# Faye Hays

> 0-to-1 high impact and data-driven designer with 12+ years of experience leading design and strategic initiatives; expertise in media, blockchain, commerce, subscription products and monetization.

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/faye

As a product designer at Meta I’ve supported commerce and subscription products across Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp & Messenger. I spent a decade designing for seed or Series A startups. As an artist I make handwoven textiles, prints, and sculpture. I formerly taught architecture at Northeastern University, have a doctorate in design from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, and was a Marshall Scholar in the UK completing two Master’s degrees at UCL and LSE. 

http://fhays.com

## Work Experience
### Senior Staff Product Designer @ Meta
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, United States

### Staff Product Designer @ Meta
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024

### Senior Product Designer @ Meta
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, United States

### Artist @ Faye Hays
Jan 2018 – Present | www.fhays.com
Sculpture and printmaking

### Head of Design & Product Manager @ Messari
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York

### Freelance Design @ Wolf Dog Design
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | Brooklyn, NY
Wolf Dog Design is a formal strategic design practice that uses the latest thinking in tech and product development to enable organizations with socially beneficial aims. A portion of my practice takes on pro-bono clients, prioritizing NGOs and others with meaningful contributions in literature, animal welfare, the arts, education, and civic engagement. Past clients include: Art and Global Health Center Africa, Orbeliani, Medium, Post + Proper. Latest personal project is http://fayemakesfood.com. http://wolfdogdesign.com. 

Officially launched February 8, 2016.

### Creative Lead @ Quidd
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Brooklyn
product design manager, brand strategy and identity design

### Head of Product & Design @ Village Labs, LLC
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Dallas

### Design Director @ Mavizon
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Dallas, TX
-Helped team determine product solution for how to help parents teach their teens safe driving

-Designed UI/UX, working closely with devs on dashboard, Google Maps API and custom alerts

### UI/UX Visual Designer @ Sonation
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Cambridge, MA
Visual UI/UX design for all iOS components of orchestral accompaniment software developed by Music +1 (now Cadenza).

Reviewed by Cadenza co-founder on AngelList: https://angel.co/faye-hays

### Adjunct Faculty @ Northeastern University
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013
Graduate: Graduate Architecture History Case Studies / Undergraduate: History of World Architecture, History of American Architecture

### Research Manager @ Edward Walker
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Cambridge, MA
Co-managed researchers compiling data on placemaking projects nationwide

### Film & Photography @ FAH
Jan 2008 – Jan 2013
Directed, Wrote and Produced the urban design film "The Inbetween" (2009).  Various professional photographic works, including visual research of informal settlements in Costa Rica, a tribute to Edward Weston's work, and the documentation of lost gloves found on the street.

### J-Term Design Studio Instructor @ Harvard University
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
Guided undergraduate engineering students in design studio projects. 2012 J-Term held in collaboration with IDEO.

### Teaching Fellow @ Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012
Buildings, Texts, Contexts: Classicism
Buildings, Texts, Contexts: Architecture & Theory
Buildings, Texts, Contexts: Italian Renaissance
Buildings, Texts, Contexts: 19th Century Architecture
Constructing Vision: A History & Theory of 'Visual Constructs' in Architecture
Urban Planning: Qualitative Methods
Urban Form: History + Theory

### Architectural Intern @ Ensámble Estudio
Jan 2007 – Jan 2007
Design details and model construction, 17-story tower, Berklee School of Music, Valencia

### Architectural Intern @ Brent Brown Architects
Jan 2006 – Jan 2006
Design & Management: Residential, Affordable Housing, and Academic Buildings


## Education
### Doctor of Design in Architecture, Urbanism & Film Theory
Harvard University

### MSc in Urbanisation & Development
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

### Master of Architecture in Urban Design in Urban Design
UCL

### Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture
Texas A&M University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/fayehays
- Website: http://wolfdogdesign.com
- Website: http://fhays.com

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Last updated: 2026-02-23