# Jaleh Afshar

> Director of Design @ Meta

Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jaleh

Hi, I'm Jaleh! For over 20 years, I've been responsible for shipping large scale mobile, web, voice, AI, and AR experiences as a designer and org leader.

## Work Experience
### Director, Product Design @ Meta
Jan 2017 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
• For Facebook: Managed 65+ Senior Directors, Directors, Managers, Designers, and Engineers focused on Design Systems, Brand, and Meta-wide strategic initiatives.
• For Threads: Designing, coding, and managing Meta's Threads app across all core product experiences, including Messaging, Communities, Design Systems, AI, and more.

### Instructor, Augmented Reality @ Stanford University
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Instructor and curriculum creator for course focused on AR development.

### Co-Founder, Head of Design @ Imzy
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Greater Salt Lake City Area
Founding partner of Imzy, the $11MM VC-backed community platform for fandom.

### Product Design @ Rev.com
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
Oversaw product design of educational apps for mobile and web.

### Senior User Experience Engineer @ Reddit, Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area
Crafted mobile and web experiences for Upvoted, Reddit for iOS, and RedditGifts.

### Senior User Experience Engineer @ HireVue
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Greater Salt Lake City Area
Designed and built product UI for AI-powered recruiting software.

### User Experience Engineer @ Solera Networks
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Greater Salt Lake City Area
Developed product UI for network security platforms.

### Human Factors Engineer @ LANDesk Software
Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 | Greater Salt Lake City Area
Designed and built (C#, VB.NET) IT asset management platform features.

### Interactive Media Developer @ Fighting Dinosaur
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | Greater Salt Lake City Area
Created interactive web experiences in ActionScript 3.

### Web Developer @ OMNI
Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 | Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area
Led web development at a full service advertising agency.


## Education
### BFA in Graphic Design, Economics
University of Utah

### Stanford University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jalehafshar
- Portfolio: http://www.jalehafshar.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13