# Emilie L.

> Product Design (AI) at Glean | Freelancer

Location: Santa Cruz, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/emiliel

👉 Open to Founding Design role @AI Startup, Design Lead at AI Lab, or Freelance projects. Location: remote or South Bay Area. 

I'm a staff-level product designer (IC) with 15 years of experience, including at Glean, Google, Apple, YC startups. I specialize in AI-powered experiences. 

My expertise spans end-to-end product design, market fit strategy, and leadership. I have shipped AI-powered experiences backed by top investors: Sequoia, Thrive Capital / Kushner, A16Z, Accel, and YCombinator. 

My recent portfolio includes Consumer AI, GenAI, Knowledge AI, Robotics AI, AI browser, AI assistant, AI Lab, Enterprise AI, and AI Research. I have effectively managed small, yet highly productive design teams. I prioritize high-speed / lightweight implementation to ease collaboration with engineering teams. As an individual contributor with managerial skills, I offer a unique blend of expertise from both large corporations and early-stage startups to drive productivity and design best practices. 

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## Work Experience
### Staff Product Designer IC (AI) @ Glean
Jan 2026 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States
Assistant, R&D AI, PMF Strategy

### Principal Product Designer @ Apple, Google, Mozilla
Jan 2013 – Present | Cupertino
Apple Maps, Apple Marcom, Google ATAP, Google Adwords, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla VPN, Mastercard Brighterion, Yahoo Tumblr, Imgur, Frame.io, Pivo.ai, ResearchHub, YCombinator startups, AI startups: brain.ai, natural.ai, charlie.ai, pivo.ai, crate.ai, CanaryMail AI / dove.ai, Glean Technologies

### Lead Designer @ Apple
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Santa Clara, California, United States
2017
Apple Maps

2016
Apple Marcom

### Sr UX Architect @ Apple
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Apple Marcom

### Mobile Designer @ Google
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Mountain View, California, United States

### Co-Founder - Design @ Startuparc
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Palo Alto, CA

### Co-founder - Design @ Éditions LLF
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | Paris

### Substitute lecturer of Philosophy @ Lycée Notre-Dame Providence
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Enghien-les-Bains


## Education
### Masters degree in Philosophy in Epistemology, Logic, Political Philosophy, Phenomenology
University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne

### DAEU in Philosophy
University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne

### Bachelor's degree in Journalism
Ecole des Métiers de la Communication


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/elemairederuffieu
- Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/emilieL2R
- Portfolio: https://emiliel2r.framer.website

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Last updated: 2026-04-13