# Corey L.

> Product Design, previously Adobe, Celo, Valora

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

Previously, Partner and Head of Product Design at Celo and Valora, where I was the first designer and later led design, research, and content strategy. Before that, I led product research for Adobe Acrobat and PDF at Adobe molding AI research into products used by millions of people. I also helped launch Feedie, Brief, and Location Labs.

## Work Experience
### Sabbatical @ Personal
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023

### Partner, Head of Product Design @ Celo Foundation
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Co-established the design team covering UX, brand, and content strategy.

### Head of Design (Founding Team) @ Valora
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021
Spun out from Celo in 2021 to become a standalone company. Acquired by Stripe.

### Staff Product Designer @ Adobe
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019
Led product research for Acrobat, PDF, and innovation. Sat between Product, Design, and Research to create new products introducing millions of users to emerging AI and CV/OCR. Managed and coordinated user research for next generation documents, mobile work, and The Future of Work.

### Product Development @ Peer
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | New York, New York, United States
For a few years, I ran a small shop helping companies research, design, and prototype their technologies.
- Adobe: New product research.
- Feedie: Launched the popular social food app with Mario Batali and Jamie Oliver.
- Salesforce: Designed Salesforce.com.
- Tribal: Led early discovery and interaction design for the agency's New York office.
- Moment: Design strategy and foundational research advising big financial companies' tech roadmaps.
- de Young Museum: Designed interactive exhibits.

### Product Design Lead @ Brief
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
A tiny startup inventing machine learning methods for finding files.

### In-Residence @ Tokyo Innovators House
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Tokyo, Japan

### Interaction Designer @ Location Labs by Avast
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area
Early location-based applications, including turn-by-turn navigation, geofencing, and family finding. Acquired by AVG.

### QA Engineer @ Location Labs by Avast
Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 | San Francisco Bay Area


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Economics
University of California, Berkeley

### Master of Fine Arts - MFA in Interaction Design
California College of the Arts


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-13