# Emily Balbarin

> Senior Staff Product Designer

Profile: https://flows.cv/emily

Hi, my name is Emily and I'm a product designer based in Brooklyn, NY. I'm currently working at Spotify, where I help create personalized experiences by embracing the intersection of 🎨 design and 🔬 🧪

## Work Experience
### Senior Staff Product Designer @ Spotify
Jan 2023 – Invalid Date | New York, United States
Design lead driving the creation of new features like Prompted Playlists, The Drop Weekly, and more.

### Staff Product Designer, Home @ Spotify
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | New York, United States
Design lead for Home, Spotify's primary surface for recommendations and consumption.

### Senior Product Designer, Personalization @ Spotify
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | New York, United States
Crafting the experience of core personalization features like Home, Daily Mix, Discover Weekly, and Release Radar.

### Lead Product Designer, Audience @ Vimeo
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | New York, United States
Manager + individual contributor owning the design of high-profile consumer features like the Video Page, Home, Explore, Video On Demand, etc.

### Senior Product Designer @ Vimeo
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | New York, United States
Responsible for several features across Vimeo including Music Store, Help Center, acquisition landing pages, and payment experiences.

### Senior Designer @ BuzzFeed
Jan 2011 – Jan 2016 | New York, United States
Shipping various improvements to the BuzzFeed website including an advertising microsite that showcases opportunities, case studies, and press.

### Senior Visual/Web Designer @ LimeWire
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | New York, United States
Designing experiences, a new subscription music service from the makers of LimeWire.

### Web Designer @ LimeWire
Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 | New York, United States
Design lead for LimeWire Store, a legal music storefront within the LimeWire p2p client.

### Web Designer @ WWWdenterprise, Inc.
Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 | Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Building microsite templates that enable company clients to easily create their own storefront.

### Supervisory Lab Assistant @ Rochester Institute of Technology
Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 | Rochester, New York, United States
Student manager responsible for training lab assistants, ordering supplies, and supervising help requests.


## Education
### B.S.
Rochester Institute of Technology
Jan 2001 – Jan 2005


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilybalbarin/
- Email: mailto:emily@placeholder.flows.cv

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Last updated: 2026-02-01