# Jerome Tavé

> Product Designer & Artist

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jerometav

I specialize in taking complex and ambiguous issues and turn them into ideas that people can easily understand.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer (Youtube Music) @ YouTube
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
As the designer for the Connections Team at Youtube Music, I worked on projects intended to deepen relationships between fans and artists. Areas of focus include comments/engagement, subscriptions, artist profiles, lyrics, and a variety of sharing/social projects.

### Senior Product Designer @ Instacart
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States
Embedded in the growth team working across a variety of product initiatives.

### Product Designer @ Spotify
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
As part of Spotify’s Off-Platform Experiences (OPX) team, I worked on initiatives to extend the Spotify experience into new contexts. I focused on working with partners to deepen relationships between artists and fans by extending Spotify into their favorite apps.

### Instructor @ Academy of Art University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Teaching weekly undergraduate classes in the Web & New Media department introducing students to the fundamentals of User Experience design.

### Service / Interaction Designer & Advisor @ Self-Employed
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Leading design initiatives to help companies define and achieve their visions. Clients: Black Ember Equipment, Brightwheel, Ledger.

### Lead Interaction / UX Designer @ Dialpad
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco
Leading interaction design efforts in an attempt to redefine the way businesses communicate, with an emphasis on the role of the desk phone and what it means to have a work phone number.

### User Experience Designer (Contract) @ Automatic Labs, LLC
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco
I helped the team (which was heavily engineering-driven) to define the basic functionality of the product, and built out selected features in detail using a variety of service & interaction design tools. Activities include: sketching & idea generation, building user flows, wireframing, rapid iteration and user testing.

### Product Designer @ RKS Design
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | Thousand Oaks, CA
I participated in global research and innovation projects, working closely with the Research & Strategy team to create new product experiences. I worked on projects for companies like Life Technologies, Intel, Pepsi, Line 6, Kor Water, and HTI/Eastman.

### Freelance Graphic designer @ Delaware Division of Public Health
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010
Designed and created the guide to planned pregnancy (commissioned by Delaware Division of Public Health)

### Secretary @ SCAD IDSA student chapter
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010
Organized weekly meetings and events throughout the year. Notable events include: organizing design demos, film screenings, portfolio reviews, coordinating guest lecturers, and conferences.

### Freelance Service Design @ Savannah College of Art and Design
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
Selected by SCAD to participate in a week-long service design intensive, redesigning incoming student application processes.

### Intern - Deal Management @ Societe Generale
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009

### Visa Officer @ French Consulate, Dubai, U.A.E.
Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 | Dubai, U.A.E.
During this job/internship, I processed visas for foreigners who wished to travel to France.  The job involved data input, cross-referencing names through a government database, and printing visas into the passports.


## Education
### B.F.A. in Industrial Design, Service Design, Interaction Design
Savannah College of Art and Design
Jan 2006 – Jan 2010

### International Baccalaureate Diploma in High School
Dubai American Academy
Jan 2004 – Jan 2006


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-25