# Helen Bentley

> Senior Staff Product Designer

Profile: https://flows.cv/helen

Design leader • Strategy, systems, exceptional craft. 16+ years of design experience. Background originally in Interior Architecture, transitioned to Product Design. Experienced with 0-1 products, leading large scale North Star product visions, creating and scaling design systems, redesigning the core user experience across platforms, developing design mentorship programs, designing for social media, machine-learning, generative AI, on-demand services, behavioral change, community-building, health and wellness, transportation, two-sided marketplaces, e-commerce, physical environments, and wearables/hardware.

## Work Experience
### Senior Staff Product Designer @ Pinterest
Jan 2023 – Invalid Date | San Francisco, United States
Leading design teams focused on key strategic initiatives and improving the core user experience, and exploring new opportunities for Pinterest.

### Staff Product Designer @ Pinterest
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, United States
Leading strategic initiatives across the core user experience, envisioning future opportunities, mentoring and growing the team.

### Product Design Lead @ Pinterest
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, United States
Design Lead for the Home of Pinterest, focused on improving the core experience for over 450 million monthly active users and launched a major redesign of the Home tab across 3 platforms and 30+ countries.

### Senior Product Designer @ Pinterest
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, United States
Shepherded multiple end-user experience product teams, lead design for 0-1 bets, and developed a design system for the How We Feel Project.

### Product Designer @ Lyft
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, United States
Redesigned both the Core Rider app and Driver app experiences. Developed and scaled platform UI libraries across multiple capabilities.

### Senior Product Designer @ Jawbone
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, United States
Design lead for the core user experience team. Launched new feature release for the core user experience. Led work across desktop, iOS, and mobile web.

### Product Designer @ Jawbone
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, United States
User research, concept ideation (hardware and software), prototyping, and illustration for Jawbone's next generation of wearables and the UP app.

### Co-Founder @ The Embassy Network
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco, United States
Co-founded the Embassy Network, an international network of co-living spaces that supports individuals with shared values.

### Behavioral Product Designer @ Irrational Labs
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco, United States
Contracted for a team of renowned behavioral economists to design behavior change-driven product concepts for clients.

### Designer @ IDEO
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco, United States
Designed cultural and higher education facilities, corporate interiors projects.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts
California College of the Arts
Jan 2009 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenwbentley/
- Email: mailto:helen@placeholder.flows.cv

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Last updated: 2026-01-30