# Dabney Dayes

> Director, Product Design at Discord

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/dabney

I am most interested in solving increasingly complex problems through storytelling. What drives my work is making holistic, strategic approaches and translating them into visually engaging products. 

Tactically, I am an award-winning product designer with a history across large tech corporations, agencies and startups. Skilled in product strategy, interaction and visual design, branding/identity, illustration and prototyping. Outside of my day-to-day, I'm also a photographer.

## Work Experience
### Director, Product Design @ Discord
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Head of design for our consumer product (core experiences, engagement, growth, safety and machine learning) across Discord.

### Senior Product Design Manager @ Discord
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Leading design across our Communities, Creator Revenue and Design Systems organizations.

### Principal Designer @ Netflix
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

### Product Design Manager, Design Systems @ Instacart
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Founded and led Instacart's first cross-company design systems team, reconstructing the visual design and front-end infrastructure for all of Instacart's digital products.

### Design Lead @ Airbnb
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California
Design Lead for the Trip Planner team, redefining ways that Airbnb aids travelers in planning their holistic trip outside of accommodations.

### Senior Product Designer @ Instagram
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Design Lead on the Notifications team, focused on a larger redesign for the Activity tab.
Founded the Multiple Accounts team as their Design Lead, acting as the driver for developing the strategic framework and key initiatives surrounding the team's work.

### Product Designer @ Facebook
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | New York, New York
Product design for Pages Communications. Designed and launched the Unified Inbox for small/medium sized businesses. Also led develop the vision for an executive-level social ask geared towards teenagers, leading discussions across four products.

### Senior Product Designer @ Big Spaceship
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
Senior product designer dedicated towards creating powerful digital experiences, specializing in product strategy, interaction and visual design. Helped establish the UX practice within Big Spaceship, with additional expertise in conceptual ideation, user research, interaction design, new business, and digital storytelling.

Led strategy and UX for the official Interstellar website, winning both Webbys for Best Visual Design — Function in its use of visual design for the best user experience. Also led strategy and UX, with support in visual design, for the Guggenheim Museum's full website redesign. Other clients include Under Armour, Organic Valley, IFC Films, and several projects for Google.

### UX Designer @ Big Spaceship
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Greater New York City Area

### Lead Product & Brand Designer @ Lemon (Learn Money, Inc.)
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | New York, New York
Led product and brand design for an early stage startup focused around personal finance education/management. Established the first stage of its brand design, its ongoing typography, overall product principles and experience, as well as custom illustrations.

### Product & Brand Designer @ Freelance
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Greater New York City Area
Worked as a freelance product and brand designer/consultant across several early-stage startup companies with responsibilities including product strategy, design management, interaction/visual design, branding, logo design and illustration.


## Education
### BA in Art History (Honors)
University of Washington
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dabneydonigan
- Portfolio: https://dabney.co

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Last updated: 2026-03-25