# Igor Milovanovic > Design @ LinkedIn | Prev. Instagram, Meta, Huge Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/igormilovanovic With many years of experience in the design industry, my expertise lies in creating intuitive, simple solutions that resonate with a global audience. At Instagram, my mission was to enhance the way people connect, aligning with the platform's goal of fostering meaningful interactions. I pride myself on my ability to bridge design and strategy, bringing diverse perspectives that enrich our team's creativity and output. During my tenure at Instagram, I led the design of the Notes feature in the Instagram Inbox, which has significantly improved daily user engagement. This role required a deep understanding of consumer behavior and the application of my skills in web and graphic design, honed through my experiences at Meta and Huge, to deliver innovative product solutions that exceed expectations. ## Work Experience ### Sr. Product Designer @ LinkedIn Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Flagship Homepage | Feed As part of the Flagship team, I am responsible for crafting Home and Feed experiences. ### Sr. Product Designer @ Instagram Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States Notes team Solving complex consumer facing problems by distilling them into simple intuitive solutions for over a billion active daily users. Most notably, I shipped a brand new Notes feature in Instagram Inbox. The widely successful Notes connect people in a lightweight way to spark meaningful connections. ### Sr. Product Designer @ Meta Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States Business Messaging As a Senior Product Designer I am in charge of solving experience problems and uncovering strategic opportunities in conversational commerce space across Messenger, Instagram and Facebook platforms. ### Sr. Product Designer @ Huge Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater Chicago Area Clients: McDonald's, United Airlines, United Cargo, Northern Trust. As a Sr. Product Designer I have been in charge of guiding the team and creating all of the final project deliverables. I execute with knowledge and understanding of the business rules, functional requirements, and product edge cases of the product. I continuously deliver multi-project deliverables while helping our project leads with delegating work and helping other design team members. I have been in charge of these deliverables with minimal supervision while collaborating with Project Managers on delivering products that meet and exceed clients expectations. In addition, I position myself as a team leader by continuously providing constructive feedback on designs. I strive to be an active participant in team morale building and being a culture add to the agency. ### Product Designer @ Huge Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater Chicago Area As a Product Designer at Huge I am responsible for creating user centered experience from research to final design stages. My main focus is creating service design systems as well as interaction design via advanced rapid prototyping. ### Interaction Designer @ BMW Technology Corporation Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater Chicago Area Digital Innovations Team Analyzed and ideated intelligent solutions for BMW and MINI car brand applications related to car services via digital touchpoints. Created prototypes, designs and stakeholder presentations.  Worked closely with marketing and product departments to improve the overall user experience of the premium brands with over a 100-year legacy. Introduced new internal design team processes and created new design templates that improved consistency across the German and US offices. This resulted in our team being promoted to an equal partner to Munich HQ and get bigger buy-in for overall design and strategy. Conducted workshops that involved design, marketing and leadership teams for collaborative problem solving that resulted in key stakeholder buy-ins. This led to positive feedback from Munich, Germany BMW HQ that in turn chose our Chicago office to host the annual global BMW Press Week. ### Designer - Lead @ Dose (Formerly Spartz) Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Greater Chicago Area Tribune Media Develop and maintain a new brand identity for Dose Media and all of the products included, such as OMG Facts and Dose. Lead a team of designers to create meaningful and engaging user experiences to captivate an online audience of 40+ million unique monthly visitors. Collaborate with other department heads to further the business and financial model via design strategy. Develop and maintain a design culture and awareness of design processes and how they fit the company vision. ### Product Designer @ Apartments.com Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Greater Chicago Area Responsible for collaborating with digital product project managers to produce wireframes and visual compositions for the responsive website, and mobile app products (iOS and Android native applications). ### Digital Design Apprentice @ DESIGNATION Labs Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Chicago, IL Worked on design and branding projects that included mobile apps, web sites and logos for live clients. These projects are currently in development or completed. Alumni interview: http://designation.io/blog/interview-with-igor-milovanovic-designation-alum-and-uiux-designer-at-apartments-com/ ### 3D Printing Technician/Adminstrator @ GM Casting House, Inc. Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | 5 S. Wabash Process and schedule daily printing request from the internal customer service representatives Help with preparing and supporting up to a 100 files for daily 3-D Printing. Maintain and run wax and plastic based 3-D printers. Produce daily customer product rendering requests. ### Design Intern @ Zoka Zola Architects Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 Produced physical models, drawings and renderings for a competition entry for a New Bauhaus museum in Weimar, Germany. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science in Architecture (B.Arch) in Architecture University of Illinois Chicago Jan 2006 – Jan 2010 ### Design-Build summer program in Architecture Universität der Künste Berlin Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 ### Web Page in Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design Designation Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/igorm-design - Website: www.igorm.co --- Source: https://flows.cv/igormilovanovic JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/igormilovanovic/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-07