


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Art Practice and Theatrical Design
University of California, Berkeley


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bradjaldridge
- Portfolio: https://bradjaldridge.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-30