# Collin Olan > Product Design Location: Richmond, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/collin I'm a designer passionate about design systems, information architecture, data visualization and creative tools. I believe beauty in design is inherent in the function, and favors respectful amplification. ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ Vanta Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Design Lead @ rift Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 As the first designer at rift, I collaborated with founders and early users to take an AI based product from 0 to 1 while spearheading the design vision and strategy. ### Product Design Lead @ Medium Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area Led the design of features across bot h reader and writer surfaces. I contributed to team management with a formal onboarding process for new design hires, and was a key member of the design system working group. ### Product Design Lead @ Projector Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Projector was a collaborative design tool. I led design across the platform from private beta to public release, including live presentation tools and collaborative workflows. ### Product Design Lead @ Pinterest Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area I led the redesign of our ads manager, analytics products and other features pre IPO. I also led the evolution of our design system while extending its utility and use throughout the company. ### Product Designer @ Pinterest Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Product Designer @ Chartbeat Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Greater New York City Area I led the design of real-time analytics products that help the publishing industry make strategic content decisions. Advocated—and got buy-in—for the formation of a formal design team and unified our products with a beautiful and functional design system. ### User Interface Designer @ Google Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 UXA (Material Design) was a team focused on creating a single design language and UI framework to transform all of Google’s apps into a beautiful, consistent, mature and accessible platform for its users. The work we did grew into what became Material Design and the team grew to become the Google Design Team. ### Web & UI Designer @ Kern + Lead Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 | Greater New York City Area Instrumental in expanding the company from offering print and branding services to also include digital strategy, web and mobile design and development. Led the design and development of device independent web sites and mobile applications for small to large businesses. ### Design Technologist @ frog design Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 | Greater New York City Area As a technologist I prototyped and developed user interface for many enterprise scale companies such as General Electric, NBC, American Express, Sprint and Virgin Mobile. My team’s focus was on new technologies and techniques for increasing experience quality and accessibility. For GE, we won the Communication Arts Interactive Information Design: GE.com, AIGA Corporate Communications Design 2008: GE.com, and Nielsen Norman Group 2010 Ten Best Intranets: insideGE awards. ### Mac Genius @ Apple Inc. Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 ### Audio Engineer @ Splinter Group Jan 1999 – Jan 2003 Live recording, mixing, mastering and post production. ### Scenic Designer @ Lincoln Park Zoo Jan 2002 – Jan 2002 Construction of habitat in the Regenstein African Journey animal house through sculpting and painting 3 dimensional natural forms. ### Projectionist @ Gene Siskel Film Center Jan 1998 – Jan 2001 ## Education ### Sound in Art & Technology, Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Art History School of the Art Institute of Chicago ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/collinolan - Website: http://collino.me --- Source: https://flows.cv/collin JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/collin/resume.json Last updated: 2026-02-23